Good preparation is less about owning the best gear and more about knowing what you have and setting it up properly. In this module you confirm your camera meets the course requirements, install and open Lightroom Classic, and build a folder structure that keeps originals and edits apart. You finish with working kit, Lightroom running, and a workspace ready to go.

The sensor, not the price or the badge, sets much of what a camera can do. In this module you learn how a sensor turns light into a file, what the main controls and shooting modes do, and why RAW holds far more editing latitude than JPEG. You finish able to set up and hold a camera and choose the right mode and format for the shot.

A correct exposure is the one that serves the picture, reached by trading three settings against each other. In this module you work through aperture, shutter speed and ISO measured in stops, and learn to read the histogram rather than trust the rear screen. You finish able to set a deliberate exposure in difficult light.

The body captures, but the lens decides much of the look. In this module you learn how focal length changes perspective, how aperture, distance and focal length control depth of field, and when to take focus off the camera. You finish able to place sharpness where you want it and decide how much of the frame is sharp.

Learning to see light and frame a shot is what separates a made photograph from a taken one. In this module you cover the quality and direction of light, white balance, and how framing, balance, viewpoint and timing lead the viewer's eye. You finish able to read the light you are given and compose with intent.

Working to a brief is where personal work becomes deliberate work. In this module you plan a shoot, light and direct a portrait with simple, available light, light a product while controlling reflections, and run an efficient shoot from plan to delivery. You finish able to take a shoot from brief to a delivered set.

A shoot is only half the work; the edit is where images are finished. In this module you set up a non-destructive Lightroom Classic workflow, cull to find your keepers, and make the foundational corrections that take a RAW file to a clean develop. You finish able to take a single image from card to a finished basic edit.

Foundational corrections make an image clean; refinement makes it finished. In this module you learn local adjustments and masking, how to develop a look and match it across a set, where editing crosses into misrepresentation, and how to export correctly for print, web and social. You finish able to finish a set to a professional standard and deliver it.

You finish the course by producing a photographic series on a theme of your choice, taking it from planning through shooting and editing to a finished, delivered set. It pulls the whole course together and leaves you with a body of work you can show.