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
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
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
Instructor Details
- 3.9 Rating
1,706 Reviews
Creative Online School
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Reviews
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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