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Fundamentals of Photography

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Get an in-depth and highly interactive tutorial on how to take better photographs in this thorough course taught by an award-winning National Geographic photographer.

Syllabus

  • 01: Making Great Pictures
  • 02: Camera Equipment—What You Need
  • 03: Lenses and Focal Length
  • 04: Shutter Speeds
  • 05: Aperture and Depth of Field
  • 06: Light I-Found or Ambient Light
  • 07: Light II-Color and Intensity
  • 08: Light III-Introduced Light
  • 09: Composition I-Seeing Well
  • 10: Composition II-Background and Perspective
  • 11: Composition III-Framing and Layering
  • 12: Let's Go to Work-Landscapes
  • 13: Let's Go to Work-Wildlife
  • 14: Let's Go to Work-People and Relationships
  • 15: Let's Go to Work-From Mundane to Extraordinary
  • 16: Let's Go to Work-Special Occasions
  • 17: Let's Go to Work-Family Vacations
  • 18: Advanced Topics-Research and Preparation
  • 19: Advanced Topics-Macro Photography
  • 20: Advanced Topics-Low Light
  • 21: Advanced Topics-Problem Solving
  • 22: After the Snap-Workflow and Organization
  • 23: Editing-Choosing the Right Image
  • 24: Telling a Story with Pictures-The Photo Essay
  • By This Expert

Taught by

Joel Sartore

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