Basic Photography

What Will You Learn?

• Module 1
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• What do you want to photograph?
• An overview of photography in the modern era. Get familiar with your camera, and how it works, and get started with improving your photography straight away!
• Camera Features and Functions
• Making sense of camera terminology and modes on cameras. Getting familiar with what cameras can do and what all the different buttons do.
• Lenses - Your view of the world through your camera
• Exploring different lens types, understanding focal length, and getting the most out of your current setup.
• Composition - Start seeing as a photographer
• Improving photos instantly by understanding basic composition and ideas on what to look out for!
• Shutter speeds
• What shutter speeds are and how to use them creatively to capture motion. An important step to full control.
• Apertures
• What apertures are and how to use them effectively to create depth and the next step to full control.
• ISOs
• How ISO works and the important role it plays in our lower-light and high-speed photography. Improve your focusing ability in the lesson too.
• White Balance
• Why do our cameras sometimes get colours wrong, or how can you really bring out the colours in that sunset? Find out with White Balance in this lesson.
• Good Exposure and the Light meter
• What is exposure and how the camera measures light? No more photos that are too dark or too bright! Make sure you get it perfect every time.
• Fully manual mode - Take complete control
• Putting it all together to take full creative and technical control. Getting to a fully manual is only the beginning, it will unlock your potential as a photographer.
• Module 2
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• Capturing better portraits
• Learn how to capture better photographs of people of all ages, individually or as a group. Communication is key here and an important skill you will need to develop as a photographer. No matter your camera type a great portrait is just a click away.
• Shooting landscapes, harder than it looks!
• The importance of colour
• Seeing in Black and White
• Photography in Low Light and at Night
• Macro Photography - get closer!
• Food Photography - Photos good enough to eat!
• Photographing wildlife
• Module 3
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• Histograms - Measuring tones and exposure
• Metering modes - change how you see light
• Lens Filters - a guide
• HDR photography
• Flash Photography Part 1
• Flash photography part 2
• Studio lighting part 1
• Studio lighting part 2
• Module 4
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• Basic editing - taking your photography further
• Adjustment tools - target perfection
• Editing for landscapes
• Editing for portraits
• Colour and Black and white editing
• HDR and Panoramic creation
• Lowlight Photography Editing
• Creating a portfolio - a critical eye on your work