Foundations
Photography starts with seeing, not settings. These four shoots keep the camera on Auto and train your eye on what no dial can teach: how light makes the picture, how filling the frame changes everything, how putting your focus on the right thing makes your subject snap sharp, and which light flatters your subject. Go shoot and start noticing — that's the whole assignment. Every tree after this is just learning to control what you can already see.
4 lessons, easy to ambitious — free to read, free to shoot.
- 1Photography Is LightPhotograph the same subject twice — once somewhere bright, once somewhere dim — to feel how the light alone changes it.
- 2Fill the FramePick one subject and get close enough — by stepping in or zooming — that it fills most of the frame, with little empty space around it.
- 3FocusPick one subject, decide exactly what should be sharp, and make that come out crisp — then zoom in on the photo afterward to check you nailed it.
- 4Find Good LightPhotograph the same subject in two kinds of light — harsh midday sun, then soft shade or beside a window — compare how each flatters it.
Shoot this tree, assignment by assignment.
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