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Learn & Master Photography is truly beginning to take shape.

Our content team is hard at work outlining the lessons and working with the instructor, Vince Wallace, to write out the lesson scripts, prepare for shooting, and even begin to prepare the lesson books.

I just got the lessons outline for the first half of the course. Here it is:

Lesson 1: Your Digital SLR Camera

An Overview of the Digital SLR Camera      Your Camera Gear

The Mechanical Parts of the Camera      Your Camera As a Computer      Holding Your Camera

Lesson 2: Camera Basics

Exposure and Shutter      Aperture and Depth of Field      Focal Length

Lesson 3: Digital File Management

File Management and Image Transfer      Organization Software

Lesson 4: Color Management

Light and Color      Color Managing Your Environment

Color Managing Your Camera      Color Managing Your Monitor      Color Managing Your Printer

Lesson 5: All About the Lens

The Focusing System      Drive Modes      Shooting Modes

Characteristics of Lenses      Lens Choices and Focal Length      Focal Length Assignment

Lesson 6: Framing and Composing Your Images

Principles of Art: Magnetism      Magnetism Assignment

Principles of Art: Rule of Thirds      Rule of Thirds Assignment      Principles of Art: Leading Space

Leading Space Assignment      Principles of Art: Juxtaposition      Juxtaposition Assignment

Lesson 7: Elements of Art with Light Metering

Elements of Art: Line      Elements of Art: Shape

Elements of Art: Form      Light Metering      Elements of Art and Light Metering Assignment

Lesson 8: More Elements of Art

Elements of Art: Positive and Negative Space      Elements of Art: Value

Positive/Negative Space and Value Assignment      Elements of Art: Color Color Assignment

Elements of Art: Contrast      Elements of Art: Texture      Contrast and Texture Assignment

Lesson 9: White Balance

What is White Balance?      Kelvin Temperature      Controlling White Balance      White Balance Assignment

Lesson 10: The Triad and ISO

The Triad Concept            ISO            Controlling Light with ISO            ISO Assignment

Lesson 11: The Principles of Design and Shutter Speed

The Principles of Design      The Shutter and Shutter Speed      The Shutter and Shutter Speed Assignment

Lesson 12: The Principles of Design and Aperture

Aperture            Depth of Field            Principles of Design            Aperture Assignment

Lesson 13: Full Manual Control

TRIAD Review            Lens Filters            Artificial Lighting