In this collection of 24 lectures (30 minutes each), Joel Sartore lectures on the basics of operating a camera, the elements of a photograph and composition and lighting, as well as analyzing real-life photo opportunities and selecting and preparing photographs for photographic essays.

"Course no. 7901." "24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.

Disc 1. Making great pictures -- Camera equipment--what you need -- Lenses and focal length -- Shutter speeds -- Aperture and depth of field -- Light. 1, Found or ambient light -- Disc 2. Light. II, Color and intensity -- Light. III, Introduced light -- Composition. I, Seeing well -- Composition. II, Background and perspective -- Composition. III, Framing and layering -- Let's go to work. Landscapes -- Disc 3. Let's go to work. Wildlife -- Let's go to work. People and relationships -- Let's go to work. From mundane to extraordinary -- Let's go to work. Special occasions -- Let's go to work. Family vacations -- Advanced topics. Research and preparation -- Disc 4. Advanced topics. Macro photography -- Advanced topics. Low light -- Advanced topics. Problem solving --After the snap : workflow and organization -- Editing : choosing the right image --Telling a story with pictures : the photo essay.