Digital Photography: Shooting in Manual for Beginners (Udemy.com)

Perfect match! I'm someone who is learning manual photography for both myself and for my Media classes as a teacher and the course is easy to follow, provides great explanations and sets tasks that makes it easy to visualise the content.

Great course for beginners. Her explanations are clear and if you practice the ideas suggested it helps you to master the concepts.

She provides a great strategy for someone new to photography to begin using their camera in manual mode. Has helpful downloadable slides.

Clear practical advice. Immediately improving my use of my camera's manual settings when I try the assignments. It's the first time I've shot with it out of auto after years of use! Advice has allowed me to fix effects I don't like by exploring my camera's range of ISO, aperture and shutter speeds - how to access them, and knowing what to actually change and in which direction to make my adjustment.

The teacher doesn't go too deep into the subject. She is repeating simple concepts to often and misses to teach some practical tweaks supported by good examples. Actually I'm dissapointed at this class. Spending US$ 10 on it is okay but the full price is definetly way too much for the given value.

This is a beginner’s course that presents the basics in a pleasant and logical progression. This course starts with ISO which is unusual for courses, but very logical because a photographer shooting in manual will set the ISO first. The information in the course is accurate and well-tuned for a new student to digital photography. I would like to have had more illustration and less explanation. Christine Smith covers the basic theory of exposure but it is up to the student to take the information and apply it in Manual Mode. NOTE: Using the histogram is a key part of manual shooting and is not covered.

I can't believe that I am now able to shoot in manual after taking this course! Really easy to follow and the exercises suggested help a lot. I highly recommend this course.

Well I really like your teaching style, friendly and very well explained. The only reason I've given it 3 stars is that there is frequent reference to sheets we can download. I can't find them anywhere. In previous courses I've found them through a link on the info button - but not here. If I could find these info sheets then I'd happily give 4 stars. Sorted! Christine responded very quickly. The problem is because I was using the Udemy iPad app (which is how I prefer to do my courses). There's no materials tab on the app but everything is fine when I work from my laptop.

I liked watching her videos and her explanations and assignments are great and help with the understanding. I do have to admit to being distracted with the messy hair, but that is probably just me!!! Certainly doesn't detract from the quality of the information.

Everything was explained so well and presented in an easy to understand format. My favorite part (or should I say parts) were the exercises and the downloads. I highly recommend this course.