Leigh's Photography Journal

A Year With My Camera is a beginners photography course, designed to teach beginners how to use their camera's manual controls to become better photographers. It's free, with weekly email lessons and homework.

The course and its community are founded on three basic principles:

"The only photographer I will compare myself to is the one I used to be."
"Progress, not perfection."
"Don't forget to have fun."

Of the community, it's all on either instagram or a phone app. I'm not on instagram, and I don't have a mobile phone, so I'm going to put all my lesson notes and homework assignments here, on my photography blog.

Part 1: Technical

Lesson 1: Introduction to Exposure

Lesson 2: Aperture

Lesson 3: Shutter Speed

Lesson 4: ISO

Lesson 5: Exposure Triangle

Lesson 6: Metering

Part 2: Composition

Lesson 1: Composition Elements

Lesson 2: Single Focal Point

Lesson 3: Thinking About the Whole Frame

Lesson 4: Advanced Composition Techniques