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Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Learn about generative AI imaging tools and what they mean to creative professionals.
Generative AI tools-DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, among others-have the potential to transform the way creative professionals brainstorm, ideate, and create images. In this course, photographer and publishing professional Ben Long introduces key generative AI tools, provides an overview of how they work, and describes how they can fit into creative workflows...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Follow along with Ben Long as he shoots, edits, and color corrects a short film, using a video-capable DSLR.
Photo superstar Ben Long is back, but this time he's focusing on the video capabilities of DSLR cameras. This project-oriented course follows Ben as he shoots, edits, and delivers a short promo video for friend and actor Stephen Kearin. He concentrates on creative composition during filming, and then returns to the editing booth to show how...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Master the fundamentals of exposure with photographer Ben Long. Discover how to go beyond your camera's auto mode to craft exposures that will capture the look you want.
Arriving at the best exposure for a photo is part science and part art. Technology is on your side, but sometimes, to get the image you want, you have to override your camera's controls. In Photography Foundations: Exposure, Ben Long helps photographers expand their artistic options...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Train your eye to find better compositions. Learn the theory, practice, and art of photographic composition by analyzing the work of professional photographers.
What makes a good photo? Understanding why a composition works-or why it doesn't-can be difficult. However, by analyzing images and taking apart the photographer's process, you can start to understand how framing, layers, light, geometry, and other compositional choices affect the viewer....
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Explore the world of the small with this guide to macro and close-up photography gear, lighting, and technique.
It's a small world, and capturing it with a photograph can be challenging. In this course, photographer, author, and teacher Ben Long takes you on a fantastic voyage into the realm of the tiny, detailing the gear and shooting techniques necessary to capture extreme close-ups of everything from products to posies. After touring the possibilities...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Travel to the desert wilderness of Death Valley National Park with landscape photographer Ben Long to learn the unique considerations involved in shooting a desert environment.
Every type of location presents its own photographic challenges. For the stark wilderness of Death Valley National Park, these can include harsh desert light, stark landscapes, and a vastness that can be daunting to capture in a single frame. In this course, travel along with...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Gain a deeper understanding of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings, as well as how these settings expand your artistic options in any photographic situation.
Arriving at the best exposure for a photo is part science and part art. In this course-the second and final installment in the Photography Foundations: Exposure series-Ben Long helps photographers expand their artistic options by giving them a deeper understanding of shutter speed, aperture,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to achieve professional-looking results with a mobile phone camera, using built-in features, optional accessories, and additional apps.
Discover how to use any smartphone camera as a serious photographic instrument, leveraging built-in features, accessories, and apps designed to expand shooting power. Instructor Ben Long starts with an in-depth exploration of photography basics and how to adjust camera settings for the best results in different...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explore the creative options and challenges presented by backlighting in photography.
Every novice photographer hears "always shoot with the sun to your back." And every experienced photographer knows that this is bad advice. When you shoot into the sun-or any other light source-you expand your creative options dramatically. Backlighting can add drama to almost any subject, from leaves to hair, to smoke, to glassware. In this course, photographer,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Get a weekly serving of photographic insight, instruction, and inspiration from photographer, teacher, and author Ben Long.
In The Practicing Photographer, photographer and teacher Ben Long shares a weekly serving of photographic instruction and inspiration. Each installment focuses on a photographic shooting scenario, a piece of gear, or a software technique. Each one concludes with a call to action designed to inspire you to pick up your camera...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Get a solid grounding in the skills and tools you'll need to explore the world of digital photography.
It takes more than a camera to be a good photographer. But with today's smart technology and training from lynda.com, it's easier than ever to learn how to take great pictures. This course, designed strictly for beginners, provides for a solid grounding in the skills and tools you'll need to explore the world of digital photography. Ben Long starts...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the gear and techniques needed to turn a conference room or unused space into a photo studio for portrait and product photography.
You can accomplish a lot of photographic goals without needing a photo studio. But for many types of shooting, a studio is essential. Fortunately, building one doesn't have to be expensive. In this course, photographer and educator Ben Long details two scenarios for building an in-house photo studio. In the...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Get tips that can help you nurture your spontaneous impulses and leverage your innate creativity in all areas of your life.
The word "creativity" can conjure up images of groundbreaking stand-up routines and paintings that inspire awe hundreds of years after the artist's final brush stroke. But creativity isn't just possessed by a brilliant few. All of us-from accountants to event planners-regularly perform creative acts. It's what allows us to reorient...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use your Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR-and improve your photography in the process-with this guide to the camera features, controls, and exposure options.
In this course, photographer and author Ben Long details the features, controls, and options in the Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR. The course begins with an overview of what a digital SLR is and takes a tour of the basic camera components. Ben then discusses the basic camera operation:...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Join photographer Ben Long to learn about high dynamic range (HDR) photography, a technique that broadens the luminance or range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image.
In this course, photographer Ben Long describes the concepts and techniques behind high dynamic range (HDR) photography, a technique used to create images that have a wider range between the lightest and darkest areas of a scene than a digital camera can typically capture....
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Explore post-production tools and techniques that can help you tackle the unique challenges of landscape photography.
Great landscape photographs capture the raw beauty of the wilderness-but in order to make these images shine, post-production work is often needed. In this course, Ben Long focuses on the post-production tools and techniques that can help you tackle the unique challenges of landscape photography. Ben begins by demonstrating how to...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
From ultra-wide angle to ultra-telephoto to macro, tilt-shift and more, discover the creative options that specialized lenses and attachments provide.
Join photographer, author, and teacher Ben Long on location in San Francisco as he explores the creative options provided by the kinds of lenses and lens accessories that don't always make it into most camera bags. The course begins with a look at several common and inexpensive lens attachments, from...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Take your first steps in photo editing. Get post-processing tips for Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop, and the Adobe mobile apps.
Your work (and play) as a photographer doesn't end when you press the shutter button. With software such as Adobe's high-powered Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop apps, you can enhance and transform your photos to fix problems, improve composition and exposure, and so much more. Where to begin learning tools like these?...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Ben Long shares strategies for capturing the best black and white images and techniques for converting to black and white in Photoshop.
In this Foundations of Photography, Ben Long shows photographers how to develop a black and white vocabulary and explains the considerations to take into account when shooting for this medium. The course follows Ben as he goes on location and explains what makes good black and white subject matter and how to visualize...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Capture the beauty of winter scenes and learn how to conquer the challenges of shooting in cold climates.
Snow-covered landscapes introduce a variety of photographic opportunities and challenges. A blanket of brilliant white can do beautiful things with light, but it also complicates exposure. Crystal-blue winter skies are dramatic, but shooting in the cold can be cumbersome and hard on your gear. In this course, photographer, author, and educator...
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