1. Beginning Concepts for taking great pictures!
Digital Photography 101
Beginning Concepts for taking great pictures!
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2. Understanding your digital Camera - Models
Subcompact
Compact
Super Zoom
Advanced
SLR
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3. Front of Camera
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4. Back of Camera
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5. Features
Most cameras have sufficient megapixels for everyday picture taking. For editing and professional printing you need 8 to 10 megapixels
Optical Zoom vs. Digital Zoom – always go with at least 3X optical
External memory card
USB connectivity
Good flash
Easy to under buttons/features
Batteries that can be recharged
Lens can be protected
Sturdy
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6. Things to know
Shutter Button- Half down is focus and light adapter – always pre-focus
How to turn you flash on, auto, off, or red-eye…
Take lens cover off
If you use red-eye option, tell your subject – flash is delayed
Turn your macro function on and off – for extreme close-ups
Where the focus points are for your camera
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7. Taking pictures – Some tips
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8. Fill the Frame
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9. Rule of Thirds
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10. Rule of Thirds
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11. Rule of Thirds
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12. Macro Shots – Getting Close
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13. Framing
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14. Getting down on their level……
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15. Getting down on their level…..
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16. Interesting Angles
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17. Series
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18. People and Portraits
When photographing people take shots that are either:
Whole body including feet and head
Waist up
Head shot
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19. Action Shots Focus on subject and hold onto that person
Press shutter as you move and keep moving until picture is taken
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20. Grouping Pictures
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21. Resolution
Use highest resolution for pictures that will be printed or cropped
Use 640X840 for web pages and power point
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22. Pixelization
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23. Your camera and the computer
Upload your pictures to a computer and erase your storage device:
Always name your folder (including data and activity)
You can use a variety of programs and online services to display and print your photos including powerpoint or an editor like pixlr
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24. Formats .JPG or .JPEG– easiest format to save
.TIF – higher quality but uses more space
.JPG and .GIF are used on web sites
.RAW is highest quality but difficulty to work with
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25. Some tips and suggestions
Avoid mergers – telephone poles and strange objects sticking out of heads
Never shoot into a light source
Use your flash when shooting pictures in bright daylight
Low light is best for outdoor shots – early morning, late in the day, cloudy
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26. Adding Interest and Identification
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27. Plan your photos
Take pictures of signs or plaques to help place your photos
Consider the background – a simple background works best
Take pictures in a series
Think of your pictures as a group or set – how could they be used?
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28. Plan your photos Take lots of pictures – they won’t all be great
Take 2 shots of every person or scene every time
Overlapping 1/3 or ½ of a previous shot allows you to create a series of shots that can be stitched together
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29. Schoolwires and Web Photos
If you intend to add captions keep your subject in the top 2/3 of the picture.
Use landscape pictures unless you intend to edit.
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