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Photography Foundations: Exposure (part 1)

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Master the fundamentals of exposure with photographer Ben Long. Discover how to go beyond your camera's auto mode to craft exposures that will capture the look you want.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • The importance of understanding exposure
  • A word about camera brands
  • Choosing an image editor
1. Exposure Fundamentals
  • What is exposure?
  • What is tone?
  • What is good exposure?
  • Image editors and exposure
2. Camera Anatomy
  • Inside a camera
  • Modern camera anatomy
  • The shutter
  • The aperture
  • ISO
3. Basic Metering and Exposing
  • Modes
  • Pressing the shutter button
  • Light metering
  • The exposure triangle and reciprocity
  • ISO control
  • Preventing blurry images
  • Changing shutter speed and aperture
4. Dynamic Range
  • The dynamic range of your eye
  • Aesthetics of dynamic range
  • What is high dynamic range?
  • RAW vs. JPEG
5. Exposure Compensation
  • What is exposure compensation?
  • Hands-on with program mode
  • How to read the histogram
  • The histogram in practice
  • Real-world histograms
  • Making adjustments for tonal accuracy
  • Image editors and histograms
  • Auto-exposure bracketing
6. Light Meters and Autofocus
  • How light meters work
  • Why are there different metering modes?
  • Autofocus basics
Conclusion
  • Where to go next

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Ben Long

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