Beginner Nikon Digital SLR (DSLR) Photography

About This Course

You’ll learn how all those buttons and dials work on your Nikon DSLR. Including the exercises, this course will take you about 2.5 hours. Through the exercises you’ll do and through the explanations of the concepts, JP is committed that you retain the information there is to retain without memorizing. There is about an hour of video lecture which covers exposure, aperture, shutter speed and the mode dial (Auto, P, S, A and M). Images will be shown as examples. The exercises will be explained fully. This course is perfect for anyone who considers themselves a beginner with their Nikon DSLR or for anyone who has some existing knowledge about how their camera works but hasn’t quite put all the puzzle pieces together when it comes to how aperture and shutter speed work together. This class is for you if you don’t know how all the modes (Auto, P, S, A and M) work on your camera and when you should be using each mode.

Learning Objectives

You will learn how to adjust your shutter speed and why you would choose one shutter speed over another.

You will learn to recognize the difference between depth-of-field blur and motion blur.

Requirements

You should own (or have borrowed) a Nikon DSLR. This class applies to all Nikon cameras that have a model number that starts with "D," (some examples: D4, D610, D7100).

Target Audience

This course is for absolute beginners and for people with some knowledge of how their cameras work but who haven't yet put all the puzzle pieces together of how aperture and shutter speed work together.

Curriculum

1 Lesson

Introduction

I'll talks about what you'll learn in the course and about his unique style of teaching that will have you learning how to use your camera intuitively.

Exposure

The Aperture Exercise

You'll learn how aperture works by using aperture to create a beautiful image of your own with a shallow depth-of-field.

The Mode Dial

You'll learn how and when to use each of the modes (Auto, P, S, A and M) on the shooting mode dial.

Wrap-up

In the wrap-up to the class, I will explain how you can approach using your camera in an intuitive way so you can be present to all the beautiful moments around you rather than focusing on your camera.