Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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If I had to learn photography from zero in 2026, this is the exact order I'd do it in.
I made this video two years ago — since then, three things have fundamentally changed.

The path itself still works: light, exposure, composition, editing — in a specific order, for specific reasons. But AI has changed what's worth learning deeply, gear economics have changed what's worth buying first, and where you actually learn this stuff barely resembles 2023. This is the full updated path — what I'd learn, what I'd skip, what I'd buy used, and the one habit I'd force from day one.

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