Photography Foundations: Exposure (part 1)

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.

Introduction

• The importance of understanding exposure
• A word about camera brands
• Choosing an image editor

1. Exposure Fundamentals

• What is exposure?
• What is tone?
• What is good exposure?
• Image editors and exposure

2. Camera Anatomy

• Inside a camera
• Modern camera anatomy
• The shutter
• The aperture
• ISO

3. Basic Metering and Exposing

• Modes
• Pressing the shutter button
• Light metering
• The exposure triangle and reciprocity
• ISO control
• Preventing blurry images
• Changing shutter speed and aperture

4. Dynamic Range

• The dynamic range of your eye
• Aesthetics of dynamic range
• What is high dynamic range?
• RAW vs. JPEG

5. Exposure Compensation

• What is exposure compensation?
• Hands-on with program mode
• How to read the histogram
• The histogram in practice
• Real-world histograms
• Making adjustments for tonal accuracy
• Image editors and histograms
• Auto-exposure bracketing

6. Light Meters and Autofocus

• How light meters work
• Why are there different metering modes?
• Autofocus basics

Conclusion

• Where to go next