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Learn photography

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to learn photography: 7 steps, about 5.5 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to learn photography but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Learn what the three exposure controls do45 min
2. 2Shoot 50 frames in manual, same subjecttime block · 60 min
3. 3Review them and work out what went wrong30 min
4. 4Learn one composition rule and use it all week30 min
5. 5Pick one genre and shoot only that for a monthtime block · 60 min
6. 6Learn basic editing on 10 photos60 min
7. 7Print or publish your best 1045 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.