10 years ago Chelsea & I made a 7-hour photography training DVD/BluRay series. A lot has changed in photography since then (you'll see a lot of HDR in this video haha), but the fundamentals have stayed the same, and these lessons are still valid.
I think the timing is good because YouTube and TikTok have degraded the study of the art of photography down to clickbait and 30-second “tips”. This is a structured and thorough lesson. Bookmark it, put your phone down and pay attention. Your time will pay off.
If you think others should learn the fundamentals of photography, please share this video.
0:00:00 INTRODUCTION 0:01:19 PART 1 - QUICK TIPS 0:18:31 PART 2 INTRODUCTION - COMPOSITION 0:19:22 Have a Focal Point 0:20:30 Simplifying Photographic Compositions 0:24:05 Travel Photography Tips 0:25:56 Rule of Thirds 0:28:57 Rule of Space 0:31:03 Angle of View (Focal Length) 0:33:44 Controlling the Background 0:37:43 Showing Scale 0:39:15 Using Lines as Compositional Elements 0:43:18 Patterns in Photography 0:49:38 Symmetry in Composition 0:52:57 Showing Depth 0:56:57 Creating Panoramas 1:01:29 Abstract Photography 1:03:55 Black & White Photography 1:20:24 Photography Composition Practices 1:22:27 PART 3 INTRODUCTION - LIGHTING & FLASH 1:23:27 Hard & Soft Light 1:28:47 Reflected Light & Color Casts 1:32:30 Direction Light (Front lighting, side lighting, back lighting) 1:46:09 Lighting Quiz 1:50:38 Golden Hour 1:56:05 Using the Photographer’s Ephemeris 2:07:23 Using Flash for Photography 2:09:51 Using Fill Flash 2:13:12 Using Bounce Flash 2:15:13 Flash Modifiers 2:20:04 Using High Speed Sync (HSS) 2:24:06 White Balance 2:34:49 Taking Pictures in Full Sunlight 2:37:55 Using Flash Exposure Compensation 2:40:30 Flash & Lighting Practices 2:45:10 PART 4 INTRODUCTION - CAMERA SETTINGS 2:45:17 Parts of your Camera 3:10:53 Focusing Types: Manual Focus, Autofocus, Continuous AF 3:21:44 Back-button Autofocus 3:25:18 Precise Focusing 3:27:50 Shutter Modes (Single Shot, Continuous Shutter, Delayed Shutter) 3:31:36 Understanding Shutter Speed & Shutter Priority Mode 3:40:03 Avoiding Camera Shake 3:47:39 Handheld Long Exposures & Reciprocal Rule 3:52:35 Aperture, f/stops and Depth-of-Field 4:09:51 ISO 4:14:25 Auto Exposure & Exposure Compensation 4:24:51 Exposure Compensation and Histograms 4:34:36 Exposure Triangle (Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO) 4:48:10 Raw vs JPEG for image quality 4:59:43 Practices for Understand Camera Settings 5:18:29 PART 5 INTRODUCTION - TROUBLESHOOTING PHOTOGRAPHY PROBLEMS 5:18:48 Troubleshooting Blurry Pictures 5:32:41 Testing your Camera’s Autofocus System 5:50:18 Removing Stuck Lens Filters 5:51:58 Troubleshooting Motion Blur 5:59:17 Diffraction 6:01:34 Checking Lens Sharpness 6:08:21 Noisy Images 6:14:17 Color Problems 6:18:52 Washed-out Pictures 6:21:44 Chromatic Aberration (Fringing) 6:23:01 Dust Spots on Lenses and Sensors 6:34:44 Crooked Horizons 6:36:44 Poor Battery Life 6:40:00 Running out of memory card space 6:40:49 Troubleshooting Flash Battery Life 6:45:00 Troubleshooting Flash Sync Problems 6:49:02 Troubleshooting Lens Flare 6:50:05 Summary
