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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn the photography concepts and techniques that graphic designers should know about in order to work with photography more effectively.
You're a graphic designer who often needs photography in your projects. What do you need to know to be able to generate photos yourself?or be able to effectively communicate to a photographer you've hired? In this course, photographer, author, and educator Ben Long details the concepts and techniques that graphic...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Travel to the desert wilderness of Death Valley National Park with landscape photographer Ben Long to learn the unique considerations involved in shooting a desert environment.
Every type of location presents its own photographic challenges. For the stark wilderness of Death Valley National Park, these can include harsh desert light, stark landscapes, and a vastness that can be daunting to capture in a single frame. In this course, travel along with...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use your Nikon D800 digital SLR?and improve your photography in the process?with this guide to the camera's features, controls, and exposure options.
In this course, photographer and author Ben Long details the features, controls, and options in the Nikon D800 digital SLR. The course begins with an overview of what a digital SLR is and a tour of the camera's basic components. Ben then discusses the camera's basic operation: changing...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Explore the world of the small with this guide to macro and close-up photography gear, lighting, and technique.
It's a small world, and capturing it with a photograph can be challenging. In this course, photographer, author, and teacher Ben Long takes you on a fantastic voyage into the realm of the tiny, detailing the gear and shooting techniques necessary to capture extreme close-ups of everything from products to posies. After touring the possibilities...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Photographer and author Ben Long details the features, controls, and options in Nikon's popular D7000.
This course details the features, controls, and options in the Nikon D7000 camera. Author Ben Long provides an overview of a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera and reviews the Nikon D7000 camera's components and basics of operation, including changing lenses, navigating the menus, shooting in Auto mode, and reviewing and managing photos on...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Experiment with a low-cost technique for macro and close-up photography.
You don't necessarily need a macro lens to do macro photography. By mounting a prime lens "backward"?with the front elements closest to the imaging sensor?you can turn it into a low-cost macro lens. All you need is an inexpensive adapter called a reversal ring. A sense of adventure helps, too, because your camera's normal metering and focusing features don't work when the lens...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explore the creative options and challenges presented by backlighting in photography.
Every novice photographer hears "always shoot with the sun to your back." And every experienced photographer knows that this is bad advice. When you shoot into the sun?or any other light source?you expand your creative options dramatically. Backlighting can add drama to almost any subject, from leaves to hair, to smoke, to glassware. In this course, photographer,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Gain a deeper understanding of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings, as well as how these settings expand your artistic options in any photographic situation.
Arriving at the best exposure for a photo is part science and part art. In this course?the second and final installment in the Photography Foundations: Exposure series?Ben Long helps photographers expand their artistic options by giving them a deeper understanding of shutter speed, aperture,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to achieve professional-looking results with a mobile phone camera, using built-in features, optional accessories, and additional apps.
Discover how to use any smartphone camera as a serious photographic instrument, leveraging built-in features, accessories, and apps designed to expand shooting power. Instructor Ben Long starts with an in-depth exploration of photography basics and how to adjust camera settings for the best results in different...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Explore exposure and dynamic range to understand how digital cameras capture images?and how to deal with tricky lighting scenarios.
This in-depth exploration of exposure and dynamic range will help you understand how digital cameras capture images?and enable you to better deal with tricky lighting scenarios. Photographer and teacher Ben Long shows how to balance the three key parameters that dictate how your camera records light: aperture, ISO, and...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Get the most out of your Fuji X-T1 with these photography tips and tricks. Learn how to control focus, improve image quality, and work with Fuji's large collection of lenses.
The Fuji X-T1 is a mirrorless camera with a big viewfinder and compact, retro style. It's also packed with features that allow you to fine-tune everything from focus to exposure. The unique "modeless" design provides remarkable flexibility but also requires you to rethink how...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Join photographer and traveler Ben Long, to learn about the hardware, software, and workflow issues you need to consider when shooting on the road, on vacation, or on assignment.
Shooting on the road, whether it's on vacation or on assignment, introduces a variety of considerations for photographers of all levels. How do you store the shots, back them up, edit and enhance images in the field, and then merge those images with your master library at...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn to shoot raw. Explore the image-quality benefits and workflow considerations of shooting in your camera's raw format mode.
You hear experienced photographers say it all the time: shoot raw format to get the best quality. But what does "raw" really mean? Does it guarantee better image quality? And where does the DNG format come into play? In this course, photographer and educator Ben Long shines a light on what it means to shoot in raw?and what...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Get a weekly serving of photographic insight, instruction, and inspiration from photographer, teacher, and author Ben Long.
In The Practicing Photographer, photographer and teacher Ben Long shares a weekly serving of photographic instruction and inspiration. Each installment focuses on a photographic shooting scenario, a piece of gear, or a software technique. Each one concludes with a call to action designed to inspire you to pick up your camera...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use your Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR?and improve your photography in the process?with this guide to the camera features, controls, and exposure options.
In this course, photographer and author Ben Long details the features, controls, and options in the Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR. The course begins with an overview of what a digital SLR is and takes a tour of the basic camera components. Ben then discusses the basic camera operation:...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Join photographer Ben Long to learn about high dynamic range (HDR) photography, a technique that broadens the luminance or range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image.
In this course, photographer Ben Long describes the concepts and techniques behind high dynamic range (HDR) photography, a technique used to create images that have a wider range between the lightest and darkest areas of a scene than a digital camera can typically capture....
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Keep track of your travel memories and your travel photos with this guide to geotagging and journaling apps, tools, and techniques for the traveling photographer.
Photography is a great way to create a record of your travels, but it isn't the only way. Keeping a written journal as you travel is a time-honored way to keep track of your experiences, moods, and impressions. In this course, author and photographer Ben Long explores the tools and techniques...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Explore post-production tools and techniques that can help you tackle the unique challenges of landscape photography.
Great landscape photographs capture the raw beauty of the wilderness?but in order to make these images shine, post-production work is often needed. In this course, Ben Long focuses on the post-production tools and techniques that can help you tackle the unique challenges of landscape photography. Ben begins by demonstrating how to...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn the concepts, tools, and techniques for lighting with flash?from improving built-in flash results to shooting with external and off-camera flash.
Harsh, unflattering lighting can ruin a photo?and with flash, it's easy to get harsh, unflattering lighting. But flash is a necessary part of a photographer's toolset?after all, the world doesn't always provide you with the best natural light. Fortunately, it isn't difficult to get great results from...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn how taking control of the white balance in your photography can expand your creative options and improve the accuracy of the color in your photos.
Is accurate color important in photography? Accuracy is important for portraiture and product shots, but beyond that, all's fair in photography. A blue color cast could be just right in a photo of a winter snow scene or a dusk city skyline. And a yellow color cast might help convey the heat of a...
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