Photography Theory

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  1. Hot Shots: Cool and Sleek, Tall Glass Office Buildings

    Hot Shots: Cool and Sleek, Tall Glass Office Buildings

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Office buildings are popular subject matter, but this one seems to grab the eye, let’s look at some of the reasons it manages this.

  2. Hot Shots: Spicy Peppers Pop

    Hot Shots: Spicy Peppers Pop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Food imagery is so common today that it can be easy to overlook or dismiss. It takes a particularly well-thought-out image to grab our attention and I think...

  3. How to Read RGB and YUV Scopes for Precise Color Correction in Adobe Premiere

    How to Read RGB and YUV Scopes for Precise Color Correction in Adobe Premiere

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Adobe Premiere has built-in tools feature enough power to color correct your video footage with no other plug-ins or apps. In this lesson, you'll learn about...

  4. Hot Shots: Awesome Icelandic Glacier Cave

    Hot Shots: Awesome Icelandic Glacier Cave

    Tutorial • Beginner

    It’s hard not to be impressed by a photograph of a glacier, they’re stunning. Would this stand out from other photographs though? I think so, and in this...

  5. How the Right Interview can Make Your Documentary Film

    How the Right Interview can Make Your Documentary Film

    Tutorial • Beginner

    As a documentary film maker, it’s your responsibility to accurately and responsibly represent someone on screen. That means giving careful thought to how you...

  6. Look at This Photo of The Bronx in 1970

    Look at This Photo of The Bronx in 1970

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Look a little closer at this photo of New York City's Bronx for a startling character hiding in plain sight.

  7. Hot Shots: When a Laser Cuts Metal, Sparks Fly

    Hot Shots: When a Laser Cuts Metal, Sparks Fly

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Wow, this image packs a punch right from the get-go. Bright, powerful and loud, let’s look at why it works.

  8. Hot Shots: Aerial Photo of a Farming Combine Harvesting Wheat

    Hot Shots: Aerial Photo of a Farming Combine Harvesting Wheat

    Tutorial • Beginner

    A combine harvester in a wheat field doesn’t sound very exciting, right? Let’s take a look at why what could potentially be boring subject matter actually...

  9. How to Conduct a Documentary Interview

    How to Conduct a Documentary Interview

    Tutorial • Beginner

    You have the best subject to interview, you have your head in the right place and your questions and thread sorted, but how do you behave? This lesson is all...

  10. Nothing Ever Good Enough? How to Use the 80/100 Principle to Make a Film

    Nothing Ever Good Enough? How to Use the 80/100 Principle to Make a Film

    Tutorial • Beginner

    You can make a file that is 80% the quality you wanted 100% completed, or you can make 80% of a film that looks completely like what you are going for.

  11. How to Find People for a Documentary Interview

    How to Find People for a Documentary Interview

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this lesson, you'll learn how to research and select people to interview for your own documentary film.

  12. What Is ISO in Photography? Here's a Technical Explanation

    What Is ISO in Photography? Here's a Technical Explanation

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Most people understand the practical use of ISO, but what is it, where does it come from, and what's difference between ISO in film and digital? I'm going to...

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