Introduction
What is Photography?
A short overview of what photography is, the way the image is captured, stored, and presented.
A Bit of History
A quick look at the start and early development of photography
Getting ready to make a photograph – the tasks and steps before the shutter is pressed – and the work that needs to be done in “post-processing”.
The Two Parts of Photography
The Camera
Lenses
The Digital Photo
Technical Skills
- Using the Camera
- Exposure Basics
- Focus
- Controlling the light
- The Exposure Triangle
- Aperture
- Shutter Speed
- ISO Sensitivity
- Histogram
- Metering Modes
- Exposure Compensation
Using the Camera
- How to hold the camera
- Tripods, monopods and other supports
- RAW, JPG and other alphabet soups
- Modes and PASM
Seeing like an artist
Composition
- Seeing the subject
- Isolating the subject
- Arranging the subject
- Framing the subject
- The Decisive Moment
- Communicating with Your Viewer
- Shaping the Message
- Controlling the Story
- Composition – Arranging the subject
- Perspective – Point of View