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LinkedIn Learning

Photography 101

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

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Understand what's going in your camera—one setting at a time. Learn how to control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO and improve your photography skills in this course.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • DSLR vs. DSLM
1. Carry and Hold A Camera Like a Pro
  • Introduction to handling a camera
  • How to carry a camera
  • Walking and shooting
  • Protect your lens
  • Don't be a chimp!
  • Do you see what I see?
2. Stabilize the Camera
  • Introduction to stabilizing the camera
  • Handheld shooting
  • Stabilized shooting
3. P Is Not for Perfect
  • Introduction to modes
  • Fully automatic
  • Aperture priority
  • Shutter priority
  • Manual
  • ISO (ASA)
4. Settings in the Real World
  • Introduction to real-world settings
  • Changing aperture
  • Changing shutter speed
  • Changing ISO
  • The Exposure Compensation dial
5. Push Your Buttons
  • Introduction to pushing camera buttons
  • Depth-of-field preview
  • Auto-exposure (AE) lock
  • Autofocus modes
  • Motor drive modes
  • Metering modes
  • White balance options
  • Time lapse mode
  • Panoramic mode
  • Electronic vs. mechanical shutter
  • Transfer photos to smartphone
6. Control Your Auto Focus
  • Introduction to controlling your auto focus
  • Autofocus point selection control
  • Focus peaking
7. Flash
  • Introduction to flash
  • The pop-up flash
  • Size matters
8. Change Your Point of View
  • Introduction to changing your point of view
  • Perspective
  • Angle
  • Detail
Conclusion
  • Buying your gear
  • Next steps

Taught by

Joseph "PhotoJoseph" Linaschke

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