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• Before we Begin

• Syllabus

• FAQ

• Meet Your Teachers

• Setting Yourself up for Success

• Understanding Photography

• Inspiration & Feedback

• What is a Camera

• Types of Cameras

• Lenses

• Focal Length

• Raw vs. JPEG

• Digital Workflow

• Exposure

• Histogram

• The Exposure Triangle

• Aperture

• Depth of Field

• Shutter Speed

• ISO

• Natural Light

• Artifical Light

• Creative Uses of Light

• Basic Compositional Guidelines

• Basic Color Theory

• Workflow

• Processing Objects & Landscapes

• Processing Portraits

• Realtime Processing

• Visual Narrative

• Study the Masters

• Photo Essays

• Culling

• Break the Rules

• Inspiration

• Receiving Feedback

• Giving Feedback

• Autofocus & Manual Focus

• Autofocus

• Manual Focus

• Metering Modes

• Flash & Accessories

• Revisiting Goals

• Brainstorming

• Beginning a Project

• Reflection

• Lighting, Part 2

• Composition, Part 2

• Color, Part 2

• Inspire Yourself

• Genres

• Try Something New

• Confidence in Sharing

• Putting it all Together

• How to go Further

• Final Project

• Ongoing Practice

The course is open to anyone wanting to better their photography skills. As it’s a fundamental course, it will start with the basics and build in a thoughtful and effective way.

Yes! The class is and has always been free. All the information is available to everyone at any time. All critiques and interactions with the teachers and mentors is included in the course and has no extra cost.

Short answer, yes. Longer answer: If you’re using a phone, we recommend downloading an app which allows you to change settings so as to practice the effects settings have on the final image.

If you’re shooting film, take into consideration development and scanning times. This may cause delays in getting any critique back to you if the teachers and mentors have gone on to the newest lesson. If you’re okay with that, we’re okay with it!

All kinds of good stuff: settings, composition, color theory, genre exploration, organization and post processing, lighting, giving and receiving meaningful feedback, and much more!

On Reddit, you can submit your assignment right in the unit post. On the Discord server, there is a channel dedicated to submissions called #cohort2-class-assignments. Watch the above video to see exactly what it looks like.

We’ve got a team of professional and enthusiast skilled photographers and educators on board! Our specialties range from travel, landscape, portrait, street, sports, and more. Stay tuned for an introduction from the whole team.

We won't be giving out the assignments early, but we'll have a syllabus with a little info about each unit available before the class starts to allow you to plan a little.

We don't want to release the lessons early as the assignments are part of the learning process, so it won't be helpful to most to have them early.

We want to keep a steady pace with a logical flow of learning to not overwhelm people with too much info or options.

We will be approaching the post-processing section more holistically, as in, we won't be focusing on one specific piece of software.

Of course! You'll absolutely be fine with that! There might be one or two lessons that might not completely apply, e.g., changing focal length, but nothing more than that.

July 1st at midnight (UTC) Unit 1 will go live.