Overview
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Master the fundamentals of exposure with photographer Ben Long. Discover how to go beyond your camera's auto mode to craft exposures that will capture the look you want.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- The importance of understanding exposure
- A word about camera brands
- What is exposure?
- What is tone?
- What is good exposure?
- Inside a camera
- Modern camera anatomy
- The shutter
- The aperture
- ISO
- Modes
- Pressing the shutter button
- Light metering
- The exposure triangle and reciprocity
- ISO control
- Preventing blurry images
- Changing shutter speed and aperture
- The dynamic range of your eye
- Aesthetics of dynamic range
- What is high dynamic range?
- RAW vs. JPEG
- What is exposure compensation?
- Hands-on with program mode
- How to read the histogram
- The histogram in practice
- Real-world histograms
- Auto-exposure bracketing
- How light meters work
- Why are there different metering modes?
- Autofocus basics
- Where to go next
