matadoru course work for photography

8/12/2019 MatadorU Course Work for Photography

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Complete MatadorU Travel Photography Curriculum Online

1. From early origins to todays innovations and opportunities

A brief history of travel photography

Enter the professional travel photographer

Pitching to magazines, newspapers, and websites

Libraries, stock, competitions, and the rest

Assignment & recommended reading

2. Euipment

Camera types and formats

Lenses

Flash nits

Filters

!ripods other camera accessories

Laptops and e"ternal storage devices


!. "perture# shutter# $ilm speed# e%posure# $ocus

#eneral camera settings

!he shtter

Apertres and $oF

%' ( film speeds

Learning how to focs

E"posre and metering Assignment & recommended reading

&. Composition# lighting# color# $ilters

Composition

Light

Artificial light ( flash

Color temperatre

hooting in Color

Filters



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'. Types o$ travel photography

'tdoor ( landscape photography

)ight photography

People ( portraits

)atre ( wildlife photography

$ocmentary photography Assignment & recommended reading

(. Editing) Post processing and image enhancing so$t*are

Lightroom and Apertre* +orking with A+ files

Photoshop and Elements

-anaging yor portfolio


+. ,o* to get paid photography assignments and manage them $or ma%imum productivity

.nderstanding how the pblishing indstry is evolving

#etting into a pblication mindset

Pblishing vs/ self0pblishing, money, and legal matters


-. ,o* to plan and prepare $or a photography assignment

Planning and research

Packing gear, cleaning, and maintenance while traveling


. Myths vs. realities) /hat you need to 0no* to ma0e photography your career

1ey 2alities of sccessfl travel photographers

%n0hose vs/ freelancing and how to deal with brnot

traight talk abot earnings

traight talk abot ethics



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1. uilding and 0eeping an audience online 3y mastering social media

ocial media platforms and tools* !he basics

Facebook* Profiles, pages, and edge rank

!witter

#oogle3

tipple Flickr

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%nstagram

'ther platforms of note* !mblr, Pinterest, and Linked%n

6ow to bild yor online presence with social media

!racking performance with analytics


11. ,o* to capitali4e on ne* media# 5EO# and ads to moneti4e your 3log and pay $or your travels

-onetizing yor blog and #oogle Adsense

+orking with premim ad networks and how to negotiate contracts

6ow to sell yor own ads

7 steps to bilding a profitable blog that fnds yor travels


12. 6iving the dream

Ptting it all together and making the leap

orces of fnding 8grants, competitions, etc9

6ow to e"tend yor travel time -anaging mail, ta"es, finances on the road, and final thoghts


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