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Photographing Nature with Your Digital Camera (Self-Paced Tutorial)   

Learn how to use your digital camera to take stunning nature photos, including landscapes, flowers, animals, and even macro shots.


Nature photography can be a fun, relaxing, and exciting hobby! In this course, you'll learn about the many aspects of outdoor photography as well as how to master your digital camera's controls and features. With the knowledge you gain in this course, you'll be taking exceptional nature photos in no time.

You'll explore composition and lighting issues and find out how to take beautiful photos of landscapes, flowers, trees, and water. Along the way, you'll delve into your camera's shutter speed and aperture controls so that you'll be able to capture the photos you really want. You will discover how to use your computer to process your photos and digitally correct the most common problems. You'll see how your photos can become works of art rather than just snapshots of nature. By the end of this course, you'll have become the nature photographer you always wanted to be!


Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.


Learn how to use your digital camera to take stunning nature photos, including landscapes, flowers, animals, and even macro shots.


  1. The Joy of Nature Photography
  2. Light and Composition
  3. Landscape Photography
  4. Photographing Flowers and Trees
  5. Photographing Water
  6. Telephoto Photography
  7. Large Animal Photography
  8. Small Animal Photography
  9. Photographing Birds
  10. Macro Photography
  11. Post-Processing
  12. Abstract Nature Photography


Self-Study

Photographing Nature with Your Digital Camera (Self-Paced Tutorial)
Fee: $130.00
Dates: 5/19/2025 - 7/30/2025
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Institute for Health Services are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

 

Photographing Nature with Your Digital Camera (Self-Paced Tutorial)
Fee: $130.00
Dates: 7/1/2025 - 12/19/2025
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Institute for Health Services are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

 

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