As a blogger, I take a lot of photos. Because of the nature of my content, a lot of those photos are of myself, taken with a tripod and a wireless shutter release. I?ve had over 6 years of practice but roughly 4 of those years were spend on ?auto? mode with my nice DSLR camera.

After I had kids, I started to take more photos of them and got even more practice at adjusting the settings in manual to get the look I want.
Even though this skill has come a long, LONG way from 6 years ago, I still feel like I have a ton more that I could learn when it comes to photography, specifically lifestyle photography.
I can’t remember when I first stumbled upon Skillshare, an online education community with over 17,000 classes, but as someone who loves to learn, I was instantly intrigued by the concept. I’ve taken a few different classes, from hand lettering to jewelry making, in my city, but there were times I wanted to learn something new that I couldn’t find an in-person class for. I was thrilled when Skillshare reached out to work together on this post because I loved what they offered and had already learned so much from a pizza making and pasta making class!
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I browsed their photography section to find a class that could give me a few basic tips, specifically with ISO since that was somethi...