Perfect Exposure

Award-winning photographer Michael Freeman teaches you how to choose the right exposure for your photograph on this online photography course.

Michael will teach you step-by-step how to get the right amount of light in every photo, and how to use exposure creatively in your photographs.

Choosing the exposure for a photograph is both alarmingly simple and infinitely complex. Michael will look at how to use metering on your camera, and how to understand the methods to adjust light meters. He'll take you through the 'exposure triangle' - the 3 camera settings you need to use to control brightness.

He'll explain the 12 key exposure situations, and how to evaluate which exposure techniques to use and when.

You'll be taking photos and experimenting with exposure as you learn with Michael.

Choose Expert option for personal feedback on your photographs from Michael Freeman.

You'll learn:

• finding the right exposure for you and your photography
• how to use aperture, shutter and ISO sensitivity
• using exposure for your audience
• how exposure works
• handling different lighting conditions
• basic metering

This Perfect Exposure Course will equip you with the skills and confidence to be able to handle any lighting condition, however unusual, both technically and stylistically.

You'll need:

• The course book is Michael Freeman's Perfect Exposure.

This course is suitable for photographers wanting to learn more about using their camera and taking photographs, through to professionals who want to hone their photographic exposure skills with Michael Freeman.

Your tutor:

Michael Freeman is an award-winning photographer and author. He's shot photos for many of the world's leading brands and also teaches Learning with Experts' Photography Foundation course.

Time to complete this exposure in photography course:

Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 9 hours 15 minutes to complete including:

• Video lessons: 1 hour 15 minutes in total
• Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
• Assignment: at least 1 hour per lesson
• Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
• tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson

The course includes:

• On-demand video lessons - presented by Michael Freeman
• lifetime access to the video, notes and interactive class
• flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
• downloadable lesson notes
• practical (optional) photography assignments
• access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
• small interactive online classroom chat online to students from around the world

Ready to get started?

Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Michael on your photos.

Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.