An online photography course where you’ll learn to see and take amazing photos with a mirrorless, DSLR or bridge camera.

**The good news is, you only need 5 camera controls to be a competent and confident photographer.**

Most photography courses concentrate on gear and tech, but cameras don’t take pictures! You take pictures and you are often overlooked in favour of the latest gadget or upgrade.

There are only 5 camera controls you need. This comprehensive photography course is specifically designed to make them effortless and easy to use and combine with creative ideas for all levels of photographer from beginner to advanced.

• If you've been photographing for years but still have lingering doubts about any of these things, Masterclass will bring them together and replace confusion with clarity and confidence

• If you've just got your first camera, you'll have clarity from the start and confidence will quickly follow - you'll shortcut years of trial and error

What Will You Learn?

You'll see through my camera's viewfinder in 95% of lessons so you can see the settings used live - as I explain and demonstrate...

• How a camera works so you can creatively exploit it to the max

• Menus and feature setups you need

• Camera and kit you need - and what you don’t

• Why manual settings are vital and how simple they are to use for creative eye catching photography

• Why I chose camera settings for each image in the course

• What auto modes do, how to control them and why they're great

• Why, when and how to argue with your camera's recommended exposure

• How to use hidden creative superpowers of shutter speed and aperture settings

• How to compose beautiful photos and why you should break the ‘rules’

• How exploit focal length (zoom) and bring a new dimension to your compositions

• How to see and use qualities of light appropriately

• The thought process behind settings, techniques, composition and light.

• Everything above in real world situations

• How to Be A Competent And Confident Photographer

Techniques:

• Manual exposure settings

• Semi auto exposure settings

• Depth of field (it's more than just apertures)

• Capturing movement in a photo

• Creative use of focal length

• Auto focus modes

• White balance

• Composition

• Qualities of light

This course is applicable for...

• Portrait photography

• Long exposure / low light photography

• Landscape photography

• Action photography

• Street photography

• Architecture photography

• Family photography

• Wedding photography

• Animal photography

• Night photography

• DSLR photography

• Mirrorless photography

And all other photography genres because the fundamentals of photography are the same for all subjects

How Will I learn it?

Photography is not as complex as some make out. It’s a bit of knowledge and a lot of practise - which is great news because you already love taking pictures...

First you’ll master the 3 exposure controls so you’ll know what they do, why they do it and be able to choose which settings to use. Exposure is not rocket science. It's just 3 controls and if you can get online and enrol on a course you can easily master 3 camera settings.

Exposure settings have creative superpowers too and the next step is learning what they are and how to choose settings for creative reasons. Every photo you take is your photo and Masterclass will put you in control of how you want it to look.

Manual mode is pretty simple TBH, and it's vital because cameras can’t think for themselves and sometimes get it wrong. Ever taken a photo of bright snow or a white sand beach in sunshine? Did it come out dark and dull looking? - That’s what I mean.

Once you’ve mastered manual exposure, know why cameras get it wrong and what to do about it, you can effectively use auto / semi auto if you like. It’s just another way to achieve the same result. You'll learn how to control these modes - even though they have the word ‘auto’ in the name.

Next you’ll learn how to be creative. How to 'see' and find photos, composition, lighting, how to add mood and feeling to a photo, give it meaning and be more than just a pretty picture.

In the majority of lessons you will see actual settings, composition etc live in the camera’s viewfinder as techniques are explained and demonstrated in both home and real life on-location environments.

Which Camera Do I Need For This Course?

This photography course is designed for cameras that have settings. DSLR, Mirrorless and Bridge cameras. Though there are benefits for compact camera and phone photographers, it is not designed for these.

Cameras don't take pictures - you use a camera to make pictures, in the same way a musician plays an instrument or an artists uses a brush.

The camera is your instrument. First you learn how to play it, then how to make beautiful music with it - and there are only five controls you need to do that.

Great photographers of the past took stunning photos on the most basic of cameras with only three controls. They understood the creative relationship between settings, composition and light - the bedrock upon which great photos are built. If they could do it with their clunky old cameras, there's no reason why you can't too.

Commit to this course and 28 days from now your frustrations will have melted away, because you my friend, will be camera competent, feeling confident and looking at your world like a photographer.

If you don't agree I'll give you your money back no quibbles. Far enough?

Mike