The main objective of a photography course for beginners is to understand the technical settings of your camera. After completing the course, you will understand what settings are needed to realize your shot and where these settings are located on your camera. The lessons will also include an introduction to working with lighting and a discussion of composition.
Course program
1 Lesson
- Camera structure;
- Focal length;
- Aperture;
- The crop factor;
- Starting a conversation about composition in the frame.
2 Lesson
- ISO;
- Shutter speed;
- Exposure;
- The brightness of a shot is shaped by a combination of ISO, shutter speed, and aperture;
- Shooting modes;
- How to evoke an emotional response from the viewer.
3 Lesson
- Sharpness;
- FLU;
- How autofocus works;
- Motion blur: how to blur an image;
- Focusing to infinity;
- Hyperfocal distance;
- Composition in the frame;
- Review of the material covered and analysis of homework questions.
4 Lesson
- Dynamic range;
- Histogram;
- Exposure correction;
- Ways to measure exposure;
- Contrast in the frame;
- Expressive tools in photography.
5 Lesson
- White balance;
- Introduction to chiaroscuro;
- Working with pulsed light (flash);
- The difference between pulsed and constant light;
- Composition in the frame.
6 Lesson
- Locking the exposure;
- Analysis of camera parameters using examples of specific photos from each topic covered;
- Formation of a comprehensive understanding of the profession of photography and creative development in photography;
- The vector of further development;
- Commercial component of photography.
Lesson 7
In the seventh lesson, you choose the topics for your shoot and get assigned tasks to prepare for them. Then you discuss your preparations, and after the shoot, you discuss the results.
Homework
For each topic, you will have homework (you will be taking a lot of photos) and tests. The teacher will comment on your homework in detail and answer questions about the tests (if any).