Instructors: Sarah Nichols and Kelsey Kremer
With Additional Videos By:
Jim Streisel and Vanelli
- What makes a great photo?
- Camera handling
- You’re in control: Light, background, rule of thirds
- Know your gear
- Practice: One object, 20 shots
- Photo composition techniques
- Three angles: High, low, normal eye view
- Three distances: Close, medium, wide
- ISO: Sensitivity to light
- Understanding shutter speed
- Adjusting aperture: What’s an f-stop?
- Basic color correction in Adobe Photoshop
- Cropping, file size and resolution in Adobe Photoshop
- Social media photography
- Composition and camera settings refresher
- Making photos with your phone
- What is photojournalism: Telling stories with one photo
- The photo story: Telling stories with multiple photos
- Using light and shadow in photography
- Making portraits
- How to shoot sports
- Writing good photo captions
- The basics of video storytelling
- Preparing photos for publication
- Designing a photo essay
- Photo sequencing: The 5 shot rule
- Capturing great action sports photos
- Capturing Great Sports Portraits