Photography Foundations

Course Description: 
Photography Foundations is designed to gain a thorough understanding of how cameras and photography work. Learn the technical basics of camera control such as manual exposure, understanding lenses, depth of field, motion, and metering light. As well as the basics of how to import, organize, and process RAW files on the computer. Requires a DSLR or Mirrorless digital camera.

This course includes:
Lifetime access to downloadable PDFs of all lectures, assignments, and exercises to keep forever 
12 months of access to streaming of video lectures and course community page
Access to course social to ask questions, connect with other students, turn in assignments, etc 24/7 

Course content includes:
Beautiful and comprehensive video lectures lead by Instructor Ashley Kauschinger 
4 technical assignments to guide students 
Interactive quizzes to reinforce concepts 
Inspirational photographic examples 
Hours of content optimized for rewatchability and building up knowledge

A note from your Instructor: 

“I have taught the basics of photography many times while a studio art professor in academia. I’ve always wanted to bring a similar fine art perspective to teaching photo foundations online, as I rarely see this. My goal was to create an inspiring and comprehensive online intro course for beginning artists.” 

- Ashley Kauschinger 

What participants have said: 
"I think the course was EXCELLENT. The information was important, clear, and explained in helpful ways. The structure flowed well and it covered so much in a very nice time frame. I loved the videos showing the camera and I also enjoyed the multiple quizzes throughout the course. It helped keep things fresh and helped me remember the more important information." - Sara Fields

See full list of what is covered in this course below 

Image example from "Aperture and Depth of Field" chapter of course