Includes 24 x 30 min. lectures.
Also includes a Course Guidebook.

Course Guidebook includes bibliographical references.

"Photographs are more than just snapshots. When taken the right way, they become dramatic personal statements with the power to last forever. They can transport you to distant landscapes, capture fleeting emotions, recall cherished memories, reveal the beauty of daily life, and even change the world.

With Fundamentals of Photography, you'll learn everything you need to know about the art and craft of great photography straight from a professional photographer with more than 30 years of experience. Designed for people at all levels, these 24 lectures are an engaging guide to how photographs work and how to make them work better for you. National Geographic contributing photographer Joel Sartore has crafted a course that will hone your photographer's eye so you can capture the greatest moments in nearly every situation and setting imaginable, from a field of flowers to a friend's birthday party to a grand mountain range. Taking you both inside the photographer's studio and out into the field, this course is a chance to learn, in a way anyone can grasp, the basic insights and hidden secrets of photography." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS:

Disc 1
Lecture 1. Making Great Pictures
Lecture 2. Camera Equipment - What You Need
Lecture 3. Lenses and Focal Length
Lecture 4. Shutter Speeds
Lecture 5. Aperture and Depth of Field
Lecture 6. Light I - Found or Ambient Light

Disc 2
Lecture 7. Light II - Color and Intensity
Lecture 8. Light III - Introduced Light
Lecture 9. Composition I - Seeing Well
Lecture 10. Composition II - Background and Perspective
Lecture 11. Composition III - Framing and Layering
Lecture 12. Let's Go to Work - Landscapes

Disc 3
Lecture 13. Let's Go to Work - Wildlife
Lecture 14. Let's Go to Work - People and Relationships
Lecture 15. Let's Go to Work - From Mundane to Extraordinary
Lecture 16. Let's Go to Work - Special Occasions
Lecture 17. Let's Go to Work - Family Vacations
Lecture 18. Advanced Topics - Research and Preparation

Disc 4
Lecture 19. Advanced Topics - Macro Photography
Lecture 20. Advanced Topics - Low Light
Lecture 21. Advanced Topics - Problem Solving
Lecture 22. After the Snap - Workflow and Organization
Lecture 23. Editing - Choosing the Right Image
Lecture 24. Telling a Story with Pictures - The Photo Essay

"Photographs are more than just snapshots. When taken the right way, they become dramatic personal statements with the power to last forever. They can transport you to distant landscapes, capture fleeting emotions, recall cherished memories, reveal the beauty of daily life, and even change the world.

With Fundamentals of Photography, you'll learn everything you need to know about the art and craft of great photography straight from a professional photographer with more than 30 years of experience. Designed for people at all levels, these 24 lectures are an engaging guide to how photographs work and how to make them work better for you. National Geographic contributing photographer Joel Sartore has crafted a course that will hone your photographer's eye so you can capture the greatest moments in nearly every situation and setting imaginable, from a field of flowers to a friend's birthday party to a grand mountain range. Taking you both inside the photographer's studio and out into the field, this course is a chance to learn, in a way anyone can grasp, the basic insights and hidden secrets of photography." (Publisher's Website)

DVD CONTENTS:

Disc 1
Lecture 1. Making Great Pictures
Lecture 2. Camera Equipment - What You Need
Lecture 3. Lenses and Focal Length
Lecture 4. Shutter Speeds
Lecture 5. Aperture and Depth of Field
Lecture 6. Light I - Found or Ambient Light

Disc 2
Lecture 7. Light II - Color and Intensity
Lecture 8. Light III - Introduced Light
Lecture 9. Composition I - Seeing Well
Lecture 10. Composition II - Background and Perspective
Lecture 11. Composition III - Framing and Layering
Lecture 12. Let's Go to Work - Landscapes

Disc 3
Lecture 13. Let's Go to Work - Wildlife
Lecture 14. Let's Go to Work - People and Relationships
Lecture 15. Let's Go to Work - From Mundane to Extraordinary
Lecture 16. Let's Go to Work - Special Occasions
Lecture 17. Let's Go to Work - Family Vacations
Lecture 18. Advanced Topics - Research and Preparation

Disc 4
Lecture 19. Advanced Topics - Macro Photography
Lecture 20. Advanced Topics - Low Light
Lecture 21. Advanced Topics - Problem Solving
Lecture 22. After the Snap - Workflow and Organization
Lecture 23. Editing - Choosing the Right Image
Lecture 24. Telling a Story with Pictures - The Photo Essay

COURSE GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION
Professor Biography
Course Scope

LECTURE GUIDES
Lecture 1: Making Great Pictures
Lecture 2: Camera Equipment - What You Need
Lecture 3: Lenses and Focal Length
Lecture 4: Shutter Speeds
Lecture 5: Aperture and Depth of Field
Lecture 6: Light I - Found or Ambient Light
Lecture 7: Light II - Color and Intensity
Lecture 8: Light III - Introduced Light
Lecture 9: Composition I - Seeing Well
Lecture 10: Composition II - Background and Perspective
Lecture 11: Composition III - Framing and Layering
Lecture 12: Let's Go to Work - Landscapes
Lecture 13: Let's Go to Work - Wildlife
Lecture 14: Let's Go to Work - People and Relationships
Lecture 15: Let's Go to Work - From Mundane to Extraordinary
Lecture 16: Let's Go to Work - Special Occasions
Lecture 17: Let's Go to Work - Family Vacations
Lecture 18: Advanced Topics - Research and Preparation
Lecture 19: Advanced Topics - Macro Photography
Lecture 20: Advanced Topics - Low Light
Lecture 21: Advanced Topics - Problem Solving
Lecture 22: After the Snap - Workflow and Organization
Lecture 23: Editing - Choosing the Right Image
Lecture 24: Telling a Story with Pictures - The Photo Essay

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
Bibliography