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Digital Photography for Beginners: Take Your Camera Off Auto

Digital Photography for Beginners: Take Your Camera Off Auto

Learn to use your camera and take it off Auto: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, modes, metering, focus, lenses, light, composition and editing. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads, with real settings and a final project.

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Expiry period Lifetime
Made in English
Last updated at Sun Oct 2026
Level
Beginner
Total lectures 60
Total quizzes 10
Total duration 11:55:00 Hours
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Short description Learn to use your camera and take it off Auto: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, modes, metering, focus, lenses, light, composition and editing. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads, with real settings and a final project.
Outcomes
  • Find your way around your camera's controls and set it up properly, including RAW and JPEG
  • Understand exposure and balance aperture, shutter speed and ISO with confidence
  • Choose between aperture priority, shutter priority and manual, and use metering, exposure compensation and the histogram
  • Get sharp photos by choosing focus modes and points, controlling depth of field and avoiding camera shake
  • Understand focal length and choose and use zoom and prime lenses
  • Read and use light, set white balance, and use flash and simple reflectors well
  • Photograph portraits, landscapes, action, pets, night scenes and close-ups with sensible starting settings
  • Organise, back up, edit and export your photos, and photograph people and places fairly and legally
Requirements
  • A camera that lets you choose aperture priority (A or Av), shutter priority (S or Tv) and manual (M) modes: a mirrorless camera, a DSLR, or a bridge or compact camera with these modes
  • Any lens will do; the course uses the kit zoom that comes with most cameras
  • No photography experience is needed

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