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Photography Fundamentals

Photography Fundamentals

From full-auto to full manual — expose, focus and compose on purpose. A complete beginner's course in photography. You will finish able to expose any scene in manual, choose settings that serve a creative intent rather than a preset, diagnose why a failed frame failed, read and shape light, and take a RAW file from card to delivered export.

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Last Update 07/13/2026
Completion Time 10 hours 56 minutes
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  • Module 1 — How a photograph is actually made
    7Lessons · 57 min
    • What a photograph physically is
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    • The exposure triangle, honestly explained
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    • Stops: the unit that makes everything click
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    • RAW vs JPEG: what you are throwing away
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    • The eight controls that matter (and the rest you can ignore)
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    • Flashcards — Module 1 review
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    • Module 1 Quiz — How a photograph is made
      New 10 xp
  • Module 2 — Aperture and depth of field
    7Lessons · 58 min
    • What the f-number actually means
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    • The four levers of depth of field
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    • Choosing an aperture for your intent
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    • Diffraction and your lens's sweet spot
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    • Bokeh and the free separation lever
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    • Flashcards — Module 2 review
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    • Module 2 Quiz — Aperture and depth of field
      New 10 xp
  • Module 3 — Shutter speed and motion
    7Lessons · 1 hr 3 min
    • Shutter speed and the handholding floor
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    • Freezing motion
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    • Blur on purpose: panning, drag and long exposure
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    • Diagnosing a soft frame
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    • Stabilisation, tripods, and when IS lies to you
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    • Flashcards — Module 3 review
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    • Module 3 Quiz — Shutter speed and motion
      New 10 xp
  • Module 4 — ISO, metering and the histogram
    7Lessons · 1 hr
    • What ISO actually does
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    • The meter and why it lies to you
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    • Exposure compensation: the fastest fix on the camera
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    • Reading the histogram
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    • Protecting highlights, and exposing to the right
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    • Flashcards — Module 4 review
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    • Module 4 Quiz — ISO, metering and the histogram
      New 10 xp
  • Module 5 — Lenses and focus
    7Lessons · 57 min
    • Focal length, distance, and the perspective myth
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    • Primes, zooms, and what each focal length is for
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    • Autofocus modes, points, and back-button focus
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    • Focus-and-recompose: when it works and when it ruins the shot
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    • Crop factor and equivalence, without the confusion
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    • Flashcards — Module 5 review
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    • Module 5 Quiz — Lenses and focus
      New 10 xp
  • Module 6 — Composition
    8Lessons · 1 hr 7 min
    • Composition is subtraction
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    • Where to put the subject: thirds, centre, and why rules are heuristics
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    • Lines, framing, and leading the eye
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    • Balance, negative space, and visual weight
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    • Backgrounds: the number one amateur tell
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    • The critique protocol: fixing a weak frame in five questions
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    • Flashcards — Module 6 review
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    • Module 6 Quiz — Composition
      New 10 xp
  • Module 7 — Seeing light
    7Lessons · 1 hr 2 min
    • The three properties of light
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    • Quality: why size is the only thing that matters
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    • Direction: how shadow builds form
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    • Colour temperature and white balance
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    • Reading a room in ten seconds
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    • Flashcards — Module 7 review
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    • Module 7 Quiz — Seeing light
      New 10 xp
  • Module 8 — Shaping light
    7Lessons · 1 hr 1 min
    • The four modifiers, and what each one is for
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    • The window-light studio
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    • Why on-camera flash is ugly, and how to fix it
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    • Flash and ambient: the two-exposure model
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    • Fill flash outdoors, and high-speed sync
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    • Flashcards — Module 8 review
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    • Module 8 Quiz — Shaping light
      New 10 xp
  • Module 9 — Genres in practice
    7Lessons · 1 hr 2 min
    • Running a portrait session
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    • Product and e-commerce photography
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    • Events and weddings: the survival kit
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    • Landscape and travel
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    • The pre-shoot checklist and failure protocol
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    • Flashcards — Module 9 review
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    • Module 9 Quiz — Genres in practice
      New 10 xp
  • Module 10 — RAW workflow and delivery
    8Lessons · 1 hr 50 min
    • Ingest and backup
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    • Culling ruthlessly
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    • The edit order
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    • Exporting for web versus print
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    • Delivery, licensing and archive
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    • Flashcards — Module 10 review
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    • Module 10 Quiz — RAW workflow and delivery
      New 10 xp
    • Final Exam — Photography Fundamentals Certification
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