Initial Directions.

1. Hardware: The technical side of the camera.
   • Basic Functions of a Camera
     • Exposure / Metering
     • Aperture
     • Shutter Speed
     • ISO
     • White Balance
     • Exposure Bracketing
     • The Histogram Graph
     • EXIF data
   • Lenses
   • Flash
   • Maintenance
   • Megapixels
   • Raw
2. Composition
   1. Rule of Thirds
   2. Golden Mean / the Golden Ratio / Fibonacci
   3. Depth of Field
   4. Point of View
   5. Leading Lines
   6. Natural/unnatural Framing
   7. Eye Path

3. Lighting and Color

4. Photo Editing

   1. Tools
   2. Resolution
   3. Image Format
5. Studio Techniques
   1. butterfly lighting
   2. loop lighting
   3. Rembrandt lighting
   4. split lighting
   5. Reflectors
6. Techniques

• Long Exposure / bulb
• Contre-jour
• Bokeh
• Painting with Light
• HDRI