Photography
15 skills across 5 areas, in the order you need to learn them. 3 of them end in work you hand in and we mark.
Covers the subject wellWe check the technical side. Whether it's any good is your call
Take the skill check — about 10 minutes15
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5
What you'll be able to do
- The exposure triangleHit a target exposure deliberately by choosing which of the three settings to spend
- Metering and the histogramRead a histogram to confirm exposure and recognise when the meter has been fooled
- Working within dynamic rangeIdentify a scene that exceeds the sensor's range and choose deliberately what to sacrifice
- Depth of fieldPlace the zone of sharpness where you intended, and say which control put it there
- Focus accuracyLand focus on the intended plane consistently, including on moving subjects
- Focal length and perspectiveChange the subject-to-background relationship deliberately by moving, not just zooming
- Motion and shutter speedRender motion the way you intended — frozen, blurred or panned — on purpose
Where the proof comes from
Start on Photography
Every skill above, ordered by what depends on what, with the projects above that as the evidence you actually did it. We work out where you already are first, so the path skips what you can do.
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