Intro Photo Course
This Open course aims to equip you with fundamental creative, visual and technical skills in photography. It is a practical, task oriented course filled with creative approaches to making photographs that will help you develop your photography as a means of imaginative self-expression and experimentation. The course is rooted in the main genres of photography and will provide you with a solid intellectual foundation, in plain language, to pursue photography at Degree level. It can equally be studied as a stand-alone course which will transform how you think about photography and the photographs you take.
Only if you want to be professional...
1st lesson - Theory and Practice
- Acquaintance with the camera
- Fundamentals of exponetry
- Basic exposure parameters
- Color rendition. White balance
- Lenses
- Photography
2nd lesson - Theory and practice
- Working patterns of the camera
- Metering modes
- Variants of autofocusing
- Optional accessories
- Photography
3rd lesson - Theory
- The phenomenon of photography
- What is a good photo
- Differences between professional and amateur photography
- The genres of photography
- Reportage and staged photography
- Landscape photography
- Photography of people. Features of photography on vacation, wedding, birthday, etc
- Object photography (still life)
4th lesson - Theory
- Basics of composition
- Visual means of photography
5th lesson - Practice
- Photographing in natural light
- Photographing with the use of reflectors
- Photographing with on-camera flash
6th lesson - Theory
- Psychology of working with a professional and non-professional model
- Fundamentals of photographic production
- Logic of work with the customer
- Basic principles of organizing a photo shoot
- Studio instruments and light-shaping nozzles
- Logic of work, basic light schemes
7th lesson - Practical lesson in the studio
- Studio photo session with a professional model
8th lesson - Photo processing. Results
- Selection of footage
- Options for photo processing
- Presentation the finished material
Learning Process
Students review
Testing BC
You prepare people to carry out skills in the real world. Keep up the good work. What I have learned in this course, I will be able to apply in the real world.
Intro Photo Course
I received my certificate, and I would like to thank you for your support. Your course was challenging, but you were always there supporting me and ready to help. I enjoyed your class tremendously. I look forward to taking another class with you.
Photo Retouching
The course exceeded my expectations in many regards — especially in the depth of information supplied and the access to the instructor for feedback on work in progress.
