Photography Foundations: Specialty Lenses

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Free Online Course: Photography Foundations: Specialty Lenses provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Photography Foundations: Specialty Lenses is taught by Ben Long.

Overview
  • From ultra-wide angle to ultra-telephoto to macro, tilt-shift and more, discover the creative options that specialized lenses and attachments provide.

Syllabus
  • Welcome

    • Welcome
    • Roadmap of the course
    1. Understanding Specialty Lenses
    • Words about focal length
    • Understanding camera position
    2. Working with Lens Attachments
    • What filters are for
    • Shopping for filters
    • Understanding neutral density filters
    • Applying neutral density filters
    • Polarizing filters
    • Some shooting tips for working with a polarizing filter
    • Using infrared filters
    • Processing the infrared image
    • Handling stuck filters
    3. Working with Wide Angle
    • Working with ultra-wide lenses
    • Using a wide-angle lens
    • Understanding fisheye lenses
    • Working with fisheye lenses
    • Understanding fisheye exposure
    • Taking fisheye further
    • Processing fisheye and wide-angle images
    • Correcting tone in fisheye images
    4. Shooting Super Telephoto
    • Understanding super telephoto
    • Shooting distant subjects
    • Compressing the sense of depth
    • Working with shallow depth of field
    • Working with teleconverters
    • Editing telephoto images
    5. Understanding Macro
    • Understanding macro basics
    • Shooting close
    • Shooting macro
    • Working with a point-and-shoot for macro
    • Using a two-lens strategy
    6. Using Tilt-Shift Lenses
    • Understanding tilt shift
    • Correcting perspective
    • Creating the toy effect
    • Deepening depth of field
    7. Exploring Specialized Lenses
    • Working with specialty lenses
    • Using the Lensbaby
    • Working with the Lensbaby Macro attachment
    • Shooting with a Holga attachment
    • Using an alternative mount lens
    • Using super-fast lenses
    • Correcting Lensbaby images
    8. Creating Lens Effects Digitally
    • Correcting perspective
    • Creating the toy effect
    • Getting the lo-fi Holga look
    • Reproducing the effect of a Lensbaby
    • Cropping and enlarging images
    Conclusion
    • Choosing whether to borrow or buy
    • Goodbye