Week 1 - Intro to settings, different types of lenses and my recommendations
  • How understanding your camera settings will help your photography!
  • Lenses - how different lenses affect the look of your photos
  • What do I use for my photography? My own camera and lenses plus recommendations
  • Week One Photography Quiz
  • Week One Photography Challenge
Week 2 - Must know settings to instantly improve your photography
  • What is manual mode and why will it help me take the best photos?
  • The easy way to know you have your photography settings right - metering
  • Burst Mode / Rapid shooting
  • Week Two Photography Quiz
  • Week Two Photography Challenge
Week 3 - How to make sure your photos are always in focus
  • Photography in focus - adjusting the viewfinder
  • Setting up your focal point
  • What do AI Servo etc mean and how to adjust them
  • Photography Image File Types - RAW vs Jpeg
  • Week Three Photography Quiz
  • Week Three Photography Challenge
Week 4 - Adjusting your ISO to take great photos in dark rooms or hot sunny days
  • What is your photography ISO and how to adjust it for better photos
  • Real life photography case study - ISO (indoors and outdoors)
  • Photography ISO Quiz
  • Week 4 Photography Challenge
Week 5 - Photography aperture : How to get beautiful blurred backgrounds
  • What is aperture and how to adjust it to gain control over depth of field
  • Real life case study - aperture (portrait photography and group shots)
  • Photography Aperture Quiz
  • Week Five Photography Challenge
Week 6 - Photography shutter speed : Avoid this one huge mistake!
  • What is shutter speed and when to adjust it
  • Photography Shutter Speed Quiz
  • Shutter Speed Photography Challenge
Week Seven - White Balance : Getting the colour right in your photography
  • White Balance
  • Photography cheat sheet for working out your settings (print out and keep)
  • Recap on photography settings
  • Photography Settings Quiz
Week Eight - Photography case study - photographing a christening
  • Photography Case Study - Christening at a Church
  • Photography - Christening Recap Quiz
Week Nine - Photography case study - photographing a newborn
  • Photography Case Study: Newborn at Home
  • Photography - Newborn Recap Quiz
Week Ten - Photography Case Study - Photographing waterfalls
  • Photography Case Study: Photographing Waterfalls
  • Photography - Waterfalls Recap Quiz
Week Eleven - Photography Case Study - Photographing Children Indoors at Home
  • Photography Case Study: Rainy Day at Home - baking, craft and cuddles!
  • Photography - Rainy Day Quiz
Week Twelve - Flash basics : how to get natural looking photos using a flashgun
  • How to bounce flash for natural looking night photography