Photography: 10 Top Tips – Be More Creative with Your Camera
$19.99
What you’ll learn
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Have a good understanding of the basic function of their camera
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Know how to set the camera manually to get a correct exposure
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Understand how their camera ‘sees’ compared to how our eyes see (and why this is important)
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Understand different lighting conditions and how these impact photography
**Make sure to check out the bonus lesson right at the end of this course for some important information that will help you grow your photography skills even more!**
Welcome to Ten Top Tips – Be More Creative With Your Camera! This is a short course to give you my Ten Top Tips and explain why they will make you a better photographer. With over 35 years experience as a professional photographer I have designed these Top Tips to give you an encouraging start. Learning to use your DSLR, mirrorless or compact camera in Manual Mode and freeing yourself from letting your camera making choices for you will allow you to be more creative with your camera. I’ve kept my language simple and avoided using jargon as much as possible so that if English is not your first language it will be easy enough to understand (and I have had some good feedback from people telling me I am easy to understand.) All the photos and video used to demonstrate my teaching are taken by myself or my wife (I’m not someone who teaches photography by using other peoples photos, except for some special illustrations.)
You will gain a fundamental understanding of your DSLR, mirrorless or compact camera and how you can be more creative with your photography. I frequently run photography workshops with people who own modern, high tech, expensive camera equipment and shoot all their photos on auto. In this course I will teach you how to break free from just using your camera’s auto modes and how you can be more creative shooting in Manual Mode. Any camera that has a Manual Mode (and that’s most cameras) is suitable to sue with this course.
You will learn about the exposure triangle – ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed, and how to use the camera’s exposure meter to create well exposed photographs in any situation. I will teach you how to start appreciating different lighting conditions and how to take better photos no matter what the light is like. You will also learn how our eyes see differently than our camera and why this is an important concept for photographers to grasp.
People who enjoy photography are usually visual learners so I have designed this course to be as visually stimulating as possible. Ten Top Tips is mostly presented with video, including lots of photographic examples, diagrams and animations to help illustrate the teaching.
There is no time limit to the course and I would encourage you to take time to complete each lecture and exercise as you feel comfortable to. Even repeat a lecture and exercise if you are not sure that you are understanding the teaching.
It does take time to learn to operate a camera manually, but I encourage you to persevere as it is rewarding. As you study, do the exercises and practice the teaching in this course you will be more creative with your camera.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for people who have a camera they always shoot with on an auto or semi-auto mode who want to learn about shooting in Manual Mode
- This course is for anyone interested in learning how to better use their camera – whether it’s a DSLR, mirrorless, point and shoot or mobile phone
- Beginning photographers
- This course is for anyone wanting to learn more about how their camera functions so they can use it more creatively.
- This course is for people wanting to take more creative, eye catching photographs with their DSLR, mirrorles or compact cameras
- People who own a DSLR and are not fully confident using it
- People who own a mirrorless camera and are not fully confident using it
- People who own a compact camera and are not fully confident using it
Sachi –
Easy to understand training for beginners.
It is separated by a short section,so nice.
My English is not a native
Since I need the contents of the translation, I’m happy when there is a text that summarizes the main points of each section.
Along with the study of the camera, I need English lessons;-D
Tom Fleming –
This is a helpful course, with lots of example photographs and useful practice activities. The examples are beautiful, but don’t distract from the main aim: understanding and using the manual settings on your camera.
Hao Hong Dinh –
This is an excellent course for people who have no prior experience about photography. Before taking the lessons, I had no idea how to shoot without using Auto program which limited me to take pictures on cloudy days or night time, and this course helped me to improve immensely by using Manual that amazed me so much. Knowing how to shoot with Manual setting opened the whole new world for me to explore. I start put more thoughts every time I shoot.
After this course, I went to Chiang Mai where Kevin run the Chiang Mai Photography tour. I only got to joined his tours a couple times but under his supervisor, I could feel the improvement in me. I strongly recommend this course to everyone who wants to improve their photography knowledge and skills and think about it like a good starting point.
Durai Murugan –
If you are starting/exploring photography, these tips are very useful. The lectures are taken in a good pace – clear and crisp.
David Bowman –
The instructor, Kevin Landwer-Johan, mentions that the course has been kept short in order to give the student the basics. This is accurate. The material is very short and very basic to the point that there isn’t a whole lot of content. Considering that there is a plethora of basic photography books for under $8, I am not sure why someone would take this course. The information is accurate (except for using “tone” instead of “value”) but very limited. The exercises provided do have value and if you take the course, do the practice exercises to really gain meaningful understanding.
Hans Nelson –
These are great tips to help guide new photographers as they practice their craft. The course is intentionally brief, and I thought it did a very good job of accomplishing it’s objective of being both quick and informative. It’s a course that was both fun and free. What’s not to love?
Siva Subramania Raja –
The course was well designed visually and delivered in an extraordinary way. The contents are very useful and the way he teach is easy to learn the photography.
HoTin Li –
Briefly introduce all the basic knowledge. Very attractive, used a lot example, easy to understand. Highly suggest.
Ivan Villarte Santos –
As beginner I have found this course very helpfull. Giving me basic knowledge about how to set up my camera and to become more familiar with it. Small tips that will make a big different in my future images.
Samuel Harmon –
I really liked the style of this course. Explanations were short and very concise followed by example photos. I learned much. Thank you.
Sanket Chafle –
The course was good, but I was hoping to get more idea about photographing techniques like the rule of third etc.
The light meter was explained very properly, which was the best part of course for me.
Correne Hankins –
The instructor makes the information very relative and easy to absorb. This course is an excellent overview of the technical aspects of photography and building a productive relationship with your camera.
I highly recommend this course if you are looking to become a better photographer or just looking to gain a better understanding of your camera to get the most out of the technology.