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Practical Photography for Absolute Beginners: 9 Courses in 1 (Udemy.com)

Become pro photographer - Understand camera gear, lighting + composition, portrait, stock photography sell photo online

Created by: Creative Online School

Last updated February 2026

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What you will learn

  • You will know how to shoot amazing photos and will make your friends and family wow!
  • You will know how to earn money through photography
  • You will know when to shoot photos in natural lighting, how to utilize at best
  • You will know how to compose better photo shots
  • You will know how every things works inside DSLR with learn by example approach
  • You will learn how to take portratit shots, landscape shots, black and white photo shots, macro shots

How it compares

Against the other 275 rated Udemy courses in Photography on CourseDuck:

  • Rating3.9 out of 5higher than 1% of them
  • Reviews1,706#28 of 276 by number of reviews
  • Length1.9 hoursshorter than 66% of them
  • Last updatedFebruary 2026more recently than 83% of them

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Course Description

=== Students reviews on this course ===

"I had a great love for this course. Through this photography course, I learned so many new things that I never heard of. The teaching method is very simple and beautiful which can be learned easily by anyone." -- Naveen Yes

"Awesome all are understanding and point to point" -- Naman Verma

"It was great course. I now have a better understanding as to which camera to purchase." -- Norman Joseph Edwards

"It's a very nice course for the new ones who want to learn about photography , each and every thing are explained. You must take this course." -- Ananya Jain

This online photography course will help you to learn how to shoot amazing and wow images, those will make you far different from average photographer and you will know how to make money through photography. 

1. This course explains and helps to learn tricky and hard DSLR concepts pretty easy way. For example,             

  • How DSLR image taking process works, through easy animation

  • How view finder works, through easy animation

  • Why you should shoot in RAW Format ??

  • What is ISO?

  • What is Aperture?

  • Understanding Shutter Speed with Cool Explanation.

  • Cheat Sheet # Shutter speed and it's use cases. 

  • Chart # Sensor Size of Various Camera

  • Deep understanding of APS-C

  • Chart # Creative Mode Dial

  • Chart # Parts of DSLR (Nikon View)

  • Chart # Part of DSLR (Canon View)

2. You will master in lighting (Both natural and studio light)

  • Why lighting important in Photography?

  • Understanding natural light

  • Problems to shoot a photo in Mid-Day

  • Photography at Blue Hour

  • Photography at Golden Hour

  • You will understand direction light, how to compose light better to take a better shoot

  • 9 important points of photography

  • Reflector to shoot amazing photos

  • Cheat Sheet # Reflector

  • Diffuser to get rid of harsh light and harsh shadows


3. Shoot Cool Macro Photos

  • What is Macro Photography

  • Benefits of Macro Photography

  • Live view to get sharp AND crispy images

  • Larger depth of field to get more detail

  • Use the focusing rail to save time and perfect the focus

  • Use Manual focus, instead of auto focus

  • Diffuser / Umbrella for better macro shots 

  • Wind: Killer of Macro Photos 

  • Macro Targeted Flash

  • Better tripod to get rid of the blurriness

  • Higher ISO; Reason for Noisy and Grainy Photo


4. Black and white photography

  • Why black and white photography

  • Power of black and white photography

  • Black and White Photography vs. Color Photography

  • Cool tips and Tricks for black and white photography

  • Create a vintage looking shot with Photoshop

  • Create Black and White with Warm Tone

  • High-Key Black & White Portrait Effect in Photoshop

  • Creating Black & White Effect using Hue/Saturation Tool in Photoshop


5. Mastering composition in Photography - Compose Cool Photos

  • You will learn what components make a picture great

  • Why composition in Photography?

  • What makes a picture great?

  • Placement of subject technique

  • Separation of subject technique 

  • Balance of elements technique 

  • Linear perspective 

  • Height perspective 

  • Overlap perspective 

  • Aerial perspective 

  • Fill the frame technique 

  • Pattern technique

  • Leading lines technique

  • Rule of thirds technique

  • Golden ration technique


6. Here, in this course, you will learn how to make money in stock photography through step by step guideline

  • You will learn the  success theory of stock photography

  • You will learn how to analyze the stock photography market 

  • How to earn from multiple stock photography sites 

  • How to increase image acceptance ratio

  • What components makes create a better photo for the selling perspective


7. Portrait Photography 

  • What is Portrait Photography?

  • Key concepts of a portrait photography.

  • Indoor # portrait photography setup

  • Analysis of bad portrait shots, how to over come those?

  • Common mistakes in portrait photography

  • Cheat Sheet # Portrait Lighting


8. Deep analysis on Lenses

  • Chart # Know your lense

  • DSLR Lens analysis 

  • Special purpose lens

  • Benefits of a prime lens

  • Lens market share

  • Nikon lens terms

  • Canon lens terms

9. Filters & Stabilization

  • Types of filters and which one do you need

  • Polarization filter: when you need

  • Example photo shoot with Polarization filter

  • Neural density filter: when you need 

  • Example photo shoot with Neural density (ND) filter

  • When you should use a Tripod?

  • If you don't have, then what to do?

10. Long exposure photography 

  • Introduction to Long exposure photography

  • ND filter guide for long exposure shots

  • What equipment needed for long exposure shots

  • Analysis of several long exposure shots 

  • Tips for better long exposure shots

11. Photo Editing in Photoshop

  • Create a vintage-looking image in Photoshop

  • Crete Black and White Photo with Warm Tone in Photoshop

  • High-Key Black & White Portrait Effect in Photoshop

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Instructor Details

Creative Online School

Creative Online School is a modern technology education platform dedicated to helping learners master the skills required for the digital and AI-powered economy. We provide professional, industry-focused training in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Generative AI, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, Data Science, and modern software architecture.

Our learning approach emphasizes hands-on, project-based education, enabling students to gain real-world experience by building practical applications, cloud-native systems, AI solutions, and scalable software products. Courses are designed for beginners, professionals, developers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and lifelong learners seeking to advance their careers and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

By combining expert instruction, practical projects, industry best practices, and career-oriented learning paths, Creative Online School empowers individuals to develop in-demand technical expertise, solve complex business problems, and confidently pursue opportunities in today's technology-driven world. Our mission is to make high-quality technology education accessible, practical, and relevant for the future of work.

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Reviews

3.9

1,706 ratings on Udemy

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By Yomi O on 5/13/2024

So far, my experience has been positive, and I thoroughly enjoyed this course from beginning to end. It introduced me to a variety of opportunities, criteria, and techniques for capturing a perfect and professional photograph. It also assisted me in gaining more insight and seeing photography in a new and positive light.

By Oliver Kenny on 4/5/2022

This course taught me good amount of knowledge about photography. But, what I didn't like was the lack of close captions, which I use to study for other courses on Udemy. Plus, the grammar in the articles needed to be polished. Overall, this course was worth my time and energy. Thank you.

By Aminah on 11/1/2021

The content taught was good and in detail for a beginners course. However for a photography course I do feel that for a lot of the examples that they should have taken pictures with a bad and then a good example instead of bad stock looking photos and some weren't even in focus. But I will say the summary after every section was a nice touch to the course.

By Rohit Mahato on 5/19/2021

The information is easy to follow, not too technical but not overly basic either. instructer does an amazing job of explaining everything; it's done at a good pace, his instruction is understandable and the quizzes build confidence that you are actually learning something! I would highly recommend this course!

By Christian Holdack on 11/23/2020

I think it needs a little more explanation. Not only to mention techniques, but to explain them, what do they consist of? How are they performed correctly? The written material could have some extra information and even links that reinforce what is said or seen in the videos.

By Vipul on 7/23/2020

The course was good. Got some good information and explained well. may be the videos that based on editing in photoshop would be done better and explained well. As it was basic course the basic topics as well as advanced topics were discussed well.

By Sundeep Gurroby on 4/11/2020

I learned a lot from this course. I am not expecting much as its beginner course. So hopefully the enthusiast or advanced level will teach me more things and will focus on each type of photography techniques in depth and take to a higher level.

By Fabio Boccher on 3/18/2020

Corso che parte molto bene, fino a circa metà. Dalla quinta sezione in poi, con l'aggiunta dei ''videotutorial'' di photoshop, la qualità cala drasticamente. I video non sono all'altezza, spiegati poco e niente. Direi proprio inutili. Inoltre, consiglierei un aggiornamento delle slides, per correggere la grammatica in alcuni titoli (dove manca, ad esempio, il verbo della frase).

By Himanshu Singh on 11/20/2019

I loved this course very much. I learned s many new things through this course about photography which i never heard about it. The way of teaching is very simple and beautiful which is effectively learn-able to anyone. Acc. to me, never change the format or concept of this course.

By Edward Hudgeons on 1/1/2018

Hard to understand his dialect. His voice is not constant during some enunciations and he lowers his projection. Mechanically, the sound editor should have been more on the ball. My volume is at full, and sometimes it is still difficult to hear. Hell, maybe I am just getting old!! I will adjust, I am sure. I have completed the course now and will adjust my original remarks. The volume became sufficient by the 3rd chapter and I was also getting used to the instructors' accent. By about halfway through the course, I was comfortable with the voice and was able to understand him fine. It is a good course for beginners and people such as myself, that have some experience but needed someone to explain some things better. I learned quite a bit.

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Overall Score : 78 / 100