To start with, we’ll learn a lot about the technical skills that are required for good photography; what I call the “craft” of photography. We’ll talk about the best way to think about the exposure triangle, we’ll talk about hardware; sensors, lenses. We’ll talk about focus and all of the physical features of modern cameras that we have available to us in the modern age.
We’ll then go into some conversations about light, with an in-depth light study, in addition to the topic of low light that we’ll cover too.
Armed with significant knowledge about the craft of photography, we’ll then go into what I call the “art” of photography, and we’ll talk about composition, visual language and visual hierarchy, we’ll talk about developing a style and finding purpose in your art and really getting to the internal values of why we do what we do.
From there, with both art and craft in mind, we’ll then deep dive and attack the genres of photography from a holistic perspective so that we can get a broad view of how photography as a whole works, and we’ll be able to plan for which skillsets to then acquire over the coming years.
We’ll talk briefly about editing, and then we’ll end the course with many auxiliary topics to photography that are important to the experience of being a photographer. Things like location scouting and planning, back up and storage, sharing our work, creating business, and so much more.
Course curriculum
- Day 1 — What is photography, anyway?
- Day 2 — Sensor sizes and cameras
- Day 3 — Lenses
- Day 4 — Exposure, Overview
- Day 5 — Exposure, Shutter speed
- Day 6 — Exposure, Aperture
- Day 7 — Exposure, ISO
- Day 8 — All about focus
- Day 9 — All about focus, part 2
- Day 10 — Shooting modes and more
- Day 11 — It’s all about light
- Day 12 — Low light
- Day 13 — What is GOOD photography, anyway?
- Day 14 — Foundational Visual Patterns
- Day 15 — Subject, subject, subject
- Day 16 — Layout basics
- Day 17 — Finding your style
- Day 18 — Finding a purpose for your art
- Day 19 — Genres of photography
- Day 20 — Landscape: Genre overview
- Day 21 — Street Photography: Genre overview
- Day 22 — Portraiture: Genre overview
- Day 23 — Editing basics
- Day 24 — Adobe Lightroom: Editing workflow
- Day 25 — Auxiliary gear and nice-to-haves
- Day 26 — Location scouting and planning
- Day 27 — Backup and storage
- Day 28 — Sharing your work and Social Media
- Day 29 — Making a career out of photography
- Day 30 — The next step
