Brian Spiegel
If anyone would like to learn Photography for FREE, I setup these YouTube playlists while I studied photography as a guide. Hear directly from the best pro photographers on YouTube. More than anything these playlists will teach you photography in all it's forms film to digital, phone to compact camera, to dslr, and film cameras, 8x10, 4x5, medium format, and beyond...
FOR FREE
Also there are links to books and online classes on photography below and to the center.
1 Embracing Photography Student (Part 1)
How to use your camera (The Basics)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPyrVkpQf_iotXcuMrL7hZrghSD7OEtC-
Table of Contents
Introduction
cameras and cell phone
buying a camera
mistakes to avoid
point and shoot
exposure
stops
aperture
depth of field
shutter speed
putting it all together
metering
sync speed
rear curtain sync
high speed sync
flash techniques
dynamic range
inverse square law
raw and JPEG
16 bit vs 8 bit
white balance
focus
hyper-focal distance
angle of view
lenses
diffraction
macro
filters
infrared
cable release
tripod
sandbag
Long Exposure
multiple exposure
Bokeh Balls
astrophotography
HDR
Storms and Lighting
panorama
clean your sensor
medium and large format cameras
cheap camera challenge
2 Embracing Photography Student (Part 2)
Photo Theory+
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPyrVkpQf_irI8Jbjgvy4VQTxlRn6ysS4
Table of Contents
Light principles color and shadow
using light photographically
color theory
creativity
principles of composition
design
art movements
stories from the field
pro photographers and business of photography
how does the camera work
how does the lens work
how does the sensor work
transistors
gates and logic
software and coding
the sensor itself
JPEG
image pipeline
studio lighting examples
Books
Practical HDR: A Complete Guide to Creating High Dynamic Range Images with Your Digital SLR
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Practical_HDR/NxaGDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
Light Science and Magic
Focal Press The Photographer's Eye Digitally Remastered (10th Anniversary Edition)
Focal Press Book: The Photographer's Vision: Understanding Great Photography
The Photographer's Mind Remastered: Creative Thinking for Better Digital Photos
The Art of Photographic Lighting 1st Edition
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Photographic-Lighting-Eib-Eibelshaeuser/dp/193395275X
The Practical Zone System : For Film and Digital Photography
https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Zone-System-Digital-Photography/dp/1138206318
Lighting Secrets for the Professional Photographer Paperback – October 1, 1990
https://www.amazon.com/Lighting-Secrets-Professional-Photographer-Brown/dp/0898794129
Macro Photography: The Universe at our Feet
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/donkom/macro-photography
Classes
Online Diploma in Digital Photography
https://alison.com/course/diploma-in-digital-photography
Marc Levoy - Lectures on Digital Photography
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ddpXYvFXspUN0N-gObF1GXoCA-DA-7i
3 Embracing Photography Student (Part 3 )
Digital Darkroom
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPyrVkpQf_iqj6SwdSSXTJKfDu55ZgyOl
Table of Contents
how to transfer photos to computer
Photoshop cs6
frequency separation
tricks and tips
focus stacking
selection techniques
color spaces
mastering color
composite images
PTGUI
printing
Mounting and Framing
printing transparency
darkroom printing
Ansel Adams
4 HDR short
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPyrVkpQf_irHphPP7IHQdtd0IP6gmGah
Light Painting :)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPyrVkpQf_irSVl9Jye7oHvKMej493nbW
Photography History
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPyrVkpQf_iqoSH0Zhyxpbo0svLHv9cgr
The Genius of Photography Documentary | TV Series (2007)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288869
Contact me
My Linkedin page
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-spiegel-0245a3b
My code repository
https://github.com/flyingdeath/
my personal facebook
https://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Spiegel/100009521845140
Brian Spiegel Photograghy face book page
https://www.facebook.com/flyingdeath00/
LISTS GEAR, GAMES, MUSIC, AND MOVIES
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2872398816420818&id=100009521845140
NEW KIND OF CAMERAS (NOT YET MADE.)
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2951651391828893&id=100009521845140
my flickr page
https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingdeath00/
3D 360 Panorama Slideshow
https://flyingdeath.github.io/SlideShow_panorama/panoNew.html
SlideShow_GPU_HDR
https://flyingdeath.github.io/SlideShow_GPU_HDR/