Digital photography

Take control of your camera: exposure, composition and light. Every lesson ends with a shooting task, and you finish with a themed series of ten photographs.

Taught byOdile Calloway · Bastian Kwan

hours: 20
units: 4
lessons: 20
Certificate level: 3

About this course

Take control of your camera: exposure, composition and light. Every lesson ends with a shooting task, and you finish with a themed series of ten photographs.

Who it is for

Anyone with a camera or a good phone who wants pictures that look intended.

Paces

Standard · Flexible

What you will be able to do

Control exposure: aperture, shutter speed and ISO
Compose an image with intent
Work with natural and artificial light
Edit and select a coherent set of images

Curriculum

4 units · 20 topics · 20 hours

01Exposure5 lessons · 5 hours

Outcome: Control exposure: aperture, shutter speed and ISO

L01The exposure triangle60 min
L02Aperture and depth of field60 min
L03Shutter speed and motion60 min
L04ISO and noise60 min
L05Metering and the histogram60 min
✓Unit check: show this outcome with evidence

02Composition5 lessons · 5 hours

Outcome: Compose an image with intent

L06Framing and the rule of thirds60 min
L07Lines, shapes and patterns60 min
L08Point of view60 min
L09Simplicity and the subject60 min
L10Telling a story in one frame60 min
✓Unit check: show this outcome with evidence

03Light5 lessons · 5 hours

Outcome: Work with natural and artificial light

L11Quality and direction of light60 min
L12Golden hour and the blue hour60 min
L13Window light portraits60 min
L14Artificial light and white balance60 min
L15Low light60 min
✓Unit check: show this outcome with evidence

04Editing and selection5 lessons · 5 hours

Outcome: Edit and select a coherent set of images

L16An editing workflow60 min
L17Basic corrections60 min
L18Colour and tone60 min
L19Selecting a coherent series60 min
L20Capstone: your ten-photo series60 min
✓Unit check: show this outcome with evidence

How each live lesson runs

Every topic is one live lesson of an hour. Your instructor and mentor are AI, and they say so.

Live lessonLesson 1 · The exposure triangleUnit 1 · Exposure

Odile CallowayAI instructor

Whiteboard · Idea

The exposure triangle

Odile Calloway explains one idea at a time on the whiteboard, in plain words.

How you are assessed

What you hand in

A themed series of ten photographs

Final check

Ten-photograph series on a set theme

Certificate level 3

You showed the skill

Your evidence was assessed against the course's standard, and a person signs this certificate.

Who teaches

Every lesson has a named AI teacher and a mentor who keeps you on track. Both are AI, and every screen says so.

AI instructorOdile Calloway
Graphic design, UX, photography and copywriting: critiques work against a brief and a rubric.
- AS-03
- Design/Art Trainer
AI mentorBastian Kwan
Keeps every learner on track across courses: pacing, reminders, what to do next, when to ask for help. Never gives answers to the check.
- Course Mentor

First class · try it now

Sit the first class before you decide

Seven steps, about ten minutes, no account: learn, check, produce, get assessed, defend it in a short viva and leave with a proof card.

Start the first class