Introduction to photography

Episodes

1. 3

   Expose for the shadows, develop for the highlights

   Here's a brief discussion of exposure strategy and its relationship to development. There's a handshake introduction to the Zone System. This is very basic stuff.

   Oct 28, 2006

   7 min
2. 2

   What exposure meters tell you

   Contains basic-intermediate material, 15 minutes. Len Cook discusses the basis for light meter operation and some of the relative strengths of reflected and incident light measurements.

   Oct 28, 2006

   15 min
3. 1

   Camera exposure and shutter speeds

   A veteran photojournalist and college photo instructor shares lectures recorded in class, then edited for podcasts. Basic material. Here's a 6-minute chat on a simple way to set your camera in daylight, and the meaning of the shutter speed numbers.

   Oct 28, 2006

   6 min