
Explore the fundamentals of photography, including lighting, exposure, and composition, through hands-on modules, quizzes, and a final challenge, while joining a student community for critique and motivation.
Explore how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO shape exposure, from freezing motion to reducing noise in low light; learn indoor vs outdoor settings and lens trade-offs.
Explore core photography composition types, including the rule of thirds, leading lines, symmetry, frame within a frame, diagonals, horizon lines, and negative space, with practical exercises.
Learn three-point lighting fundamentals, including key, fill, and backlight, with practical and natural light techniques, high and low key contrasts, and Rembrandt and split lighting to make subjects pop.
Discover essential photography lighting gear, including reflectors to fill shadows, stands for light modifiers, diffusers to soften light, gels for color, and external flashes for brighter illumination.
Master white balance and color temperature in kelvin to correct light and learn the difference between color correction and color grading, with color wheel schemes like complementary, analogous, and triadic.
Explore the diverse genres of photography, including portrait, headshot, fashion, street, landscape, wildlife, sports, event, wedding, product, boudoir, fine art, architectural, travel, photojournalism, and pet photography.
master essential photography gear, from tripods and sd cards to camera bags, batteries, and cleaning kits, plus prime lenses and external hard drives for reliable storage and on-location shoots.
Explore common file formats in photography, including raw for unlimited post-edit flexibility, and lossy JPEG, lossless PNG, and TIFF for smooth workflow between programs.
Compare free and paid photo editing software, from browser-based tools with layers and healing tools to industry standards like Photoshop, Lightroom, and Affinity Photo.
This course is for beginners who are hungry and passionate to learn the art and craft of photography and intend to turn it into a profession. No longer do you need to spend your time attending boring lectures in college or searching on YouTube for hours on end hoping to learn the craft of photography. You have everything you need to learn about the basic fundamentals of photography in one place! You will have quizzes to do on most lectures and assignments to do after each lecture as well so that you get the most out of your learning. Remember: it's not enough to just watch the videos, do the quizzes, and do the exercises outlined in this course. You must take initiative to practice with your camera on your own time so that you sharpen up your craft.
I will be covering:
1. Exposure
2. Composition
3. Lighting
4. Lighting Gear
5. Color
6. Different genres of photography
7. Photography gear
8. Photo Editing software
At the end of the course, you will have a photography challenge to do at the end, so don't get too comfortable! Ans remember to have fun with the craft as well. Remember: if you aren't having fun, it shows in your work.