Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

Course summary

• M1: Introduction and Influences

  • Introduction

  • Inspiration / Giulia Candussi

  • Inspiration / Yaopey Yong

  • Inspiration / Scott McDermott

  • Inspiration / Phil Sharp

  • Inspiration / Julia Nimke

  • Inspiration / Laura Zalenga

• M2: Beginner’s Photography: Basic Camera Use and Theory

  • What Will We Do on This Course

  • Types of Photo Cameras

  • Sensors, Pixels and Resolution

  • Types of Lenses

  • Composition

  • Aperture, Shutter Speed

  • ISO and the Exposure Triangle

  • White Balance

  • Shooting Modes

  • Exposure Compensation and Light Metering

  • Portrait - Focus: Subject and Sharp Background

  • Moving Subjects

  • Textures

  • Editing Software and Importing Your Photos

  • Selecting the Best Photos, Basic Retouching

  • Exporting Your Images

• M3: Color Theory in Photography

  • What Will We Do in This Course?

  • Fundamentals of Color

  • Color Harmony Rules

  • Psychology of Color

  • How to Study Color

  • Capturing Raw Data

  • Creating the Story

  • Getting the Best of Your Camera

  • Color Adjustment Tools in Editing

  • Color Adjustments in Lightroom 1

  • Color Adjustments in Lightroom 2

  • Color Adjustments in Lightroom 3

  • Lightness Manipulation in Photoshop

  • Getting to Know Your Image

  • Revisiting Edits, Is Your Image Successful?

• M4: Professional Lighting for Studio Photography

  • The Light: Basic Properties

  • Types of Artificial Light

  • Working with Strobes

  • Common Light Modifiers

  • The Fundamentals in Action

  • Exponential Fall Off from Omni Directional Transmitted Light

  • Common Lighting Setups for Portraits

  • The White Background

  • Ring Flash and the Mandela Day Lighting

  • Mixing Strobe and Continuous Light

  • Shooting for Composite

  • Taste Level

• M5: Modern Headshot Photography: Capture Profound Portraits

  • History of Headshot Photography

  • Materials and Equipment

  • Understanding Light

  • Setting Up

  • Getting the Best Out of Your Subject

  • The Shoot

  • Selection

  • Editing 1

  • Editing 2

  • Creating an Online Presence

• M6: Lifestyle and Travel Photography

  • What Will We Do in This Course?

  • Materials

  • Storytelling and Getting Inspiration

  • Location Scouting

  • Creating a Mood Board

  • Planning Your Visit

  • Studying Light

  • Compositions and Perspective

  • Lenses and Tips and Tricks

  • Selecting and Tagging Images

  • Data Management

  • Editing and Delivering Images 1

  • Editing and Delivering Images 2

  • How to Create an Appealing Portfolio

  • Tips and Tricks on How to Reach Out to Client

  • Instagram and Social Media

• M7: The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography

  • What We Will Do in the Course?

  • Where to Find Inspiration

  • Two Ways of Finding Your Concept or How I Found the Concept for 6 of My Portfolio Images

  • Scouting Locations

  • My Equipment

  • Practice Self-Portrait Technique

  • Practice Posing

  • Examine Lighting

  • Examine Composition, Crop, and Ratio

  • Setting Up the Location

  • Test Photos - “Trial and Error”

  • The Final Photos

  • Lightroom - Selecting Images

  • Lightroom - Basic Editing: Game of Trial and Error

  • Photoshop - Final Touches 1

  • Photoshop - Final Touches 2

• Final project

  • Art and Techniques of Photography Specialization

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