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Introductory Photography Course
The fastest way to get off 'Auto' mode and unlock the creative potential of your camera.
Created by Chris Bray, offered on Udemy
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Student feedback
9.6/10To make sure that we score courses properly, we pay a lot of attention to the reviews students leave on courses and how many students are taking a course in the first place. This course has a total of 280297 students which left 17884 reviews at an average rating of 4.63. Impressive!
Course length
9/10We analyze course length to see if courses cover all important aspects of a topic, taking into account how long the course is compared to the category average. This course has a length of 2 hours 37 minutes, which is pretty short. This might not be a bad thing, but we've found that longer courses are often more detailed & comprehensive. The average course length for this entire category is 3 hours 18 minutes.
Overall score
9.4/10This course currently has a bestcourses score of 9.4/10, which makes it a great course to learn from. On our entire platform, only 15% of courses achieve this rating!
Description
I've been running this 1 day photography course around Australia & New Zealand since 2009, helping several thousand people gain more enjoyment from their passion - one small group at a time. However, as we're now busier than ever running our Photography Tours, time has come to throw open the doors and let everyone enjoy it! Divided into sequential sections, each video features plenty of examples, animations and easy-to-understand explanations to guide you right through from basic camera setup and composition, to aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, ISO, lighting, lenses, histograms, white balance and so much more! The first 5 parts are ready to watch for FREE!
What you will learn
- Everything from the basics of how your camera works and correct technique through to setting your AF mode, AF points, resolution.
- My top 10 tips for framing up great photos, covering everything from rule of thirds and leading lines, through to what to look for in a background and more...
- What makes your photos come out brighter or darker, how to control exposure with exposure compensation, looks at different metering modes, histogram graphs and more, ending with practical session #1
- Aperture and Depth Of Field, what it is, the easy way to understand and control it...
Requirements
- A camera! That's about it!
