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Hey there girls!!!
Here we are at the VERY last lesson!!!
As this was an online photography course by Jodie Coston - at the time she ran it - she had some “special requests” from students - and this is what this lesson covers!!!
Lesson Ten: Special Requests

We’ve now gone over all of the basics that I outlined [...]

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Hey girls!!! Welcome to Lesson 9!!! My Goodness… I can’t believe that we’ve only got one more lesson after this one!!!
This lesson isn’t a “lesson” as such… no techniques to try - but more a kindof “recap” and important things to remember.
Here we go!!!
Lesson Nine: Tying It All Together
Well, in the last eight lessons we’ve [...]

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Lesson Eight: Studio Lighting - Still Life and Product Photography
Now that you all have a grasp on basic lighting setups, we’ll plunge a little further into more detail, talking about still life and product photography. This is the area of photography that I personally enjoy the most. It takes up very little room and the [...]

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Welcome to Lesson 7!!!
Other than taking pictures of beautiful landscapes and flowers, one of the main reasons people get into taking pictures is to create beautiful portraits. Whether your models are your friends, family or paying customers, portrait photography can be very rewarding. In this lesson we’ll discuss how to create flattering portraits of people [...]

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Hi girls and welcome to lesson 6!!! Wow!!! We’re half-way through the course already!!!
I promised all of you back in lesson two that it might get a bit boring and technical for a couple of lessons, but that if you hung in there with me, we would get to the fun stuff. Well, here we [...]

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Welcome to Lesson 5!!!
One of the biggest areas of interest for photographers is landscapes, nature and travel. The business market for these kinds of photographs is extremely competitive, but it doesn’t matter if you’re interested in outdoor photography for business or pleasure. We’ll talk about how to take the best photos that you can - [...]

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Welcome to Lesson 4!!!
Film - A History Of Its Beginnings

It’s difficult to imagine a world without photography. Photographs changed the world in ways that we can barely imagine. We can now literally see things that happen all the way across the world without ever leaving our home. We can communicate visually with people who don’t [...]

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Welcome to Lesson 3!!
Hey girls!!! Just a quick note to say that this lesson is only really going to apply to those with digital (or film) SLR cameras. Sorry girls!!! But hopefully there will still be something here for everybody to get something from the lesson!
In lesson two we briefly touched on lenses when we [...]

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Welcome to lesson two!
The next two lessons are going to focus on camera basics. First off, we’re going to talk about aperture - also called f-stop - and shutter speed. Those two things alone put me off for a very long time when I was a beginner and considering learning more about photography. All [...]

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Composition And Impact - It’s A Beautiful Photograph, But Do You Know WHY It’s Beautiful?
Let’s talk a little bit about pictures and why we love them.
Pictures can be beautiful. They can decorate a home or and office; be published in books, magazines and calendars; they can even win ribbons or prizes in contests. A [...]

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