4.0. Focus Points and Focus Rules - understand FOCUS for better photos.

Your images aren´t perfect if you don´t nail focus. You sure have seen out of focus images of your friends and relatives and found them annoying. Learn how to change your focus point and what to focus on to make your pictures better.

If you are new to photography, consider watching all of the videos of our free photography course.

Here is a complete List of the lessons and movies of the course:
0. Welcome
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Just a short welcome to our free photography course
1. Exposure
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An intro to exposure and its components Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO
1.1. Aperture
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Did you know that the Aperture is just a hole in the lens of your camera and that you can compare it to a window to better understand photography?
1.2. Shutter Speed
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The secrets behind Shutter Speed and how the shutter in your camera works. Take better photos by understanding Shutter Speed
1.3. ISO
   • 1.3. ISO explained - learn about ISO ...  
ISO is a very important component in photography. With modern cameras you can take much better use of ISO. But what is ISO and how does ISO influence your images?
2. The effects of Aperture and Shutter Speed
   • 2. The EFFECTS of APERTURE and SHUTTE...  
Aperture and Shutter Speed can do much more than just brightening up your image. Aperture is important to blur the background of your portraits and Shutter Speed will freeze your images when you photograph fast movement, or blur the water of waterfalls.
2.1. The effects of Aperture Part I
   • 2.1. APERTURE and its EFFECTS Part I ...  
See how the Aperture changes the sharpness of your foreground and background. In this movie we make an Aperture experiment that you can easily follow with your own camera.
2.2. The EFFECTS of APERTURE Part II
   • 2.2. APERTURE and its EFFECTS PartII ...  
learn which aperture to choose in different situations. This video covers aperture settings macro photography, landscape photography and architecture photography
2.3. The EFFECTS of APERTURE Part III
   • 2.3. APERTURE and its EFFECTS PartIII...  
learn how to blur the background in portraits. See the difference between small and large aperture and enhance your photography.
2.4. The EFFECTS of SHUTTER SPEED Part I
   • 2.4. SHUTTER SPEED and its EFFECTS Pa...  
let´s do a short shutter speed experiment together to understand the difference between long and short shutter speeds.
2.5. The EFFECTS of SHUTTER SPEED Part II
   • 2.5. SHUTTER SPEED and its EFFECTS Pa...  
Learn how a slow shutter speed blurs motion to understand how to avoid motion blur using faster shutter speeds.
2.6. SHUTTER SPEED and its EFFECTS PartIII
   • 2.6. SHUTTER SPEED and its EFFECTS Pa...  
the 3 factors that determine how fast your shutter speed has to be in order to freeze motion.
2.7. SHUTTER SPEED and its EFFECTS PartIV
   • 2.7. SHUTTER SPEED and its EFFECTS Pa...  
Best Shutter Speeds to Freeze Motion.
2.8. CAMERA MODES and Chapter Summary
   • 2 8 CAMERA MODES and chapter summary  
What camera modes you really need for taking great pictures
3.0. ISO - best ISO settings for your digital camera
   • 3.0. ISO - best ISO settings for your...  
Everything you need to know about ISO settings in photography.



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