Learning Digital Photography

• Introduction
• Understanding Your Camera
• Shutter Speed
• Aperture
• ISO
• Color in your images
• Composition
• Abstract images
• Portraiture
• Marketing and selling your images
• Appendix

This textbook is designed to guide you through the essential skills and techniques needed to become a proficient photographer. Over the course of this book, you will learn how to:

• Understand Your Camera: Get to know the functions and features of your camera, from basic DSLR models to advanced DSLRs and mirrorless systems.
• Control Exposure: Learn how to use aperture, shutter speed, and ISO to achieve the perfect exposure in any lighting condition.
• Harness Light: Explore the different qualities of natural and artificial light, and how to manipulate them to enhance your photographs.
• Master Composition: Discover the rules and guidelines that can help you create visually compelling images, including the rule of thirds, leading lines, and symmetry.
• Color Theory: Understand some of the basic color relationships and how to use them effectively in your images.
• Thinking Creatively: Exercise the creative side of your brain to see the world in a new way and develop creative ways to make your vision into pictures.
• Develop Your Style: Find your unique photographic voice by experimenting with different genres, from landscape and portrait photography to macro and street photography.