Photography for Beginners (A Video Course): The

Easiest Way to Learn DSLR Photography from

the Comfort of Your Home

Kush Sharma

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any

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IMPORTANT

Thank you for purchasing this course. I hope it really

helps you in your journey of becoming a great

photographer. Before you start please go through

these important points:

• The videos below are private videos on YouTube,

available only to the people who have purchased

this course. The only way to access these videos is

through the links given below. So I request you not

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• Scroll down at the end of this document to see

how you can get your certificate once you

complete this course.

Again, I thank you for giving me the chance to teach

you photography. I hope you have a good time learning

from this course. Good luck!

Kush Sharma

(Founder at Creative Pad Media)

Section 1: Introduction

1. About me

2. Taking your first warm-up shot

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Section 2: Understanding the Lens

3. How to attach and detach a lens

4. Understanding Focal Length

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5. Auto-focus and Manual Focus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkD-JCqCIohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkD-JCqCIo

Section 3: Intro to Manual Mode

6. Intro to Manual Mode and Learning How to Change the

Values of Different Settings

https://youtu.be/tICZsJBdPiEhttps://youtu.be/tICZsJBdPiEhttps://youtu.be/tICZsJBdPiE

Section 4: ISO

7. Getting Started With ISO…

8. What is ISO and what impact does it have on our shot?

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9. The relationship between ISO and Noise

10. ISO and the light meter

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Section 5: Shutter Speed

11. Introduction to Shutter Speed

12. Shutter Speed and Exposure

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13. Shutter Speed and Movement Part 1

14. Shutter Speed and Movement Part 2

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15. Shutter Speed and Movement Part 3

16. Bursting Balloon Exercise: Using Burst Mode and Fast

Shutter Speed

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17. Light Painting Exercise Using a Slower Shutter Speed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4CLsDRyOYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4CLsDRyOY

Section 6: Aperture

18. Introduction to Aperture

19. Aperture and Depth of Field (Blurring the Background)

https://youtu.be/7h7jh2j7-Oohttps://youtu.be/7h7jh2j7-Oohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MYfrE3dyMhttps://youtu.be/7h7jh2j7-Oohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MYfrE3dyM

20. The Relationship Between the Lens and F-stop number

21. The Reciprocal Rule + Basic Aperture Exercise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl-3QEPzQckhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93EpjT_559whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl-3QEPzQckhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93EpjT_559w

22. Using Aperture to Blur the Background in Portraits

https://youtu.be/gdLSBKDS2p0https://youtu.be/gdLSBKDS2p0

Section 7: Using the Tripod

23. Taking a more in-depth look into the Light Meter

24. Using the Tripod to Shoot Noise-Free Shots

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25. Using the Tripod for Shots With a Slow Shutter Speed

Effect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNhodMOkIghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNhodMOkIghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNhodMOkIg

Section 8: Some Important

Settings, Functions and

Techniques

26. Using Auto-ISO to Make Your Photography Faster and

Easier

https://youtu.be/AThLxMDGQBkhttps://youtu.be/AThLxMDGQBkhttps://youtu.be/AThLxMDGQBk

27. Using Exposure Compensation and Metering Modes

28. Using White Balance to Correct Colour Cast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FKa52gXtfo&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FKa52gXtfo&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxYTWCvCe-Ehttps://youtu.be/-FKa52gXtfohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxYTWCvCe-E

29. Rule of Thirds and the Technique of Focus and

Recompose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KppmZd1qPYEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KppmZd1qPYEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KppmZd1qPYE

Section 9: Flash Photography

30. Introduction to Flash Photography

31. A Demo to See the Importance of Flash

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32. Bouncing the Flash to Create Softer Light

33. Using the Flash Off-Camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UxcOxROwUUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyWaCbjkzI4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UxcOxROwUUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyWaCbjkzI4

Section 10: Landscape and HDR

Photography

34. Landscape and HDR Photography Part 1

35. Landscape and HDR Photography Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWPJsBIymqMhttps://youtu.be/8TFfny0KuDIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWPJsBIymqMhttps://youtu.be/8TFfny0KuDI

36. Landscape and HDR Photography Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLEGJgzUCm0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLEGJgzUCm0

Section 11: Long Exposure

Photography

37. How to Shoot Light Trails

38. Shooting Silky Looking Waterfalls Using a Slow Shutter

Speed and ND Filter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMZQ6koPcM8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVN5bKCL-pMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVN5bKCL-pMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMZQ6koPcM8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVN5bKCL-pM

39. How to Use a 10-Stop ND Filter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjwL8TExwDAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjwL8TExwDAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjwL8TExwDA

Section 12: Editing and Post-

Processing 40. Introduction to Editing and How to Get Photoshop and

Lightroom CC

41. Basic Editing in Adobe Lightroom

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42. Editing in Camera Raw Filter (Photoshop)

43. Using the Spot Healing Brush Tool for Retouching in

Photoshop

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44. Creating Composites by Blending Multiple Layers in

Photoshop

https://youtu.be/Jj9zpCVKmYUhttps://youtu.be/Jj9zpCVKmYUhttps://youtu.be/Jj9zpCVKmYU

Section 13: Conclusion 45. Conclusion

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Certificate When you have completed this course, send us an email on

contact@creativepadphotography.com with the subject title “Photography for

Beginners Certificate”. We will reply back with a small test that comprises of 10

questions related to what you learned in this course. If you get at least 6

answers correct, we will send you a personalized certificate.

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