Lesson Info
49. Final Word
Lessons
Buttons, Dials and Switches: What This Course is All About
03:37 2Setting Up Your Camera
05:25 3JPEG or RAW
03:11 4Compression
01:38 5Menu Settings for JPEG Shooting
05:19 6Module 1 Summary
01:42 7Applying White Balance
03:41 8Using White Balance Creatively
01:19Auto White Balance
03:07 10Module 2 Summary
01:31 11Controlling Exposure
01:23 12F Numbers
03:06 13Lens, Aperture, and Shutter Speed
03:32 14Exposure Modes
01:48 15Too Little or Too Much Light
02:34 16Manual Exposure Mode
01:37 17Aperture Priority Exposure Mode
02:23 18Module 3 Summary
01:40 19ISO in Practice
01:16 20ISO and Noise
05:03 21An Acceptable ISO
01:23 22Module 4 Summary
01:29 23Metering Modes
03:06 24The Light Meter
02:11 25The Bucket Test
02:12 26How To Read Tonality
02:32 27Being Creative With Tone
01:14 28Exposure Compensation
01:35 29High Contrast Lighting
03:39 30Histogram
02:06 31Highlights Alert
01:32 32Never Underexpose
04:16 33Digital Exposure Mantra
01:25 34Module 5 Summary
02:57 35Focus Modes
01:23 36Autofocus
02:59 37Point of Focus
02:35 38Depth of Field
02:41 39Hyper-Focal Distance Focusing
02:51 40Focus Tracking
04:19 41Manual Focus
01:57 42Predictive Focus
01:03 43Summary
02:32 44Buying Lenses
05:00 45Summary
01:45 46Quality of Light
01:32 47Direction of Light
01:52 48No Such Thing as Good Light
02:00 49Final Word
02:52 50BONUS - In Conversation with Art Wolfe
07:11 51BONUS - The Source of Creativity
06:34Lesson Info
Final Word
My final piece of advice is, photography is a skill and like any skill, whether it's learning a new language, then he's playing musical instrument. We're learning to play golf. Practice makes perfect. I'm not very good at golf, and the reason I'm not very good at golf is no, because I don't have the right tools. I have a ball and I have a club. And it's not that I don't know what to do with them. You use one to whack the other. The reason I'm not very good at golf is I never practice golf, but I do practice photography. You're at the end of part one of this course, and I've given you a huge amount of information. How to set up the camera, had to get the right exposure, have get the image sharp in all the right places, etcetera. But all that information is worth little without the most important piece of the jigsaw, and that's something I can teach you practice. So my final piece advice is go out and take pictures and take lots off them. And don't just throw away the ones that don't wor...
k, at least not without looking at them first somebody wants. Ask Thomas Edison whether he felt like giving up the 1000th time He fell to invent the lightbulb, Edison answered. I didn't fail times. I just learned 1000 ways. It didn't work. The second most used button on additional camera is one of the little basket on it, the delete button. But here's the thing. Every time you delete an image without reviewing it, you're deleting information. You're discarding knowledge that tells you how not to take a picture. So what I do is I keep all my images and back in my studio, I look at them properly. I analyzed them on the ones I'm not happy with. I work out why they don't work. Then I asked myself, What would I do differently? How could I change camera settings or composition to create a better image? The more you do this, the more pictures you take, review them and consider alternatives that close you'll get to becoming the complete photographer. Another thing is, I also appreciate that for a lot of people photography as a hobby, it's something you have to fit in around family work and social commitments in other words is not something you do every day of the week. I know I've been there, too. So what happens is when you make a special effort for photography, perhaps you sign upto a course or an event or a photo safari. That's when you practice. That's a little bit like Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods practicing golf during the Masters. That's not the time to practice. That's the time to excel the time to practices before the big event, when it doesn't matter so much. And it's really not that difficult to pick up the camera once a day and take a picture. The subject on the results don't matter is the fact you're using the camera, your training, the muscles to know which buttons or where and how to use them effectively. But simply is about practice. The more you practice, the better you'll get from that. My final words
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Ratings and Reviews
mark jacobson
What a marvelous course! What a marvelous teacher! When I went to college, my father would always ask me about my professors, more than the courses themselves. He was passionate about learning and although too busy with earning an income to go beyond an undergrad degree, continued to read 50 books a year. I still remember how he'd get almost visibly excited when I'd tell him about some special professor who taught with such enthusiasm and, more than just passion, evident delight and joy in the subject. 'Ah they're the best, son. How wonderful you have such a teacher." Well, he passed away decades ago but if he were still around I'd get a kick out of telling him about Chris Weston, the 'Prof' of this course. He's one of the very special ones: a teacher who's loved and lived his vocation--his avocation--since he was a boy--and still is as excited about it now as he was then. The result: a course that seems to be more a labor of love--of pouring far more energy and thought into the details then one typically finds in these courses--than anything else. Bravo Chris! I'm already on to your next one.
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Chris is an amazing instructor who dissects theory giving amazing analogies that bring concepts to life. I have rarely been able to sit through most video course for more than a half-hour but watched this one from beginning to end. A good refresher course if you've been away from the camera for awhile or there are some concepts that still illude you. I highly recommend this course and look forward to watching his others. Thank you for the clarity and great explanations.
Sky Bergman
This was an amazing class. I have looked at a number of basic photography classes. This one was by far the best I have seen. Chris is an exceptional teacher. He breaks things down into digestible information and then inspires you to be creative. Thank you!