Free Photography Lessons – All Visual, No Language – By Michael The Maven

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Clases gratis de fotografía
Бесплатные уроки фотографии
免费摄影课程
دروس التصوير الحر
मुफ्त फोटोग्राफी सबक
Aulas gratuitas de fotografia
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About a year ago I asked myself the questions; “If I were to die soon, what would have been the greatest photography course I could ever make to leave behind for generations to come & why would it be “great”?”

I came to the conclusion, that it would be highly impactful to create a photography course that anyone in the world could watch and learn the basics of photography in under an hour.

The tricky part, was getting around the language barriers, but I realized that if the lessons were physics & demonstration based, it might be possible. Numbers & the metric system are almost universal, so I allowed myself that exception, as well as using sounds, and other universal symbols.

When I taught in college, something I learned was that students retained information far better, when there was an aspect of self-discovery. I wanted this self-discovery aspect in each lesson.

One year later, this is my very best attempt to create a Universal Photography Course. Whether it is the World’s Greatest Photography Course or not remains to be seen, but in this format, I believe I have come very close, if not succeeded. I have no problems updating it either, so it will get better. If you think I did well, I would love a thumbs up!

Wherever you may be, whatever language you may speak. It is my true privilege and honor to be your mentor. I don’t have any plans on dying anytime soon, so until then….

Enjoy!

🙂

Michael The Maven
Dec 5, 2018

Clases gratis de fotografía
Бесплатные уроки фотографии
免费摄影课程
دروس التصوير الحر
मुफ्त फोटोग्राफी सबक
Aulas gratuitas de fotografia
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00:00 – Exposure
00:56 – Histograms
02:30 – Equivalence of Exposure
04:10 – Shutter Speeds
06:55 – Long Exposures – Low Light
07:39 – Long Exposures – Bright Light
08:32 – Focal Lengths
11:48 – Apertures
13:08 – Depth of Field – Aperture
13:46 – Depth of Field – Distance
14:24 – Depth of Field – Focal Length
15:05 – Depth of Field – Sensor Size
15:30 – Shooting Modes
17:14 – Exposure Compensation
17:41 – ISO
19:06 – Previsualization
20:27 – Composition Lessons
24:55 – Drive Modes
25:50 – White Balance
28:09 – Focusing Modes
29:55 – Recomposing
30:29 – Inverse Square Root of Light
31:33 – Light Quality
32:16 – Flash Power
34:11 – The 3 Rules of Ambient & Reflected Light
35:59 – Painting with Light
36:51 – Landscapes
37:19 – Sports
37:38 – Portraits
39:57 – Credits

Music:

“Max Flashback”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 1
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“I Believe In You”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music for Podcasts Vol 1
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Going Home”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music for Podcasts Vol 1
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Sad Marimba Planet”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music for Podcasts Vol 4
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Credit Call”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music for Podcasts Vol 1
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Vaping In L.A.”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music for Podcasts Vol 4
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“High School Snaps”
by Broke For Free
Album – Slam Funk
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Arcade Montage”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 3
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Lets Start at the Beginning”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 1
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“New Day”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 4
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“New Day”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 4
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“How I Used To See The Stars”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 4
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“The Great”
by Broke For Free
Album – Slam Funk
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Keeping Stuff Together”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 4
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Start The Day”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 5
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Evening Glow”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 2
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Try Anything Once”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 2
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Places Unseen”
by Lee Rosevere
Album – Music For Podcasts Vol 2
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

“Our Ego” (feat Different Visitor)
by Broke For Free
Album – Slam Funk
From: www.fremusicarchive.org
CC BY

27 Comments
  1. Harrypm says

    So water = Light?

  2. Douglas Michel says

    Well done, however, near the end when you were focusing on the eyes, lock and recomposed, you focused on the far eye(camera left) blond hair, perhaps your wife, aside from that, a new and refreshing concept. Understood every bit.

  3. Willie Bernardi says

    Thank you so much! I learn a lot just by watching your video!

  4. MR RAJIB says

    michael love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

  5. Ben Dover says

    No -photographer here. Not sure what’s going on but you’re gonna have to clean up that wet mess mister.

  6. Edwin Jansen says

    Hi Michael. I learn faster if i watch stuff cos i don’t read that comprahensive and i wanna thank you a lot for this great course. Downloaded it and subscribed to the channel. Big 🤝 and a hug, all the best for the year 2019 😀

  7. Omoruyi O says

    🙌🏿🙌🏿 thank you Sir!

  8. daniel mai says

    Great tutorial!

    I bought your d7200 tutorial and greatly enjoyed it. It was one of the best investments i could make when getting a new camera.

  9. Live and in Focus says

    Love your photography and your channel! I have been getting more and more into photography recently and LOVE it!

  10. Sam Santana says

    Well done mate!

  11. Indrajit Mondal says

    subscribed

  12. Arun Sharma says

    Thank you for your amazing work. This video is a masterpiece.

  13. Davin Tes says

    Thank you. An amazing accomplishment to do it with no dialogue.

  14. Ricky Lee says

    Awesome. Well done sir. Keep up your great work.

  15. Daniel Rao says

    A wonderful silent, interactive, comprehensive and thought-provoking lesson in photography. Something in it for everyone. Many thanks.

  16. kkkhalid82 says

    great work!

  17. Sol Nava says

    👌🏽📸 I’m definitely going to practice more and try some of those tips. Thanx

  18. Martin M. says

    I watched it today again, but now with my 8 years old son. He was very interested and curious and finally, he could see some things I tried to explain him in the past just with words. We paused the video again and again and he tried out many things in parallel with his camera. It was a great fun and I am sure, it pushed again his understanding for the physics of photography, the technique and the very basics of composition. That’s a lot 🙂 Many thanks again for this valuable teaching video!

  19. Xristos Lotsaris says

    You know what?I think You tube is now complete..

  20. Straight Out of Camera says

    Brilliant, as always.

  21. Azntrutek2012 says

    Thank you so much for taken your time to created a very useful video. Wishes you and your family have a wonderful Xmas.

  22. Shariprncss says

    So Amazing Michael

  23. julio hernandez says

    The Schoolhouse Rock of photography!!!!! Well done 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  24. julio hernandez says

    Who’s that kid! He has great confidence, very strong for his age. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  25. julio hernandez says

    Jesus MIchael, your IQ is off the charts!!!! This is amazing!!!!!

  26. Abhijeet Sharan says

    Brilliant Michael !! Very humane ….If you cover most of what you think is important in photography you will be remembered….Being language independent is a great idea . But maybe your heading could tell us what issue you r trying to crack …..What the desired end result is after watching !!
    My two cents !!

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