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Canon Camera Course: Getting Started with Canon Photography

Improve your photography by learning how to confidently use your Canon DSLR camera - perfect for beginner photographers!
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (988 ratings)
49,194 students
Created by Phil Ebiner, Video School
Last updated 1/2021
English
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What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to use your Canon DSLR camera comfortably and confidently
  • You will know how to use both automatic and manual settings to take great photos
  • You will know how get proper exposure with settings like aperture, shutter speed and ISO
  • You will know how to navigate the camera menu to get to the settings you want
  • You will be able to pick up your camera in any situation and take beautiful photos
  • You will learn all of the camera basics like focus, white balance, flash, creative filters, burst mode, and more

Requirements

  • You do not need any photography experience. While knowing basic camera terminology will be helpful, we will go over the basics of new terms and concepts.
  • You should have a Canon DSLR camera (any Canon EOS camera will do!)

Description

This is the only online Canon camera course you need to learn how to use your camera to take amazing photos!

Get comfortable using all of the buttons and features of your Canon DSLR.

Be confident taking great photos and understanding basic photography settings.

Quickly navigate your camera's menu to change any setting you want.

By the end of this course, you should be able to pick up your camera in any situation, and use it to take beautiful photos. We want photography to be fun for you, and by knowing the ins and outs of your camera, it will help you to not only become a better photographer but also have a great time shooting photos.

In this course, we basically try to cover every button, dial, menu option and feature of a typically Canon DSLR.

What do we cover in this Canon DSLR course?

  • Quickstart guide to automatically taking great photos

  • Overview of the camera body, buttons, dials and ports

  • Taking a photo

  • Reviewing a photo

  • Exposing your photos properly

  • Automatic shooting modes

  • Burst and other drive modes

  • Focus modes and points

  • Metering modes

  • Exposure compensation

  • White balance

  • Color profiles

  • The Canon menu system

  • Formatting a memory card

  • Using the internal flash

  • Using an external flash

  • Reading the histogram

  • Wifi connection and Canon smartphone app

  • The viewfinder and diopter

  • Canon video modes

  • Recording audio

  • Using an external microphone

  • Choosing a lens

  • SD card options

  • ND filters

  • and so much more!

Who is this course for and what cameras is it good for?

This course is perfect if you are brand new to using a Canon DSLR. This course is great if you have zero experience with photography or if you already know a lot about photography, but are new to Canon DSLR cameras. Please note that this course will teach you how to use your Canon DSLR camera. It is not a complete photography course that will teach you the artistic and creative side of photography. This course is a more tech-specific course.

We taught this course using one of the latest Canon DSLRs in the Rebel series (the most popular camera for beginner photographers).  Even if you are not using a Canon Rebel camera, this course should be beneficial to you. Most Canon DSLR cameras are very similar and have similar options, buttons and features. Specifically our demonstrations use the T7i (also known as the 800D in some countries).

If you have a Canon 80D, 70D, 60D, T7i, T6i, T6s, T5i, T4i, T3i, T7, T6, T5, SL2, SL, 7D, 6D, 5D, 800D, 760D, 750D, 700D, 650D, 600D, 550D, 500D, or any other model of Canon camera, this course should help you.

100% Money-back Guarantee

If you are unsatisfied with the course, or if it just isn't for you, we have a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Our goal is to make sure you love this course! We are always listening to students and improving our courses to make them even better. If you ever have a suggestion on how to make this course better, just let us know!

What are you waiting for?

If you want to learn how to take amazing photos with your Canon DSLR, enroll now!

See you in class!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for complete beginners who don't know how to use their Canon DSLR camera
  • This course is for anybody who just purchased or received a Canon DSLR camera
  • This course is NOT a general photography course that will teach you the creative side of photography. Rather this is a course that will teach you the technical camera buttons, dials, modes and options to help you become a better photographer

Featured review

Patrick Neis
Patrick Neis
52 courses
46 reviews
Rating: 4.5 out of 5a year ago
This course was very informative and explained all the features on my Canon 7i. One negative is when you were demonstrating changing items on the menu screens you right hand frequently covered the camera screen so we could not see what you were doing. Also shooting in your garage was a very dark background. Content was wonderful and enjoyed the class.

Course content

8 sections • 45 lectures • 3h 27m total length

  • Preview02:26
  • Preview00:47
  • Preview00:39
  • Tips to Improve Your Course Taking Experience
    01:06
  • Start Taking Great Photos Right Away
    Preview09:53
  • Camera Overview
    Preview11:25
  • COURSE BREAK: Check Out Our Ultimate Resource for New Photographers
    02:23

  • Introduction to Exposure
    01:31
  • How to Read & Adjust Exposure with Your Camera
    09:21
  • Adjusting the Aperture
    07:03
  • Adjusting the ISO
    04:19
  • The Exposure Triangle
    03:28
  • Focusing
    03:15
  • Aperture Priority Mode
    04:44
  • Shutter Priority Mode
    02:27
  • Program Mode and Exposure Compensation
    05:11
  • Additional Scene and Shooting Modes
    07:49
  • Bulb Modes
    02:52
  • Focusing Modes
    04:19
  • Autofocus Points
    05:41
  • Picture Styles
    04:01
  • Drive Settings
    03:05
  • White Balance
    03:26
  • Metering Modes
    02:59
  • Photo Formats: RAW vs JPEG
    05:38

  • Navigating the Menu
    03:01
  • The Shooting Menu
    10:30
  • The Play Menu
    04:27
  • The Setup Menu
    05:01
  • Creating a Custom Menu
    02:38

  • Introduction to this Section
    00:27
  • Wifi Settings
    05:43
  • The Diopter
    01:51
  • Using the Camera Flash
    04:30
  • Reading Exposure with the Histogram
    04:56

  • Camera Video Modes
    05:01
  • Audio Levels
    03:06
  • External Microphone
    05:57

  • Lens Choices
    15:08
  • External Flash
    09:32
  • ND Filters
    03:04
  • Memory Cards (SD Cards)
    02:34

  • 2020 Canon Lineup Updates
    07:36
  • Thank You
    02:03

  • Bonus Lecture: Learn More from Phil + Video School
    00:29

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Phil Ebiner
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My professional background is in video production and editing. I graduated from Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television in 2011. Since then, I've worked on thousands of projects that have appeared in movie theaters, film festivals, television and online.

Today, I create all kinds of things from photographs that can be seen on my Instagram to homemade sourdough bread that feeds my family. Who knows where life will take me. But I know wherever I am, I'll be creating.

Since 2012, I've been creating online courses that over two million students from around the world have taken. Course topics include everything from photography and video to design and business courses. If I can't teach it , I collaborate with other experts who share their skills with absolute beginners.

Video School is my website where you can take my online courses. You can also find them on top course platforms like Udemy.

Photography & Friends is a website and community I created to help new photographers become confident with their cameras.

I can't wait to see you in class!

- Phil

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