Fundamentals of Photography

Get an in-depth and highly interactive tutorial on how to take better photographs in this thorough course taught by an award-winning National Geographic photographer.

• By This Expert
• 01: Making Great Pictures
• 02: Camera Equipment—What You Need
• 03: Lenses and Focal Length
• 04: Shutter Speeds
• 05: Aperture and Depth of Field
• 06: Light I-Found or Ambient Light
• 07: Light II-Color and Intensity
• 08: Light III-Introduced Light
• 09: Composition I-Seeing Well
• 10: Composition II-Background and Perspective
• 11: Composition III-Framing and Layering
• 12: Let's Go to Work-Landscapes
• 13: Let's Go to Work-Wildlife
• 14: Let's Go to Work-People and Relationships
• 15: Let's Go to Work-From Mundane to Extraordinary
• 16: Let's Go to Work-Special Occasions
• 17: Let's Go to Work-Family Vacations
• 18: Advanced Topics-Research and Preparation
• 19: Advanced Topics-Macro Photography
• 20: Advanced Topics-Low Light
• 21: Advanced Topics-Problem Solving
• 22: After the Snap-Workflow and Organization
• 23: Editing-Choosing the Right Image
• 24: Telling a Story with Pictures-The Photo Essay