We truly hope you've enjoyed this podcast series. Our goal was to help beginners understand the most basic concepts a new photographer needs to know to improve their photography.  We'll continue adding episodes to the podcast based off the most Frequently Asked Questions we receive from the students and members of our photography community.  Thanks so much for listening! If you want to take your photo skills even further, head over to PhotographyandFriends.com for free tutorials, premium...

In this episode, we conclude the first series of episodes about the basics of photography by chatting about storytelling with photography. At the end of the day, we are telling stories with our photos. What makes a great photo? A lot of this lies in the eyes of the beholder. Though there are different styles of photography and situations where story elements can be captured in better ways.  We hope you enjoy our conversation! About this podcast: Are you a beginner photographer who wants to...

In this episode, you'll learn all about light and color. We'll cover the light spectrum, light temperature, and how different types of light can change your photos. We'll also discuss how certain colors and color combinations make for better photography. Learn more about white balance, light and color here: https://photographyandfriends.com/understanding-white-balance/ About this podcast: Are you a beginner photographer who wants to learn how to improve your photography? This is the...

In this episode, you’ll learn all about focus, depth of field and bokeh. These concepts kind of go hand in hand and can truly change the quality of your photos. You will learn that it is not just about what is in focus or even the fact that is sharply in focus but also how it is in focus and what is not in focus. What Exactly is Depth of Field? Simply put, it’s the distance between the closest and farthest objects in a photo that look sharp. Cameras can only focus very sharply at one point,...

In this episode, you'll learn several of the most popular compositional rules (which are meant to be broken) such as the rule of thirds, leading lines, negative space, balance & symmetry, and more.  Watch tutorials and read more about composition here: https://photographyandfriends.com/what-is-composition/ About this podcast: Are you a beginner photographer who wants to learn how to improve your photography? This is the perfect photography podcast for you. In this podcast series,...

In this episode, you’ll learn what composition is. When we choose our subject we are choosing to capture a thing, a person, a sky, anything because it means something to us. Composition is deeply personal, almost as personal as editing style because we view the world based on our own experiences. Whether you want your photograph to simply document, to convey emotion, or just to capture something “pretty,” there are many ways that photography is more than a happy accident of being in the...

In the last few episodes, we discussed aperture, ISO and shutter speed as separate things, but I also mentioned that they must work together to create a properly exposed image. This may sound quite daunting, but I shall try to explain it in terms that are easy to visualize. It’s essential that you learn it, though. Once you understand how the three cornerstones of the triangle work together, you can start getting artistic with your images, and bending the rules. The Exposure Triangle Put...

The last two episodes concentrated on aperture and shutter speed. This time we’re going to look at ISO and how this connects with the other two. What is ISO? Basically, ISO is a measurement of how sensitive your camera is to the available light. The lower the ISO number on your camera, the less sensitive it is, while the higher you go with the ISO numbers, the more sensitive it is. When you increase your ISO above a certain level, you can get more light in low light conditions, but that...

We looked at aperture last episode, in this one we’re going to look at how shutter speed affects your image. Think of the shutter as a curtain that opens and closes to let light hit your camera’s sensor. Shutter speed is quite simply how fast that curtain opens and closes, thereby controlling how much light is let into the camera. It can create dramatic effects by blurring motion and freezing it, and is also important in gaining correct exposure. The first step in using shutter speed to...

The holy trinity of photography is aperture, shutter speed and ISO. The three work together to create your images, and all three control how much light the lens lets in to the camera. Today we’re going to discuss aperture – how to understand it, and how to use it to enhance your photography. Put simply, aperture is the most visual of the three basic pillars. It can produce wonderfully blurred backgrounds, with only the main subject of your image in focus, or it can bring everything into...

What is exposure? Photography exposure is basically how bright or dark your image is. We call a photo that is too dark, underexposed. A photo that is too bright is overexposed. A photo where your subject is not too dark, and not too bright, but it looks natural, is properly exposed. Your subject could be anything from a person to a mountain in the distance. Depending on your photo’s composition, not everything can be properly exposed. Sometimes your background will be too bright. Sometimes...

Are you a beginner photographer who wants to learn how to improve your photography? This is the perfect photography podcast for you.  In this podcast series, you'll learn how to expose with your camera - using the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO settings. You'll learn about composition, and what it takes to compose a better image using photography rules of thumb, as well as knowing how to break those rules. And finally, you'll learn how to tell stories with your photos.  If you want to...