Individual training in the basics of photography.

Course program:

Lesson 1.
Introductory material.
Inspiration. Conceptualizing and creating the image.
What is a mood board and references?
How to assemble your team and how to work in it.

A short overview of cameras of various formats: large, medium, small format.
The concept of crop factor.
The concept of focal length of a lens.
Relationship between focal length and frame format.
Lenses:
- normal lens (standard)
-wide-angle lens
- long-focus
Features of "space transfer", areas of use
and the shooting features of each lens.
Filters. How to change the original.

Exposition
The structure of the camera.
Aperture and shutter speed:
What is a diaphragm?
-open/closed apertures, depth of field
-ISO (light sensitivity)
-excerpt
- long/short shutter speeds, blurred images
- shooting modes (shooting in aperture priority mode, shutter priority mode, program mode)
-exposure compensation, histogram
-Color temperature, white balance (WB).
- Converting images to black and white. Image styles.

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Lesson 2. Basics of Composition
Frame proportions (2x3, 3x4, 1x1).
The size of the object in the frame, free space ("air").
Several objects in the frame: quantity, size ratio.
Movement. Static and dynamic frame composition, diagonals.
Rhythm. Perspective.
Traditional "mistakes" in frame composition.

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Lesson 3. Digital Photography Results and Photoshop Work
Quality, image size, file formats (JPG, RАW, TIFF).
Differences between shooting in RAW and JPG.
Converters used for RAW conversion.
Basic retouching tools in Lightroom and Photoshop
What are Actions and how to create them.

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Lesson 4 of the master class from a photographer.