Photo Fundamentals
Learn core photography skills with your Alpha camera. Master exposure, focus, composition and light – and learn how to build a clear story with your photos.
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About this course
Designed for beginners, this course with instructor Emmett Sparling helps you create more compelling images by focusing on what matters most: composition, light, and story. Start with unique angles and core composition tools (rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, center-weighted) and learn to add depth simply by changing your position. Then “chase the light” with practical guidance on golden hour, sunrise/sunset, and shooting into the light for even tones, soft shadows, and beautiful backlight. In follow-along field sessions, Emmett demonstrates subject positioning, simple settings, and how lens choice supports establishing, medium, character, and detail shots. You’ll finish with a clear, repeatable approach to finding a story-worthy moment each day – and translating what you see into intentional, professional-looking photos.
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Instructor
Emmett Sparling is a photographer and director based out of Vancouver Canada. His photography work covers a wide range of subjects from landscapes, wildlife, underwater, portraits, and the travel adventure content he shares every day on Instagram.
Emmett has been traveling full time around the globe since 2016, capturing the beauty of our planet and telling the stories within the landscapes he explores. With an audience of 1.1 million people on social media, Emmett uses his influence for positive impact, storytelling as well as teaching photography.
Emmett Sparling
Photographer, Director
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