
UdemyPhotography doesn't require expensive gear. This course teaches camera handling and compositional techniques that work with a smartphone, DSLR, or mirrorless camera—covering the principles that matter. You'll explore types of photography, master how to transfer and organize images on your computer, and understand what makes a photograph compelling.
Instructor Nadia Tyson brings over 10 years of classroom experience teaching photography to middle school students, plus professional work in documentary photography and headshot photography in Los Angeles. The course pairs concept lessons with creative photo assignments—10 hands-on exercises throughout—so you learn by making images immediately. Designed for all ages and all levels, it's accessible whether you're picking up a camera for the first time or rediscovering it.
Digital Photography for Beginners is a fun, informative, and simple course for everyone that allows them to learn the basics of the Camera Handling Skills, Compositional Techniques and more. By following this course to the end, you will definitely have a much more thorough understanding of Digital Photography and will hopefully be inspired to continue learning photography. This course will help you learn and improve in the following areas:
Camera Handling Skills
Compositional Techniques
Types of Photography
How to Transfer Your Images to a Computer
All the videos consist of a detailed description of the concept followed by a fun and creative photo assignment.
Course is open to all ages. Course instructor is a middle school photography teacher and a lot of the lessons are similar to what is taught in her classes. This course will teach you how to take amazing images , whether you use a smartphone, mirrorless or DSLR camera.
Hello and welcome to Beginners Digital Photography! I am Nadia Tyson and I have been photographing and teaching photography to middle school students for over 10 years! My passion is documentary photography so I often photograph for online photojournalism publications. I also own a headshot business in Los Angeles, California. This course is open for ALL ages and all levels and it covers all types of cameras - whether you have a DSLR camera or a camera phone- I go over it all! The course mainly focuses on 1.) Camera Handling Skills and 2.) Compositional Techniques. We also cover different types of photography as well as how to transfer your photos to a computer. A total of 10 fun photo assignments are included at the end of each course!
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Not the best price we've seen. The lowest we've recorded is $11.99 on 3 Aug.
This is what we recorded in US pricing — not every price this course has ever had, and prices differ by country.