What are the compulsory courses for learning photography?

I think learning photography is not only the training of photography itself, but also includes many aspects!

The first is aesthetic training. Read more literature books in your spare time, such as Renaissance, European art history and basic knowledge of fine arts, such as chromatics. This will broaden your horizons and let you "see" more shooting subjects. Of course, aesthetics is a part of personal cultivation, and it is also important to enjoy good music and movies. If you can sketch, so much the better. This is often used in commercial photography.

Back to photography itself. The first is of course composition, followed by light and exposure knowledge. This new photo is a good book. Of course, some of its contents are not practical. Read what you can understand.

About exposure, aperture shutter and ISO must be understood first. The most famous exposure theory is, of course, Adams's partition exposure. There are some practical skills about him on the Internet, you can look them up.

The knowledge of lighting includes not only the use of natural light, but also the knowledge of lighting and photometry in the studio. In this way, you will learn how to use the hand-held exposure meter and gray board. Among them, there is the use of room lighting in location, which is very important in commercial photography.

Then there is the use of the camera. Of course, photography is not as simple as pressing the shutter after building a picture. For example, how to use a reasonable exposure value picture depends on how you use the camera's metering system. The way to train you is to add some photometry to the camera M file. This will exercise your grasp of light and metering points.

If your goal is portrait/wedding photography, how to represent people is the main point you should consider. Being able to know the general personality and preferences of the subject in a short time can let you know how to express the picture to be shot. This requires your good insight and communication skills. Know something about makeup modeling, so that you can tell the stylist the pictures you want, how to do modeling and what kind of clothes to wear. To know more about the body language of the characters, what kind of pictures are suitable for what kind of movements, grasp the emotions of the subjects and be familiar with the venue, it is necessary to communicate well in advance and make as many arrangements as possible.

Commercial photography goes further. Generally speaking, it is a grasp of the artistic conception of the picture. In layman's terms, it is the feeling you want to shoot. This is related to communication with models (English is very important), mastery of makeup modeling, choice of clothing, scene props (sometimes involved in setting scenes, painting/carpentry, etc.), use of lighting and post-processing. You should plan ahead.

Finally, still life photography is also the most difficult object to shoot. The most important thing is the experience in lighting, as well as some special skills in still life presentation. These have been initially covered in the new photos, but they are far from enough. It is best to study in a special school or shooting scene.

To sum up, it is the cultivation of one's own artistic quality, the study of photography skills, the familiarity and mastery of the body language of characters, and the understanding of photography-related knowledge (modeling and clothing). In addition, the ability to express is as important as the ability to grasp the overall situation.

The above is based on my understanding of work. Forgive my shortcomings.