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Introduction to Digital Photography

A course by Jesús G. Pastor , Photographer

Photographer. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined May 2014

Learn to control the basic parameters of your reflex camera

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Learn to control the basic parameters of your reflex camera

A course by Jesús G. Pastor

If you're interested in learning to use the main features of a digital camera in manual mode, discover how alongside Jesús G. Pastor, a journalist and photographer who has worked for clients such as Nikon and Google, as well as international media such as The Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan, and Travel Africa Magazine, among others.

Thanks to Jesús's examples and advice, gain fluency in handling the camera while shooting any situation. With an understanding of the basic fundamentals of photography theory, lose your fear of the multitude of options offered by current cameras to focus on the scene you want to capture.

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What will you learn in this online course?

19 lessons & 23 downloads

The camera
16 minutes, 30 seconds
The lenses
17 minutes, 14 seconds
The ISO
5 minutes, 37 seconds
Shutter Speed
9 minutes, 48 seconds
Diaphragm
5 minutes, 44 seconds
Simulator
7 minutes, 6 seconds
English, Spanish
  • 99% positive reviews (1.5K)
  • 35305 students
  • 19 lessons (2h 41m)
  • 23 additional resources (1 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: English, Spanish
  • Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

At the end of the course, create a photo series by practicing all the parameters you've learned. The subject is up to you, so let your creativity loose in your favorite photographic genre: portraiture, photojournalism, advertising photography, architecture photography, etc.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

This is an introductory course on digital photography for beginners who want to learn how to get the most out of their camera in manual or semi-automatic mode.

Requirements and materials

All you need is curiosity and a digital camera, either SLR, bridge, or compact.


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Jesús G. Pastor

A course by Jesús G. Pastor

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Photographer

The path of Jesús G. Pastor, a journalist by training, led him little by little towards images, always with a connection to social assistance. As an inveterate traveler, he spent two uninterrupted years in Asia, in addition to a month or more in Lebanon, Syria, Mexico, and Cuba, and two years living in the Balkans in the former Yugoslavia. It was during his travels that Jesús developed his photographic style.

Currently, he is a professor in a higher-level vocational training degree in Image and Sound. He has taught corporate communication workshops for Amnesty International and on travel photography, authorial photography, and digital retouching (especially Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw).

He has been published in national press (La Vanguardia, Público, Metro, Avui, Interviu, Periodismo Humano, The Huffington Post) and internationally (Travel Africa Magazine, Sunday Times, Corbis, Demotix, ACNUR), has worked for companies and NGOs, and has won awards for his work at a waste disposal site in Phnom Phen.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Jesús G. Pastor and photography
    • History of the camera
    • References
  • U2

    The photographic camera

    • The camera
    • The lenses
  • U3

    The Most Holy Trinity (ISO, Diaphragm, Shutter Speed)

    • The ISO
    • Diaphragm
    • Shutter Speed
    • Simulator
    • Semi-automatic modes
  • U4

    The light

    • Compensation
    • Measurement
    • Color temperature
    • Histogram
  • U5

    Other parameters

    • Focus
    • JPG vs RAW
    • Flash
  • U6

    Practice on the street

    • On the street
    • Reportage
  • FP

    Final project

    • Introduction to digital photography

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Introduction to Digital Photography. Photography, and Video course by Jesús G. Pastor Best seller

Introduction to Digital Photography

A course by Jesús G. Pastor
Photographer. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined May 2014
  • 99% positive reviews (1.5K)
  • 35305 students