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.
| Responsible | Kayode Ajayi |
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| Last Update | 07/13/2026 |
| Completion Time | 10 hours 56 minutes |
| Members | 1 |
Basic
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Module 1 — How a photograph is actually made7Lessons · 57 min
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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 made10 xp
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Module 2 — Aperture and depth of field7Lessons · 58 min
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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 field10 xp
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Module 3 — Shutter speed and motion7Lessons · 1 hr 3 min
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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 motion10 xp
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Module 4 — ISO, metering and the histogram7Lessons · 1 hr
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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 histogram10 xp
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Module 5 — Lenses and focus7Lessons · 57 min
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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 focus10 xp
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Module 6 — Composition8Lessons · 1 hr 7 min
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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 — Composition10 xp
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Module 7 — Seeing light7Lessons · 1 hr 2 min
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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 light10 xp
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Module 8 — Shaping light7Lessons · 1 hr 1 min
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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 light10 xp
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Module 9 — Genres in practice7Lessons · 1 hr 2 min
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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 practice10 xp
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Module 10 — RAW workflow and delivery8Lessons · 1 hr 50 min
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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 delivery10 xp
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Final Exam — Photography Fundamentals Certification
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