In photography, an accurate and sensible combination of settings between aperture, shutter speed and ISO speed can produce a flawlessly exposed image. Exposure usually is the amount of light per unit area reaching a photographic film or electronic image sensor which is as relevant to a photographer as a knife is to a chef.
The Fundamentals of Photographic Exposure includes a comprehensive creative edit of a high-quality landscape image. You will equip yourself with professional editing techniques as well as go through step by step of photo editing process, and understand intricate techniques easily. Learn the effectiveness of exposure in camera and capture correctly exposed images.
Through this course, take your steps forward in getting control of the technical function of exposure that will empower your creative imagination.
What Will I Learn?
- Set a Correct Exposure in their DSLR camera based on the Exposure Triangle
- Efficiently use the Histogram Tool to improve the exposure
- Develop a RAW file and prepare it for further post-processing in Photoshop
- Work in a non-destructive way with the use of most powerful Photoshop Tools
Requirements
- Ideally Photoshop CC, trial free version is more than enough
- No prior knowledge of Photoshop is necessary, I will explain all the techniques in a simple way
- We will work with high-quality images provided as supplementary materials to help you move on even faster!
Course Curriculum
| Introduction and Resources | |||
| Quick Introduction | FREE | 00:04:00 | |
| Understand Exposure: Histogram & Exposure Triangle | |||
| Human Eye vs DSLR – How Do They See The World | FREE | 00:04:00 | |
| Your New Best Friend: Histogram | FREE | 00:07:00 | |
| Histogram Analysis – Underexposed Image | 00:02:00 | ||
| Histogram Analysis – Low Key Image | 00:02:00 | ||
| Histogram Analysis – Overexposed Image | 00:02:00 | ||
| Histogram Analysis – High Key Image | 00:04:00 | ||
| Histogram Analysis – Low Contrast Image | 00:03:00 | ||
| Histogram Analysis – Low Contrast Image – Corrected 8 bit vs 16 bit | 00:06:00 | ||
| The Exposure Triangle | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Exposure Triangle – ISO | 00:06:00 | ||
| The Exposure Triangle – Shutter Speed | 00:06:00 | ||
| The Exposure Triangle – Aperture | 00:07:00 | ||
| Manual Exposure | |||
| Introduction to the Manual Exposure | 00:01:00 | ||
| Metering Modes | 00:04:00 | ||
| Manual Exposure Metering | 00:04:00 | ||
| How Camera Meter Works | 00:02:00 | ||
| Manual Metering and Exposure Compensation | 00:06:00 | ||
| Creative Exposure | |||
| Introduction to the Creative Exposure | 00:03:00 | ||
| Creative Exposure – Aperture & Depth Of Field | 00:04:00 | ||
| Creative Over & Underexposure | 00:04:00 | ||
| Creative Exposure – Shutter Speed & Movement | 00:02:00 | ||
| Automatic Exposure Modes | |||
| Auto Exposure Modes | 00:06:00 | ||
| Exposure Compensation | 00:02:00 | ||
| Developing RAW File in Adobe Camera Raw | |||
| First Things First | 00:06:00 | ||
| ACR: Opening RAW File | 00:03:00 | ||
| ACR: Fixing Perspective Distortions | 00:03:00 | ||
| ACR: Noise Correction | 00:10:00 | ||
| ACR: Chromatic Aberration Correction | 00:05:00 | ||
| ACR: Contrast Adjustments | 00:06:00 | ||
| ACR: Color Adjustments – Split Toning | 00:08:00 | ||
| ACR: Selective Adjustments | 00:03:00 | ||
| ACR: Saving Work | 00:07:00 | ||
| Polishing the Edit in Adobe Photoshop | |||
| Quick Intro to Photoshop Edit | 00:02:00 | ||
| S06_02_local_luminosity_adj.mp4 | 00:11:00 | ||
| PS: Local Detail Enhancement | 00:07:00 | ||
| PS: Contrast Enhancement | 00:05:00 | ||
| PS: Color Enhancement | 00:13:00 | ||
| PS: Luminosity & Vibrance Adjustments | 00:07:00 | ||
| PS: Adding a Vignette | 00:08:00 | ||
| PS: Final Touches & Conclusion | 00:06:00 | ||
| Exposure Promo Video | 00:03:00 | ||
FAQs
This course is for anyone who's interested in this topic and wants to learn more about it. This course will also help you gain potential professional skills.
No prior qualifications are needed to take this course.
You can study this course from wherever and whenever you want. You can study at your own pace and from any device. Just log in to your account from any device and start learning!
Yes, there is a test at the end of the course. Once you’ve completed all the modules of the course, you will have to give a multiple-choice test. The questions will be based on the topics of the modules you studied. And of course, you can take the test at any time, from any device and from anywhere you want.
Don’t worry if you fail the test, you can retake it as many times as you want.
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After you complete the course, you’ll immediately receive a free printable PDF certificate. Hard Copy certificate is also available, and you can get one for just £9! You may have to wait for 3 to 9 days to get the hard copy certificate.
