Learning Resources

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Back to Basics by Learning DSLR

After consuming a lot of great shared content, it was time to give back – this is my own tutorial series.
Video-based animated presentation covering fundamental DSLR concepts
For beginners and intermediate amateurs
All episodes are listed below but you can see them listed on YouTube and Pinterest

EP 01: Focal Length, Angle of View and Crop Factor
EP 02: Aperture and Light Stops
EP 03: Exposure and Camera Modes
EP 04: Colour Temperature, Kelvin Scale and White Balance
EP 05: RAW vs. JPEG, Histograms and “Expose to the Right”
EP 06: Metering Light, Metering Modes and Exposure Compensation
EP 07: Qualities of Light, Hard vs. Soft Light and Light Fall-Off
EP 08: Flash Basics (flash duration, sync speed, high speed sync and TTL flash)
EP 09: Colour Management (includes device calibration and profiling)

Digital Photography One on One

Video series with episodes running any where from 5 to 15 minutes
Hosted by Mark Wallace and produced by AdoramaTV
104 episodes chalk full of useful advice on a variety of topics
For beginner and intermediate amateurs
Browse the titles of all past episodes on the YouTube Playlist

AdoramaTV has since ended that series but Mark Wallace still produces great videos for them, alongside several other photographers. There are two shows that closely match the orignal:

Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace