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Courses

By ImageMaven

• Point Shoot Wow – the name says it all
• Take Better Pictures – free e-course for poeple with adjustable cameras
• Photo Fundamentals – f-stops, shutter speed and more
• Rock your Raw Files – using Photoshop Elements
• Portrait Lighting Workshop – with studio strobe lights

Digital Cameras

Camera shooting modes

• Keep it simple smarty pants
• Shooting with Auto settings
• Shooting in Program mode
• Shooting in Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority and Manual mode

File size

• Size and resolution explained

File quality

• Normal, Fine, Superfine

ISO

• ISO in digital photography – YouTube video
• Using Auto ISO – Sometimes it’s okay
• The best ISO to use

White balance

• WB tool comparison – video
• Get better color in your photos
• How to get perfect white balance
• White balance card comparison
• Does your snow turn blue?

Histogram

• The histogram is your friend
• Are you still struggling to understand the histogram?

Exposure compensation

• Do you need help with exposure compensation?

Business of Photography

Going pro

• How to shoot like a pro
• Making the leap to pro photographer
• Turn your passion into a business
• So you’ve got your portfolio, now what?
• Professional website setup and design that you can do yourself

Pricing photography

• The one-two punch of pricing photography
• Pricing for portrait and wedding photographers – from the Modern Tog

The Four Corners

Composition

• Composition is the strongest way of seeing
• Symmetry
• Composition examples

Light and Lighting

• Video lighting using LED and window light – video
• Four kinds of light for photography

Photo Editing

Getting started

• Simple photo editing software
• Snapseed and Instagram

Resizing images

• How to re-size your images in Photoshop
• Put your photos on a diet

Working with Raw Files

Shooting raw files

• Rock your Raw Files – online course
• Update Adobe Camera Raw – video

Editing raw files

• Camera raw tutorial
• You don’t need Photoshop!
• Comparing the camera raw features of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
• Juicy landscapes in Adobe Camera Raw

Photo Gear

Lenses

• What is lens speed and why is it important?
• Macro lenses

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