Back in August and September 2010, I ran an introduction to photography course for the social website reddit.com/r/photoclass. It was in 30 parts, completely free and with no prerequisites.
With a few changes, all 30 lessons are now reproduced here in a more readable form.
This class is and will remain freely accessible, so enjoy and don't hesitate to share this page and to refer your budding photographers friends to it.
01 - On photography (it's not rocket science)Part I - The Gear02 - What is a camera03 - Different types of camera 04 - Focal length Part II - Exposure05 - Exposure, pipes and buckets06 - The histogram 07 - Shutter speed 08 - Aperture 09 - ISO 10 - Metering modes Part III - Focus11 - Autofocus12 - Manual Focus 13 - Depth of Field revisited Part IV - Using the Camera14 - Flash15 - Tripod |
16 - Filters 17 - White balance 18 - Scene modes vs PASM 19 - RAW vs. JPG 20 - Film vs. digital 21 - The decision process Part V - Post Processing22 - Digital workflow23 - DAM and Backups 24 - Levels and curves 25 - Layers and masks Part VI - Vision26 - Composition basics27 - Break the Rules! 28 - Be inspired 29 - Share your work Conclusion30 - How to go further |
