FREE Complete Digital Photography Course Including Lectures & Slides by Google & Stanford Professor

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tightarse on 08/09/2016 - 07:32 sites.google.com (6379 clicks)
Last edited 08/09/2016 - 11:23 by 1 other user

If you’ve been itching to learn photography but aren’t sure where to start, former Stanford professor and Google teacher Marc Levoy has released his entire course, which includes video lectures and slides online for free.

The class is set up like any university class would be, with two classes a week and each class covering different topics, from the basics of image formation to lighting. Each week also has a bit of history mixed in alongside assignments to keep you occupied.

Found via Lifehacker…

Mod: Marked as long running deal, not appropriate for re-post in the future. Previously was not obtainable by the public (taught 6 times at Stanford and Google only).

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  avgbowlofpho on 08/09/2016 - 07:44

  +4

  TA RUOK?

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    tightarse on 08/09/2016 - 07:46

    +13

    On a day like we have in Melb today, too right :)

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      Lizard Spock on 08/09/2016 - 07:54

      +7

      So in that case T UROK, and therefore you are a dinosaur hunter?

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      giventofly on 08/09/2016 - 08:32

      +3

      Have you seen the forecast for overnight and tomorrow? Yikes.

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  blerk on 08/09/2016 - 08:50

  Stamford or Stanford?

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    blerk on 08/09/2016 - 10:39

    Thank you for fixing the typo on Brock Turner's alma mater. Stamford University is in Bangladesh.

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  slackme on 08/09/2016 - 11:49

  +3

  Good stuff. Just found out you can watch from Youtube as well. I have downloaded all the sessions and will watch them from my TV.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7HrM-fk_Rc&index=1&list=PL8…

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    mazuko on 08/09/2016 - 15:46

    is there any trick to download all sessions in 1-click? or have to be one by one?

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      slackme on 08/09/2016 - 16:16

      As far as I know you have to do it one by one. It doesn't take long anyway. I use Firefox with "download YouTube video as MP4" plugin.

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        mazuko on 08/09/2016 - 16:55

        Thanks

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      boomramada on 08/09/2016 - 20:12

      Yes, https://www.4kdownload.com/products/product-videodownloader

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  BlitzR on 08/09/2016 - 11:55

  Thanks OP

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  gentlecrack on 08/09/2016 - 13:58

  +1

  Plus for the course, it will be useful for a noob to learn the technicalities (Read how camera works, aperture, exposure, DoF etc.)

  But I don't think photography can be taught!

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    ApuN on 08/09/2016 - 20:23

    +1

    I absolutely believe photography can be taught. Maybe I won't reach an elite standard, but I can definitely improve my skills so that my photographs are more pleasing to me.

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    methdd on 09/09/2016 - 11:27

    Can be taught quite easily. Depends how applied the student is.

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      gentlecrack on 09/09/2016 - 23:13

      Depends on how you look at it.

      • Can you learn enough to make a career out of it, make technically perfect photos? May be yes.
      • Can you be a Ken Rockwell? Definitely yes!
      • Can you develop the eye for photography, see what others don't see and make a good, great photo out of usual daily stuff?
        No, whatever courses you take, be it from Google or Stanford.
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  syousef on 08/09/2016 - 15:02

  +2

  From a brief look this is very good stuff but a bit dated. Still talking about about CMOS vs CCD as if CMOS is new and not used much yet. Level of details seems very good and not too difficult to grasp. Good post.

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  Jackson on 08/09/2016 - 19:39

  Hopefully this means we no longer need 101 photography course from Amazon or that hooly site since we have a Stanford professor teaching us

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  [Deactivated] on 09/09/2016 - 08:01

  These are not working at the moment. There is a message posted that says the server is overloaded.