A Practical Guide to Learning Photography

The Beginner’s Guide to Learning Photography

Basic Camera Settings (Workshop 101)

  1. The Shoot­ing Mode Dial
  2. Adjust­ing the Viewfind­er for Your Eyesight
  3. JPEG and Raw Image Formats
  4. White Bal­ance
  5. The His­togram and Pic­ture Brightness

Introduction to Exposure (Workshop 101)

  1. What is Exposure?
  2. Expo­sure Val­ue and the Pho­to­graph­ic Stop
  3. Aper­ture and Exposure
  4. Shut­ter Speed and Exposure
  5. ISO and Effec­tive Exposure
  6. Reci­procity Law in Photography

The Lens: Aperture, Focal Length, and Depth of Field (Workshop 102)

  1. The Aper­ture and its Effects
  2. Lens Focal Length
  3. Per­spec­tive and Cam­era Position
  4. Lens Aber­ra­tions and Distortion
  5. Sen­sor For­mat and Crop Factor
  6. Depth of Field

Shutter Speed and Motion (Workshop 103)

  1. Intro­duc­tion to Cam­era Shutters
  2. Choos­ing the Right Shut­ter Speed
  3. Freez­ing Motion with the Shutter
  4. Blur­ring Motion with the Shutter
  5. Cam­era Shake in Hand­held Photography

ISO, Image Noise, and Dynamic Range

  1. Choos­ing the Right ISO for Your Purpose
  2. Image Noise in Dig­i­tal Cameras

Metering Light and Setting Exposure (Workshop 104)

  1. Meter­ing Light to Deter­mine Exposure
  2. Expo­sure Compensation
  3. Tech­niques for Set­ting Man­u­al Exposure