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Photography Fundamentals
Aperture, shutter, ISO — and why your photos don't look like the ones you like
Taught by Idris Bello 5.0 (1)6 learners
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- 9 lessons · 1h 12m
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- Certificate on completion, with a verifiable serial
- Lessons unlock as you finish them
What you'll be able to do
- Shoot in manual without guessing
- Choose an aperture for a reason
- Know when to raise ISO instead of dropping shutter speed
- Read a histogram in two seconds
What's in it
3 sections · 9 lessons · 1h 12m
The three controls4 lessons
- Exposure is a triangle, but not a mysteryFree preview10m
- Aperture: depth of field is the point, not the brightness12m
- Shutter speed and the hand-holding rule8m
- ISO: raise it sooner than you think7m
Getting it right in the camera3 lessons
- Metering, and why your camera gets snow wrong9m
- The histogram in two seconds6m
- White balance: shoot raw and stop worryingOptional5m
Making better pictures2 lessons
- Composition: three things that always help11m
- What to do next4m
About this course
The free course we ask everybody to do first. It covers the three controls, what each one costs you, and how to decide which to give up when you can't have everything.
If you already shoot in manual and know why f/1.4 is a problem as often as it's a solution, skip it. If you don't, nothing else on this site will land properly until you do.
What learners say
Clear, unhurried and no gear waffle. I shot a paid portrait job the week after finishing.
Alex Morgan