I took photography course last month which is very impressed me a lot. I have always been interested in photography and I like taking pictures with my smartphone and camera. My mother got me a DSLR camera on my 12th birthday. I have used a point and shoot camera and never used DSLR camera. It has many pictures and weak lens. At first it looks very daunting. I start to take pictures with DSLR camera on auto mode but they not use manual seating because I am not able to understand the manual seating settings. My mother advice me to take digital photography course online in the corona pandemic. There are number of online courses available online. I was able to find many online courses on photography. I bought photography masterclass on Udemy. It had lot of previous and recommended by many students. This course had over 25 hours and everything was explained thoroughly. The teachers were very knowledgeable and they started from very basic. I learned aperture, speed shutter, lens and camera workouts. I also learned different taking pictures, different scenarios like landscapes, family photographs, wildlife, etc. It helped me understand the importance of lighting in photography. We went to use flash and natural lighting. It is very comprehensive and easy to follow with and learning very fun. I was very impressed with the kind of pictures I was taking by the camera.
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I took a photography course last month that impressed me a lot. I have always been interested in photography, and I like taking pictures with my smartphone and camera. My mother got me a DSLR camera on my 12th birthday. I have used a point-and-shoot camera but never a DSLR camera. It has many features and a weak lens. At first, it looked very daunting. I started to take pictures with the DSLR camera on auto mode, but I did not use manual settings because I was not able to understand the manual settings. My mother advised me to take a digital photography course online during the corona pandemic. There are a number of online courses available. I was able to find many online courses on photography. I bought a photography masterclass on Udemy. It had a lot of reviews and was recommended by many students. This course had over 25 hours, and everything was explained thoroughly. The teachers were very knowledgeable, and they started from the very basics. I learned about aperture, shutter speed, lens, and camera functions. I also learned about different types of photography, different scenarios like landscapes, family photographs, wildlife, etc. It helped me understand the importance of lighting in photography. We learned to use flash and natural lighting. It was very comprehensive and easy to follow, making learning very fun. I was very impressed with the kind of pictures I was taking with the camera.
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