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Class overview
		Learn more about using your digital camera and improving your photography skills so you can capture professional-quality digital photos. If you don't already have a digital camera, find out what you need to look for as you shop. Once you have your digital camera in hand, get good advice on how to take better digital pictures, how to improve and organize them and how to share them. 127 Ratings » Read 41 reviews » Write a review

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What you'll learn

Better understand your camera's features, including how and when to use them
Discover new ways of taking photos for better, more interesting and more creative results
Develop your creativity in taking and manipulating photos
Understand the basics steps between downloading and output of your digital photos

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Lessons

»	Lesson 1: Digital cameras 101: features, functions and file formats

Just as the instant Polaroid made everyone a photo nut decades ago, digital cameras have created a similar surge in photography's popularity. This lesson breaks down digital photography language into easier-to-digest terms and explains file formats.

Lesson 2: Photography fundamentals: take better pictures
Understanding how to set up a shot based on your surroundings and subject pays off in more consistent, higher-quality images. This lesson teaches you essential techniques for improving your photography skills and shows you how to apply them.

Lesson 3: Download, organize and edit
Workflow is a fancy way of identifying what you do with your digital photos after you shoot them: download the pictures to your computer, organize and back them up for protection and edit them to share with others. This lesson shows you how.

Lesson 4: Ready for print and email
The quality setting and size you use to shoot a digital picture have a direct impact on how the image looks when printed at different print sizes. Learn how to master image size and printing, prepare a digital picture for sharing and calibrate your monitor.

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Instructor

Marc Mantha Instructor		» Marc Mantha 51 Ratings Marc Mantha owns and manages a creative marketing agency that develops web and print media. He's a professional photographer well versed in digital arts and applications. Marc has also created and led numerous instructional seminars, training sessions and online courses in digital media. He likes world travel and hiking off the beaten path with photography gear always in tow.
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Class reviews

lynn6617

Nov 18, 2009

(Edited about 7 days ago)

Good Info

Good basic info in an easy to understand text. Liked photo examples

abmc

Nov 17, 2009

An excellent start

especially appreciated explanation of pixels, printing sizes, etc.

dgateman9124

Nov 17, 2009

photo

well worth while

darrenho

Nov 9, 2009

Professsional digital photography made simple

After going through it I have received some important knowledges on photograhy.

I will complete these lesson asap.

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