Free Photography Lessons, Part 3: Exposure, Light & Color

I gladly offer this basic, 5-part series of photography lessons FOR FREE! Our world has become increasingly visual in the way we communicate. We not only take more pictures, we show them, send them and display them to more eyes than ever before. Wouldn't it be nice to capture and show better pictures?

In this series, I get us thinking about...

1. How to tell a story with our photographs by understanding the 4 dimensions associated with the art.

2. The basic elements of "composing" our photographic story. How do we put things in our viewfinders so people get the essence of that moment that inspired us.

3. Understanding exposure, light and color and how they combine to say what we want.

4. How lens choice and operation effects focus and how focus effects what we show in our photos

5. The people in our photographs and the people we are showing them to.

Please enjoy these lessons. They're not meant to be comprehensive and their not meant to be exhaustive or advanced. That doesn't mean I don't encourage any questions you might want to post for either me to try to answer or anyone else who comes along.

Please, be kind, helpful and enjoy.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• photography
• free
• lessons
• cameras
• pictures
• digital
• film
• lenses
• art
• composition
• light
• color
• focus
• exposure
• web
• publish

[zeyer73]

how do you bounce the flash??? great lessons by the way

[Jimbacsi]

@zeyer73, Good question. The flash has to have the ability to swivel to be aimed at reflective walls and ceiling. The rest is a matter of experimentation and reading your own flash's product manual. There are no exact exposures, but once you buy a flash with a swivel and tilt head, I suggest you experiment and enjoy!

[yachtseadove]

Hi Jim, thank you very much for the beaut lessons. Unfortunately I do not have access to the internet very often as I live in a remote area. Is it possible to save the videos? thank you SeaDove

[Jimbacsi]

Hi SeaDove. Write me a personal message. I will see what I can do to get these lessons to you in another form.  Thanks for your kind words.

[TheFaith1122]

What can i say Jim? i'm speechless. In all my years of learning anything at all i've never ever been so engaged and interested, even the dumiest of dumies can understund what u're talking about. You're so good at what you do and to do it for free! hands up to u. I'm on my knees, very honored learning from.Such a soothing down to earth voice. Thank you very much Jim.

[Jimbacsi]

It never ceases to amaze me how much people are enjoying these simple lessons. You are quite welcome! I'm so honored to be able to serve others this way. Do me a favor, take great shots! :)

[ShaneANDKourtney]

Your lessons are really great! I really Thankyou for doing these free lessons online because i am still 12 yrs old and at my school they do not do any photography lessons and i really want my future to be in photography and work abroad and i know that i got to start working from now! Thanks Alot! =]

[Jimbacsi]

@albes421 , can I kindly ask you to refrain from "flaming" here? I'm a very open-minded person who likes people to have the freedom to speak their mind, but do you really have to resort to such a low place? Lots of young people enjoy these videos. Please. (and don't forget--I have the "block user" button).

[essamMessam]

great Lessons , helped me so much thank u sir :)

[supercj8899]

@ShaneANDKourtney You're very alike to me. I am 12 and i want to learn photography, and spend my whole life traveling in an rv. Just imagine how alive you could feel travelling and hiking every day....

[BeccyWall]

thanks for an amazing video!

[erinallerite]

Thanks for sharing this Jim. .Do you have a facebook account? Maybe i could send you a message just in case I wanna know something about photography.. Your lessons are very helpful.. Please do add me up -- > erinallerite@yahoo.com .. Thanks

[12lipa]

@yachtseadove Download program "youtube downloader". It's free...

[grumpyunderworl]

Interesting clip, I was recently reading about something similar on thephotographyclinic (.) com

[SaypheZonE]

your lessons are great! I am doing a photography project for school and my teacher has gone over all these principles. thanks.

[REALITYjk]

AWESOME