- With 360-degree panoramic photography,
it's a bit of a complex subject.
We're gonna do our best to break it down
and make it easy to learn,
but you really need to sort of meet us halfway.
It's a good idea that you have a basic familiarity
with some of the core concepts of your camera.
- [Left Man] It's important to be comfortable
with things like using your camera in manual mode,
being comfortable setting shutter speed,
ISO and aperture, and understanding
the relationship of those three things.
I would also recommend
understanding how to set your camera for bracketing.
- Now of course for many cameras you'll find
detailed courses available here in the online library,
and you can check out courses from folks
like Ben Long to walk you through
some of these foundation skills.
We're gonna assume that you have a basic foundation,
and that you're comfortable with your camera.
You're just looking to learn the specifics
of 360-degree photography, and there's a lot to that.
If you're just interested in general panoramic photography,
or you want to get a little bit more primer skills down,
make sure you check out the
Getting Started with Panoramic Photography course
available here as well.
That'll walk you through
a lot of different shooting situations, not 360,
but a lot of important things.
You'll also find a lot of coverage
for some of the tools like Photoshop and Lightroom,
available in the library.
Now Ron, you've taught panoramic photography
to many other photographers,
what are some of the things
where they tend to find sticking points,
or where they stumble with the initial learning process.
- [Ron] Exposing for panoramic photography is different
because we're rotating, and there's different light,
typically, on different sides of the camera.
Post processing is also something that can be
a little bit intimidating but doesn't have to be.
- Make sure you've got those core skills down.
Be comfortable with your camera.
Make sure that tools like Photoshop and Lightroom
are not completely new to you.
And if you feel like you've got the foundations down,
let's go forward and start to explore
panoramic photography in 360 degrees.