You’ve Just Taken Your First Real Step With Your Camera

Now Let’s Build On It

✔️ You’ve set up your camera properly.
✔️ You’ve learned the essential beginner settings.
✔️ You’ve taken your first intentional photo, on purpose, not by accident.

That’s something most beginners never manage.

But now you stand at the point where confidence really starts to grow.

Because the moment you understand the basics, you’re finally ready to learn the skills that make your photos clearer, brighter, sharper, and more creative.

Ready for What Comes Next?

  • Understand your camera properly (not just the beginner modes)
  • Stop guessing and know which settings to use
  • Take bright, sharp, consistent photos
  • Create background blur, freeze motion, capture great portraits
  • Understand light, the real key to beautiful photos
  • And feel genuinely confident behind the camera


... then Get Camera Confident is your natural next step.

This is the course where you learn the skills that make real difference in your photos. The skills that turn beginners into confident photographers.

In a simple, jargon-free way, I’ll show you how to:

✔️ Understand shutter speed, aperture, and ISO

✔️ Control brightness and sharpness intentionally

✔️ Choose the settings that match your creative goals

✔️ Create background blur

✔️ Freeze or show movement

✔️ Handle difficult lighting

✔️ Shoot confidently, even in manual mode

If you enjoyed the way Kickstart helped you understand your camera, you will love how clear this natural next step feels.

Student-Only Price: 48 Hours Only

As a thank you for joining The Camera Kickstart, you can unlock the full course for: £47 (normally £190)

Real Students. Real Results.

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Brilliant course

Georgie Thomas

Clear and straightforward, linking the skills and techniques with the camera.

Clear and straightforward, linking the skills and techniques with the camera.

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Awesome coach

David Blacker

After finishing this course I have learnt so much. I only have a bridge camera at the moment and I have always used Automatic mode as I've tried so many time...

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After finishing this course I have learnt so much. I only have a bridge camera at the moment and I have always used Automatic mode as I've tried so many times to use Manual mode and never been able to understand it all until now thanks to this course. Thanks to Sarah I understand everything a lot better now and I do use Manual mode. I still struggle sometimes remembering things but it does click eventually and I know I will get better with practice. Love going out now with my camera and hopefully soon I will buy a good dslr and continue to learn. Thank you Sarah

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Loved this course

Caryl Lawrence

I've loved this online course! It's been really nice to work through it in my own time and have all this information available to me to go back and recap any...

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I've loved this online course! It's been really nice to work through it in my own time and have all this information available to me to go back and recap any time. I feel much more confident in my understanding of how to use the camera on a manual setting, I just need to practice, practice, practice now! Sarah, you are a wonderful teacher, thank you.

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I really love my camera now!

Kate Dumbleton

Sarah has created a brilliant, technical but not TOO technical, easy to understand photography course for beginners that I thoroughly recommend. If you have ...

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Sarah has created a brilliant, technical but not TOO technical, easy to understand photography course for beginners that I thoroughly recommend. If you have some camera knowledge but want to know more her friendly manner and professional approach fills in all the blanks. Can't wait to put it all into practice! Kate D

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Amazing course!

Lindsey Hibberd

Thank you Sarah! After years of meaning to learn to use my bridge camera, this course has given everything I need to be confident that I know what I’ll doing...

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Thank you Sarah! After years of meaning to learn to use my bridge camera, this course has given everything I need to be confident that I know what I’ll doing! It explains a range of technical subjects in a way that is really easy to understand and I’m now fully embracing manual mode :)

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Course curriculum

    1. An introduction to exposure (Video)

    2. What is exposure?

    3. How does the camera decide what’s “Bright Enough”?

    4. How your camera measures light (Video)

    5. The light meter

    6. How to find out if your picture is too light or too dark (Video)

    7. The Exposure Indicator – Your Built-In Exposure Coach

    8. The Histogram: Your Photo’s Secret Truth Teller

    9. Exposure is a balancing act (Video)

    10. Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO: Your Exposure Dream Team

    11. The Exposure Triangle

    12. Pop Quiz - Exposure & the light meter

    13. Exposure Triangle Reference Guide Download

    14. Check these things off before moving on

    15. Day 4 Wrap Up: You’re Seeing the Light (Literally!)

    1. Let's talk about ISO (Video)

    2. Your Sensor is Like a Sponge! 🧽

    3. Why do my pictures sometimes look grainy and how to fix it?

    4. Pop Quiz - ISO

    5. ISO Reference Guide Download

    6. Check these things off before moving on

    7. Day 5 Wrap Up: You’re Halfway There! 🎉

    1. Let's talk about aperture (Video)

    2. What is Aperture?

    3. How you get a blurry background in your images

    4. How to Use Aperture Creatively

    5. Understanding aperture priority mode (Video)

    6. Starting to take control of your images using aperture priority mode

    7. How big is the aperture in your lens?

    8. Pop Quiz - Aperture

    9. Aperture Reference Guide Download

    10. Check these things off before moving on

    11. Day 6 Wrap Up: Aperture Mastery Unlocked!

About this course

  • £47.00
  • 103 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content