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Photography Basics: The Complete Beginner’s
Guide • Beginner Photography
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BY SPENCER COX
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Photography isn’t the only way to capture the world, but it certainly is one of the
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most effective. Look no further than the nearest social media feed, news station, • Advanced Tutorials
magazine article, or book cover to see it – photographs have power. If you want
to harness that power and learn how to take the best possible photos, welcome
to “Photography Basics: The Beginner’s Guide.” This comprehensive tutorial Photography Life
explains the fundamental concepts you should know about photography from UNFILTERED
start to finish.

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Why We Wrote “Photography Basics”
Where would you go if you wanted to learn the most important basics of
photography, starting from scratch?
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Today, many people today like learning about photography online, which is a BASICS PHOTOGRAPHY

great way to search through large amounts of information (and carry a reference
in your pocket). But as good as the internet is for answering questions, it’s not
always geared toward studying a large topic from start to finish.
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After operating Photography Life for more than a decade, we decided it was time PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY
to fill this gap for beginning photographers. As we see it, people should be able
to start learning photography with little to no prior knowledge, dig down for a bit,
and emerge with a solid understanding of the most important concepts. So,
Photography Basics – a completely free, online guide to photography – was born.
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Where to Begin
Photography Basics is like a book, and it reads from front to back. Each chapter
of the guide builds on prior chapters. If you start at the very beginning and
work your way through, the information will flow naturally and in the right order.
However, if you want to learn something more specific, you’re welcome to skip
ahead to a later chapter. Here is the overall organization of the guide:

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4 Aperture

5 ISO

6 Composition

7 Metering

8 Camera Modes

9 Focusing

10 Flash

11 Camera Settings

12 How to Take Sharp Pictures

13 Photography Tips for Beginners

14 Photography Ideas

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