Free Photography Lessons, Part 3: Exposure, Light & Color

I gladly offer this basic, 5-pArt series of Photography lessons FOR FREE! Our world has become increasingly visual in the way we communicate. We not only take more pictures, we show them, send them and display them to more eyes than ever before. Wouldn’t it be nice to capture and show better pictures?

In this series, I get us thinking about…

1. How to tell a story with our photographs by understanding the 4 dimensions associated with the art.

2. The basic elements of “composing” our photographic story. How do we put things in our viewfinders so people get the essence of that moment that inspired us.

3. Understanding exposure, light and color and how they combine to say what we want.

4. How lens choice and operation effects focus and how focus effects what we show in our photos

5. The people in our photographs and the people we are showing them to.

Please enjoy these lessons. They’re not meant to be comprehensive and their not meant to be exhaustive or advanced. That doesn’t mean I don’t encourage any questions you might want to post for either me to try to answer or anyone else who comes along.

Please, be kind, helpful and enjoy.

Duration : 0:9:59


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21 Responses to “Free Photography Lessons, Part 3: Exposure, Light & Color”

  1. purplesagethyme Says:

    Thank you for …
    Thank you for making and posting these videos. It’s very kind of you.

  2. d3nikk Says:

    Amazing lessons…. …
    Amazing lessons….!
    So easy to learn from…
    I just can’t wait to finally buy the camera that I have been wanting for so long and try everything you taught us….
    Please make more

  3. klaatu42 Says:

    Really enjoying …
    Really enjoying these videos. I have a Canon EOS 5D Mk II coming, and although I’ll be using it primarily for video, I know that all of this info will likely apply. Thanks for taking the time to put all of this together. It is very intelligently structured and you deliver it very well.

  4. rumberopr Says:

    Excelente ;-)
    Excelente ;-)

  5. Jimbacsi Says:

    @albes421 , can I …
    @albes421 , can I kindly ask you to refrain from “flaming” here? I’m a very open-minded person who likes people to have the freedom to speak their mind, but do you really have to resort to such a low place? Lots of young people enjoy these videos. Please. (and don’t forget–I have the “block user” button).

  6. albes421 Says:

    fuckin fagggot
    fagggot

  7. BIKERMETOO Says:

    Excellent videos.. …
    Excellent videos..have helped me a great deal….thank you

  8. CJessyWatson Says:

    OMG! Get a life.
    OMG! Get a life.

  9. ExNihiloJimmy Says:

    I like exposure :D
    I like exposure :D

  10. ShaneANDKourtney Says:

    Your lessons are …
    Your lessons are really great! I really Thankyou for doing these free lessons online because i am still 12 yrs old and at my school they do not do any photography lessons and i really want my future to be in photography and work abroad and i know that i got to start working from now! Thanks Alot! =]

  11. meltdownman1 Says:

    Download Real …
    Download Real Player. It has a feature that pops up above the video frame here on Youtube and says “download”. It saves the file as a “FLV” (Flash Video” which you can replay in Real Player at any time in the future.

    Hope that helps.

    The Meltdownman

  12. Jimbacsi Says:

    Hi SeaDove. Write …
    Hi SeaDove. Write me a personal message. I will see what I can do to get these lessons to you in another form. Thanks for your kind words.

  13. yachtseadove Says:

    Hi Jim, thank you …
    Hi Jim, thank you very much for the beaut lessons. Unfortunately I do not have access to the internet very often as I live in a remote area. Is it possible to save the videos? thank you SeaDove

  14. Jimbacsi Says:

    It never ceases to …
    It never ceases to amaze me how much people are enjoying these simple lessons. You are quite welcome! I’m so honored to be able to serve others this way. Do me a favor, take great shots! :)

  15. TheFaith1122 Says:

    What can i say Jim? …
    What can i say Jim? i’m speechless. In all my years of learning anything at all i’ve never ever been so engaged and interested, even the dumiest of dumies can understund what u’re talking about. You’re so good at what you do and to do it for free! hands up to u. I’m on my knees, very honored learning from.Such a soothing down to earth voice. Thank you very much Jim.

  16. ValueMSW Says:

    it’s a great series …
    it’s a great series of photography lesson.

    thanks for sharing! more power to you, jim!

  17. TheSushimi Says:

    All I can say is …
    All I can say is Thank you very much for the free lesson. More power…

  18. ahmadhakam Says:

    I very often want …
    I very often want what I take is what is our eyes tell us. So I want my photograph results are as natural as what our eyes see. How can I do it?

  19. yukhon Says:

    great vids… …
    great vids… thanks for the effort!!!

  20. haroldmasong Says:

    thanks you! …
    thanks you! Philippines….

  21. criticalcommonmind Says:

    Thanks, Jim, after …
    Thanks, Jim, after going through all of your great lessons, I finally might be able to use my reflex camera as it is meant to be!
    Keep on teaching!!!

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