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Photography Classes for Beginners

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Two ways to learn

1Read each session starting below the green Title.  The text is identical to the script of the Audio Class in the menu at the top of this page.  Note the images and graphics in these sections for reference later.

 

Repetition is the key

2 Click the audio bar to hear a sample.  To buy the entire 80-minute class use the Audio Class link in the top menu.  You’ll thrill to find how much easier it is to play audio instruction over and over again

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Best Camera for Beginners – 3 “must have” features

First, let me make clear that this “best camera for beginners” review was written by a real human… in fact in my case a real human camera TUTOR. What’s more, the following article is taken from material I taught as long as ten...

Headshot Photography

Headshot photography calls for much more than just camera skills. It’s about human communication and a knowledge of people in general. Watch for that as we comment on each of the 22 topics listed alongside our photo of the young woman seated...

Backlighting Photography

Backlighting photography with a detachable hotshoe speedlight flash is easy if you have the right camera and flash combination. This product collection required a white translucent storage bin from Walmart, a white translucent plexiglass panel large...

Ch 1 – Your Camera – Taking vs Making

In the earliest days of photography, before George Eastman introduced his first “KODAK” camera, taking a single picture was a messy, expensive process that was out of reach to most would-be photographers. Eastman didn’t invent...

Ch 2 – Exposure – The Three Equal Partners

The word “exposure” means light entering your camera through the lens and striking the sensor. If too little light enters, the picture is said to be UNDER- exposed, and dark areas — called SHADOWS will lack detail, or even be...

Ch 3 – Program Mode – Automatic for Experts

The “P” of PSA & M stands for the PROGRAM MODE, or on some cameras the “Program AE mode”. They’re both the same: AE just stands for Automatic Exposure, which is a good reminder of what the “P” stands for:...

Ch 4 – Shutter – Managing the Motion

We all tend to fall in love with something that we’ve created ourselves, but be sure to get past that and to always look at your photos critically. It’s important to not settle when it comes to the quality of your photographs, and...

Ch 5 – Aperture – Seeing “The Field”

Have ever seen a picture where a single flower was in sharp focus and every other flower in the picture was blurred and wondered how they did that? The answer is that you’ve seen an example of compressing the DEPTH OF FIELD, or...

Ch 6 – Manual – The Deep End of the Pool

The “M” on your camera’s mode dial stands for full MANUAL mode, where you’re expected to make both the shutter speed and aperture adjustments for yourself, without any help from your camera’s automatic functions...