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Photography doesn’t have to be frustrating. With the right approach you can quickly learn how to master your camera settings and take beautiful photos you love.
In this 1-hour course you will understand aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, exposure, stops, the histogram, and more.
The camera is not an artist. YOU ARE. But you need to master camera settings to fully express yourself.
Download this course today and shoot awesome photos tonight.
What’s This Course For?
Imagine that you…
…walk up to a waterfall and know EXACTLY what camera settings you should use. You know not only how to get the entire scene in focus from front to back, but also which shutter speed to use to capture the rushing water just how you want.
You set your camera up, dial in the right settings, and CLICK: you have an epic image with a PERFECT EXPOSURE.
That’s the power of the mastering manual mode. And YOU CAN DO IT.
There are three camera settings you MUST understand in order to take great photos: aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. This course teaches you the ins and outs of those settings and how they interact to create exposure.
The course doesn’t stop there. It also teaches you why you should use certain settings, what the technical and artistic effects are, and what’s best to use in different situations, so you can shoot like an artist.
You’ll grasp:
Quickly and intuitively understand how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO combine to form the exposure of your photo.
Dive into what shutter speed does, both from a technical and artistic standpoint, and how to use it to adjust your exposure.
Learn what role aperture has in your photos, technically and artistically, and how you can use it to control your viewer’s attention.
ISO is arguably the least understood setting in the exposure triangle. In this lesson you will learn what it is, and the only time you actually need to change it.
Stops are critical to refining and adjusting exposure. Learn what a stop is and why it’s so important to being an photographic artist.
Dive into the relationship between shutter speed and aperture and how they can both be used to balance exposure, but with different effects.
Here you will learn when and why to change your aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and how to maintain a proper exposure while adjusting these settings.
Understand the most useful tool in digital photography, the histogram. Learn to read it, what it’s telling you, and how to use it to get a perfect exposure every time.
Dive into the final fundamental camera setting: white balance. Learn what it does, how it affects your photos’ color, and when to adjust it.
Picture This…
You step up to the ocean. But instead of guessing at your settings or letting the camera make all the decisions for you, you know EXACTLY what to do.
You pick the right ISO for image quality, the best aperture for great depth of field, and the appropriate shutter speed to capture the crashing waves. You read the histogram and know you have a perfect exposure, not too dark and not blown out. You choose a white balance to capture the stunning tones of sunset.
When the moment arrives, you press your shutter button and capture a masterpiece.
Who This Is For
This course is perfect for:
How does lifetime access sound? This course is downloadable, which means you have instant, unlimited access to this course for as long as you like, across any and all devices you own.
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I have a full 30-day refund policy. If you have completed at least three lessons and are unsatisfied with your purchase contact me and I will give you a full refund.
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Hi! I’m Joshua Cripps
I’ve helped thousands of people improve their photos. Here’s how I can help you.
I’ve been teaching photography for over 15 years. In the beginning I was teaching only myself. But as I began to understand what made a good photo I quickly moved on to assisting other photographers on their workshops, and then to teaching my own. Since then I’ve instructed thousands of photographers in person in some of the most beautiful places in the world.
But I didn’t stop there. I also created Joshua Cripps Photography (now the Nature Photo Collective), one of the most popular photography channels on YouTube, which has over 300,000 subscribers and 10’s of millions of video views.
Throughout these years of teaching (as well as refining my own photography) I’ve learned a lot about what makes a good photo and what doesn’t.
I’ve also come to realize when you’re learning photography you need more than just endless tips and confusing techniques. You need practical approaches, step-by-step processes, and go-to ideas about how to craft a winning image. You need a framework to start from that you can build your own creative ideas off of.
That’s why I created Master Manual Mode. To give you an easy step-by-step approach to mastering manual mode.
