COMMs Team INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY © 2006 Denis Thibault

December 19, 2008 Mission to Mars2 Digital Photography 101 Objectives –To learn the rule of thirds –To understand digital media copyrights –To learn and practices basic photography skills Materials List –Digital camera –Access to PCs with photo editing/viewing program –Getting Started Guide – Blogger =12470http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=112498&topic =12470 –Martian Dollars To purchase the training To rent the digital cameras Procedure –The team must create a purchase order and process it to the program manager for approval and payment. –The team leader will go though the following pages with the comms team –Digital Photography 1.asphttp:// 1.asp –Basic Photography Techniques 3.asphttp:// 3.asp –Rule of Thirds rule_of_thirds_flashhttp://nortellearnit.org/LearniT/technology/Video_Productions/ rule_of_thirds_flash

December 19, 2008 Mission to Mars Basic Photography Questions 1.Match the word to the correct definition Lensround tube with optics that projects the object to be photographed into the camera Shutteropens and closes to allow the right amount of light from the object to be photographed into the camera Focusadjusting the lens so the object appears as a clear and sharp image Viewera screen or window that shows what the camera sees through the lens 2.Why is the rule of thirds important _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 3.Should you take normally take pictures of an object with a source of light behind or in front of the object ? ________________________________________________ 4.If you need to take a photo of an object from close-up, what camera feature should you use ? __________________________________________________________ 5.If you are located far from an object and need a larger rendering of the object, what camera feature should you use ? ________________________________________ 6.What’s a pixel in the context of digital cameras ? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7.The pixel specification of a camera determines the _____________ of image captured by the camera. 8.Why do we sometimes see people with red eyes on photos ? A. Those people are evil and therefore have red eyes B. Some photographers use photoshop to paint the eyes red just for fun C. The red is actually the color of the blood of the back of the human eye (retina) D. The strong light of the camera’s flash, if used too close will cause the light to enter the subject’s eye and reflect red. 9.How can red eye be eliminated with a digital camera ? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10.It is often recommended that a photographer should hold his/her breath while taking a picture why ? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

December 19, 2008 Mission to Mars Basic Photography Assignment 1.Capture a portrait of each team with their leader ( including your team comms )  Engineering teams  Science teams  Comms team 2.Capture a few pictures of the teams performing their research work or lab. 3.Make a blog entry for each team that describes what they were doing when you took their pictures

December 19, 2008 Mission to Mars Purchase-Lease Ledger Date Purchased Supplier Name DescriptionTotal Paid Digital photography training Digital camera (lease) PC with digital photo editing S/W (lease) Comms Consultant fees Starting Balance : ___$100,000,000___ Ending Balance : ___________________