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Getting to Know Your Digital Camera
Ashlee Pigford Erwin, Instructor Introductions – name, camera, expectations, experience level, PC or Mac
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Class Schedule Tuesday, September 8th Tuesday, September 15th
Tuesday, September 22nd Tuesday, September 29th Class meets from 6:30 – 8:30 PM Room #225 Expectations Refund after first class
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Class Objectives Digital Photography vs. Basic Photography.
What to look for when purchasing a digital camera. Digital Camera Care Getting to know your camera and it’s many gadgets. Common-sense tips for taking good photos What to do with your Digital Photos? Photo Printing 411 Photo Sharing 411 Does everybody already have a digital camera? What are you taking pictures of? How are you sharing photos now? Software used?
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Why Use a Digital Camera: Benefits digital camera over film
More creative control: you can use your computer and photo-editing software to touch up and enhance your pictures. Using a digital camera offers many benefits that you simply don’t get with film. Digital cameras and the pictures they create have a lot of advantages in how you take the pictures, edit them, and share them with others With a digital photo, you can use your computer and photo-editing software to touch up and enhance your pictures.
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Why Use a Digital Camera: Benefits digital camera over film
Instant, easy photo sharing: You can send an image instantaneously by attaching it to an message. Not only is electronic distribution of images quicker than regular mail or overnight delivery services, it’s also more convenient. You don’t have to address an envelope, find a stamp, or truck off to the post office or delivery drop box!
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Why Use a Digital Camera: Benefits digital camera over film
More interesting presentations: You can include pictures in business or educational presentations that you create with programs such as Microsoft PowerPoint, or you can produce fun multimedia slideshows and burn them to a CD or DVD.
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Why Use a Digital Camera: Benefits digital camera over film
More useful databases and household records: You can include digital images in business and household databases (as shown in this figure). Include pictures with your business inventory to make finding items easier.
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More creative fun: Using an image-editing program, you can apply wacky special effects, paint mustaches on your evil enemy, and otherwise distort reality. You can turn a photograph into a work of art by using an image-editing program!
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The Advantages to Film Cameras over Digital Cameras
Getting enough resolution: To enjoy the same high quality prints from your digital camera that you’ve come to expect from your film camera, you need a camera that offers moderate-to-high image resolution, which costs. Images from lower-priced models just don’t contain enough picture information to produce decent prints. A couple of downside issues about digital photography exist. Digital photography’s negative aspects may or may not outweigh its benefits for you. To help you decide whether digital photography is right for you, here are the major downsides: left photo from high-end resolution digital camera
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Dealing with delays: On many smaller or less expensive digital cameras, after you press the shutter button on a digital camera, the camera requires a few seconds to record the image to memory. During that time, you can’t shoot another picture. With some cameras, you also experience a slight delay between the time you press the shutter button and the time the camera captures the image.
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The Advantages to Film Cameras over Digital Cameras
Having to become tech savvy: Becoming a digital photographer involves some skills you may not yet possess. If you’re familiar with a computer, you shouldn’t have much trouble getting up to speed with digital images.
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The Advantages to Film Cameras over Digital Cameras
A digital camera may look and feel like your old film camera, but underneath the surface, it’s a far cry from your father’s Kodak Brownie! There is a learning curve with every digital camera! There is no standardization!
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General Types Available:
Digital Cameras General Types Available: Point and Shoot: Compact $ UltraCompact $-$$ Enthusiast $$-$$$ SuperZooms $$$-$$$$ D-SLRs/Professional $Ca-Ching$ Other – Mobile Phone, Disposable, … Sub $100 - $1,000+
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Make good first camera for new users!
Point and Shoot: Compacts Cons: Aren't the best, fastest, most stylish, smallest, or most flexible digital cameras. Pros: They take reasonable pictures and have reasonable feature sets. They generally also offer better performance, LCDs, and optics than pricier ultracompacts. They’re small size makes them easy to carry- they can fit into a pocket or handbag. Compact are the most popular brand of camera, particularly for bargain-conscious shooters and women—and it represents the best value for the average user. Make good first camera for new users!
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Typical Compacts include the Canon PowerShot S60 and
Compacts Continued: Typical Compacts include the Canon PowerShot S60 and the Kodak EasyShare LS743, which offer great value for money. But not all compacts offer sensibility over luxury; the Casio Exilim Pro EX-P600 is an all-metal camera loaded with extras—and priced accordingly. Canon PowerShot S60 Kodak EasyShare LS743, Casio Exilim Pro EX-P600
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Ultracompacts: Ultracompacts are small enough to fit in your palm and stylish enough for any social milieu: They'll fit into tiny bags or suit jacket pockets without ruining their lines. They can be simple—or sophisticated high-megapixel powerhouses. Either way, performance, features, and image quality generally take a back seat to form factor and style. Ultracompacts are for those who want the coolest toys and a camera always on hand. Examples include the Pentax Optio S4 and the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1. Ultracompacts
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Enthusiast Enthusiast cameras are full-size models built on bigger budgets than compacts. They offer more precise controls, better lenses, and more features. Most important, they provide superior images, suitable for larger prints. They tend to have lenses that can zoom in closer, faster performance, histograms, exposure bracketing, high resolution, and manual controls for shutter speed, f-stop, and white balance. They're for users who don't want to spend the money on a D-SLR but still want versatility, quick and sure handling, and fast shooting. Examples include the Konica Minolta DiMage A2 and the Leica Digilux 2.
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SuperZoom Superzooms, which have 10X or greater optical zoom lenses, are a subset of enthusiast cameras. Their large lenses put them into the full-size category, but their prices tend to fall between those of compact and enthusiast models. While some superzooms have high-end features, their users often prefer automatic settings. Examples include the Olympus Camedia C-765 Ultra Zoom and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ10. Some, like the Panasonic, correct for camera shake—which is greater the more you zoom in—via image stabilization. We recently looked at six of these cameras (see "Super Zooms").
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D-SLRs D-SLRs are at the pinnacle of digital cameras, with true reflex through-the-lens viewfinders, interchangeable lenses, total control over exposure and color, and a host of accessories. Besides pro features and functions, D-SLRs yield performance similar to those of 35-mm film cameras. Most important, they also produce the best image quality of any type of digital camera. D-SLRs usually have fully automatic settings, but to get your money's worth, you'll have to be the kind of shutterbug who likes manual controls. D-SLR users include avid amateurs, pros, and those who need top-of-the-line equipment, regardless of cost. Examples are the Canon EOS Digital Rebel, the Nikon D70, and the Olympus E-1.
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Camera Considerations
Megapixels Lens (glass, SLR) Zoom (optical vs. digital) Flash / Red Eye Focus (auto / manual) Modes (auto / manual) Storage (≈film, capacity) Size / Weight Power Ruggedness Movie Panoramic ISO Equivalency Exposure Aperture / Shutter Speed Bracketing White Balance Scene Mode Burst Mode Lag Time Macro
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What to Shop For/ Considerations
Shopping for a digital camera is stressful. Most stores carry a fraction of the 200-plus cameras on the market, and except at specialty stores, salespeople aren't much help. You can ask friends for recommendations, but even if they love their camera, it might be discontinued, given short product cycles. Don't throw up your hands and give up. A little information, some strategizing, and our reviews can make the process less traumatic!
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Like PCs, cell phones, and cars, digital cameras come in many sizes, shapes, and configurations. And your buying decision is likewise one you'll have to live with for a while. So break the decision down into a series of factors! then how well they meet your needs, factor by factor! HUM…. What do I Need?
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Ask Yourself these Questions
What are your needs? What do you want to use the camera for?(indoor, outdoor, action shots, animal portraits?) What is your skill level? What is your budget and price? Consider: image quality performance ergonomics/ style
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Megapixels make great sound bites, but optics and processing algorithms are also important. Indeed, just a few sensor manufacturers supply camera makers, so two cameras with the same MP rating may have the same sensor. And we've seen cameras produce better pictures than cameras in the same class with a higher MP count.
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MP ratings are useful for determining how large you can print images—as well as how much you can crop images and still retain acceptable image quality. See "Get to Know Your Camera" and "More Than Just Megapixels" for more on megapixels. The Higher the MPs the better image quality when Cropping Printing Large Images
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Megapixels A megapixel ≈ 1 million pixels
1mp ≈ up to 4 x 6 inch prints 2mp ≈ up to 5 x 7 inch prints 3mp ≈ up to 8 x 10 inch prints 5mp ≈ up to 10 x 12 inch prints 6mp ≈ up to 11 x 14 inch prints 10mp ≈ up to 14 x 20 inch prints Megapixel – 1280 x 960 NYTimes Article
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Don’t be Fooled by the Megapixel Myth!
Higher MPs don’t necessarily mean better quality! Studies show they simply help when cropping and when printing large images. Do you ever really need to print a photo the size of a billboard???
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Consider also: Image Sensor Lens- High vs. Low Speed. Different lenses react different in different lighting (bright/low light) Digital Converter (The better and more expensive) the ADC, and the higher its bit rate (16-bit or 12-bit, as opposed to 8-bit or 10-bit) File Format (digital easiest vs. RAW best images) Image Quality- Personal Preference by Designer/Model
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Image quality is a more useful measure than simply megapixels. Most digital cameras produce good images, with color fidelity, sharpness, and dynamic range that will satisfy most users. We rate image capabilities by sharpness (the more lines of resolution a camera can distinguish, the better) percentage of transition pixels on a subject's edges (the fewer, the better). also consider color reproduction and exposure accuracy.
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Image Quality Continued
If you plan to your pictures or print them on your ink jet using low-grade paper, you needn't be picky. Other criteria, such as price and size, may be more important. If you want razor-sharp, professionally finished 8-by-10 prints with colors that pop, then image quality is key!!!
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Megapixels A megapixel ≈ 1 million pixels
1mp ≈ up to 4 x 6 inch prints 2mp ≈ up to 5 x 7 inch prints 3mp ≈ up to 8 x 10 inch prints 5mp ≈ up to 10 x 12 inch prints 6mp ≈ up to 11 x 14 inch prints 10mp ≈ up to 14 x 20 inch prints Megapixel – 1280 x 960 NYTimes Article
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What to Shop For/ Considerations
To get top image quality, select from among cameras that we rate at 4 or 5 stars on a site like pcworld.com Consider Speed! Digital cameras are getting faster, but they're still slower than film cameras. We test each camera's boot time (how quickly it can start up and be ready to shoot) recycle time (how long it takes to shoot, process, and be ready for another shot). Long boot times are annoying, long recycle times more so. Make sure you can live with a camera's speeds. Try it out, or, if you can't, use a stopwatch to see what a 5-second recycle time really means!
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What to Shop For/ Considerations
Features: Taking digital photos can be as simple as pointing the camera and pressing the shutter button. But digital cameras can also provide as much control over exposure, color, dynamic range, and so on as you want. Also consider extras like in-camera red-eye removal and panorama modes. In general, however, we'd pick a camera that takes better pictures over one with many features. (Exp: Scene Modes) Scene Modes
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What to Shop For/ Considerations
Ergonomics and style matter, too. When you try on shoes, you consider what they look like and how they feel. Apply similar criteria to each camera: How does it feel to hold? Is it too large or too heavy? Does a plastic body feel too flimsy? Are the controls sensibly placed? Are there too many or too few? Are the menus easy to navigate? The best menus explain features and settings and even give shooting advice. Does the camera suit your style, or will it embarrass you? Scene Modes
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Lens / Zoom Fixed Lens Retractable / Auto Lens
SLR – Single Lens Reflex No Zoom - Bad Optical Zoom – Good (at least 3x) Digital Zoom - Useless What does your camera have?
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Power AAA batteries / AA batteries disposable
Rechargeable Standard Batteries Lithium Ion Proprietary Regardless of your source, have a backup What type of power types do users have? Spare?
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Storage Compact Flash Smart Media
SD/MMC (Secure Digital/MultiMedia Card) xD Memory Stick (Sony – proprietary) CD-R Micro Drive Portable Media Storage Any other storage types? Floppy What does your camera use?
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File Format RAW – Native, Uncompressed DNG – Digital Negative
TIFF – Uncompressed JPEG – Compressed Proprietary – Manufacturer Specific Movie – MOV, AVI, MPG File names TIF / JPG / MOV / MVC
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The PC Connection USB Card Reader Docking Station Wireless PC vs. Mac
Direct to Printer (Skip the PC) Kiosk (Walgreens, Wal-Mart, CVS, etc...) How are users connecting now?
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Photo Flow Subject – compose frame Focus – camera settings
Shoot – camera writes image to media Process – retrieve from media PC / Kiosk / Printer / Wireless Store – organize in some methodology Share – print, , view, upload online
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Homework Read Your Manual Learn Your Camera
PC Specifications (OS, Memory, Processor) Take Pictures
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Class 1 Recap MP, $, lens = your needs Know your camera
Manage your media Manage your power Photo Flow Main factors of matching a camera to your needs: Budget / Resolution / Zoom or Optics Know your camera’s primary features: (ask what discoveries users made while reading manual) Media type and capacity / How to format media Zoom range View Screen use / Review Pictures Auto Focus / Macro Focus / Manual Modes? Battery type / life / backup Photo flow: Focus on subject / Press the shutter / camera writes to media / then what? Print directly to printer / Print from kiosk at Walgreens, Wal-Mart, etc… Download from camera to PC via cable Download from media to PC via card reader View directly on TV from camera From PC print, , upload to Internet for sharing and printing, create unique card, calendar, etc… QUESTIONS
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Introduction to Digital Photography
Ashlee Pigford Erwin, Instructor class 2 Homework Camera features discovered
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Aperture: Is how wide or narrow the lens opening is. Measured in f stops
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Exposure: Is recorded by the amount of light that is available for the image to be recorded. Digital Cameras “See” light much differently than the human eye. Digital Cameras use an “exposure meter” that measures the amount of light coming in through the lens by averaging the lights and darks of the scene into a “grey” average. CON: exposure can be easily “Fooled” by difficult and highly contrasting lighting conditions.
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Exposure continued: Under-Exposure= too dark
When there is not enough light. Over-Exposure= too light. When too much bright light.
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Under and Over Exposure can be corrected using Exposure Compensation or EV
Lets you overide the camera’s exposure setting by values of (-) and (+) stops
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Exposure continued Exposure Compensation guide:
Bright in the middle, most of scene (bright colors, white shirt, bright reflections, sun behind subject, sand, snow)- the camera may underexpose (too dark). Set compensation to (+) Dark in the middle (Dark colors in front of a bright background, sun over your shoulder)- the camera may over-expose (too light), so set exposure to (-) value.
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Shutter Speed: is how long the lens opening or aperture is opened. It is measured in hundredths, tenths, and whole seconds. Range of Shutter speeds can be from 15 seconds to 1/4000 of a second! Slow or “long” shutter speeds used can be used in capturing objects in low light. It can also be used to purposely “blur” an object in motion.
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Shutter Speed blur motion or create a crisp image.
The following photographs illustrate how you can use shutter speed to capture different moments in time. Any time you take a photograph, you can choose if you want to blur motion or create a crisp image. While personal preference plays a large role, there are some standard situations where you can use shutter speed creatively.
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Very Fast Shutter Speed- Freeze Action
The seagulls were just about to take off, and were opening their wings. In order to freeze the motion of the wings, I had to use a fast shutter speed of 1/750 of a second.
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Medium Shutter Speed It was a calm day and the grass was not moving at all. I did not need to capture fast motion, and I did not want the photo to look blurry. The shutter speed for this photo is 1/180 of a second.
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Slow Shutter Speed I wanted to capture this waterfall in motion, and create a blurry look for the moving water. The shutter speed was set to 1/6 of a second. This shot required a tripod, otherwise the greenery around the waterfall would also look blurry.
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Very Slow Shutter Speed- Blur
This is an 8 second exposure on a street at night. This photo could not have been taken without a tripod. The red and white streaks in the photo are the lights of passing cars. Since the shutter was open a long time, the cars passed by completely while the photo was being taken.
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Exposure/Shooting Modes
Macro-Mode: “Tulip” takes up close. SLR’s won’t have this mode, rather a “macro” lens. P Mode: Similar to automatic mode, BUT, can adjust the exposure, white balance, ISO, and enable second shutter flash TV/S Mode: Shutter Priority Mode: You can select the shutter speed and the camera will automatically choose the aperture to properly expose the photo in current lighting.
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AV or A mode: Is Aperture Priority mode. You select the aperture and the camera automatically selects the shutter speed to properly expose the photo in the current lighting conditions. Lenses have aperture ranges that depend on the lens. Point and shoot ranges may be f/2.4 to f/8 SLR ranges may be f/2 to f/22 F=f stop number The smallest f stop number lets the most light in (shooting wide open) ( small f stop= large aperture=camera chooses fast shutter speed) Lets you “Freeze Action” The largest f stop number lets least amount of light in (everything focused) or depth of field.
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F=f stop number The smallest f stop number lets the most light in (shooting wide open) ( small f stop= large aperture=camera chooses fast shutter speed) Lets you “Freeze Action” The largest f stop number lets least amount of light in. (Small aperture=large f stop=slow shutter speed) This lets lens stay open longer in low light) Aperture affects “Depth of Field” or how much of the scene appears “focused” f/32 - narrow aperture and slow shutter speed = everything in focus f/5.6 - wide aperture and fast shutter speed= Subject focused only
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f/32 - narrow aperture and slow shutter speed
Depth of field Focused f/5.6 - wide aperture and fast shutter speed (Frozen)
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In bright light, the camera will usually select a fast shutter speed (1/125 or 1/500 second) In low light, or cloudy days, the camera will select a slow shutter speed (1/30 or 1/15 second)
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ISO- Image Sensor Sensitivity:
This can be set to affect exposure. A high ISO setting needs less light. (400) A low ISO setting needs more light. One problem with High ISO settings is digital “noise” or tiny spots to the picture. It takes practice to get the “knack” of working with your camera’s ISO or light sensitivity!
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White Balance White balance is the setting used by digital cameras to interpret and adjust for different colors. Different sources of light have different “temperatures” Candle light is “cooler” having “more red” Incandescent light is “warm” (light bulb) Bright light/ Sunlight is “Hotter” have more “blue”
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White Balance Digital cameras have automatic white balance control, but some light sources such as indoor light can cast a yellowish hue. This is why most digital camera’s offer some of the following white balance presets: Auto Manual/Custom Daylight/Sunny Tungsten/Incandescent Fluorescent Cloudy
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Camera Capabilities Megapixels Optical Zoom Auto Focus
Modes – Scene, Macro, Flash, Power Media Date / Time
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Photo Flow Subject – compose frame Focus – camera settings
Shoot – camera writes image to media Process – retrieve from media PC / Kiosk / Printer / Wireless Store – organize in some methodology Share – print, , view, upload online focus on process
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Retrieve Photos from Media
Wireless Direct from camera camera dock (Kodak) USB cable, camera to computer Remove media from camera card reader printer KIOSK built in memory requires plugging camera into PC
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PC 101 What is my Operating System (OS) What is Software / Hardware?
Where is my USB Port? (Do I have one?) What is a Driver? What is my Camera to PC Interface? Software used to download photos from media Win 98 / Win XP – class half and half Software / Program / Application Universal Serial Bus – Older PC’s may not have one / Win 95 does not support / XP Best Driver allows hardware to talk to your OS Interface = on screen Software included with camera Freeware / Shareware Commercial Windows explorer
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Camera to PC Interface Native Software included with Camera or Printer
Windows: My Computer, My Pictures Mac: iPhoto Drive Letter = Media Software included with Camera or Printer Third Party Software Adobe Photoshop Album JASC Paint Shop Album Picasa What happens when you plug your camera into the PC?
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Disconnecting USB If a USB storage device is not disconnected correctly, it could lead to loss of or damage to your photos and data on the card. USB storage devices include cameras, card readers, and storage media.
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Software Adobe – http://www.adobe.com/
Photoshop Elements v6 Photoshop Elements v3 Starter (free) Premiere Elements v4 (video) Photoshop (commercial grade editor) Picasa – Picasa v2.7 (free)
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Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition v3 System Requirements
Intel® Pentium® III, 4, or faster processor (500 MHz minimum) Microsoft® Windows® 2000 (SP4 and above), or Windows XP (SP2 or above) or Windows Vista 128MB of RAM (256MB recommended) 50MB of hard-disk space Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Color monitor capable of displaying thousands of colors at a resolution of 1024x768 CD-ROM drive Microsoft DirectX 8.1 or 9.0 software QuickTime software Adobe Reader® 6.0 or above for viewing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) slide shows Free download at
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No PC Stand Alone Printer KIOSK easy way to print 4X6 or 5X7 prints
can be expensive 40¢ and up per print KIOSK Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart, K-Mart fast, least expensive printing CD archive option
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HP Photosmart HP A626 $179 4X6 or 5X7 prints
29.2¢ per print plus paper
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Sony Photo Printer Sony DDP-FP90 $199 4X6 prints
29¢ per print plus paper
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Introduction to Digital Photography
Ashlee Pigford Erwin, Instructor class 3
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Photo Flow Subject – compose frame Focus – camera settings
Shoot – camera writes image to media Process – retrieve from media PC / Kiosk / Printer / Wireless Store – organize in some methodology Share – print, , view, upload online focus on process
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Process (Transfer) Camera to PC Media in Software Displays Photos
card reader printer kiosk wireless Software Displays Photos Native Windows XP Mac iPhoto Picasa Adobe Photoshop Album Adobe Photoshop Elements Kodak Easy Share Camera / Printer Software Kiosk interface
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Organize Similar software features
View thumbnails, full screen, slideshow Organize by category, date or album Basic editing tools Print in various formats Sharing options – CD, , online
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Introduction to Digital Photography
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Online Sharing and Printing
Picasa (Google) – Shutter fly – Kodak – Snapfish (HP) – Photobucket – Flickr (Yahoo!) – dotphoto – Walgreens – Wal-Mart – (click photo link) CVS Pharmacy – (click photo link)
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*Free Online Help C|Net Technical Classes http://classes.cnet.com/
Hewlett-Packard Classes Epson Printers Learn & Create *Adobe Fee Based Training (Elements NewsLetter) Picasa Online Support
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Internet Resources PC Photo Review - http://www.pcphotoreview.com
Digital Photography Now - Photo Net – PC Photo Magazine - MSN – PC Magazine – (click Digital Camera at top) Adobe – Picasa -
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Installing Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition v3 (1of 2)
Instructions apply to Windows XP using the CD provided in class Place CD in CDROM drive and a text document should open. Print document. Click Start / My Computer Window will open, right click on the CD icon and select Open. Window will display the contents of the CD; 15 files.
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Using the Rule of Thirds in Your Digital Photos
Use the rule of thirds when framing a photograph with your digital camera. This rule divides the camera frame into three squares across by three squares down, and you position your photo subjects in relation to those lines. For maximum impact, don’t place your subject smack in the center of the frame. Instead, using the rule of third’s imaginary lines, position the main subject elements at spots where the dividing lines intersect. In this figure, the point of interest (the deer’s eye and nose) are lined up at one of these intersections.
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Cheap Lighting Gadgets for Your Digital Camera
For just a few pennies (well, maybe dollars), you can add some gadgets designed specifically for photography lighting to your arsenal. Decide how you want to manipulate the light for your photo, then get the right lighting tools for the job. Attach an Omni-Bounce over your digital camera’s flash head to soften light
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Cheap Lighting Gadgets for Your Digital Camera
Attach a Two-Way Bounce to direct more of the light onto your subject.
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Cheap Lighting Gadgets for Your Digital Camera
Place barn doors over your flash. A barn doors attachment features flat panels (shown in this figure) that can be swung open and closed to more finely tune light output.
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Cheap Lighting Gadgets for Your Digital Camera
Mount a soft box on the head of your flash. This gadget extends out about 6 to 8 inches, with a frosted white panel at the end, as you can see in this figure. It lets the light from the flash spread out a little bit inside the soft box, softening it as it passes through the frosted end.
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Cheap Lighting Gadgets for Your Digital Camera
Use a snoot on your flash. A snoot is a tube-like device (see this figure) that focuses the flash’s light to a very small area.
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Cheap Lighting Gadgets for Your Digital Camera
Place your camera and flash on a high-quality flash bracket. A moderately priced flash bracket tends to lift the flash higher above the camera than more inexpensive brackets (as shown in this figure).
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How to Handle Common Digital Photography Lighting Issues
You may run into some problems when trying to light scenes that you want to photograph with your digital camera. But don’t just live with the troubles that existing lighting gives you. Lighting problems are often easy to fix. Adjust for a scene with too little light. You can provide extra lighting (as shown in this figure), mount your camera on a tripod and use a longer exposure.
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You can provide extra lighting mount your camera on a tripod and use a longer exposure.
Bounce light off reflectors in harsh light- foam board, aluminum foil, or white cardboard make good reflectors. Likewise, can use to “Block Light” to add shade Try to eliminate multiple light sources
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Tips for Taking Photos Outside
Take photos of subject in the shade Wait until a cloud passes overhead Ask subject to close eyes and open them at count of three to eliminate “squinting” when looking directly into sun Take photos with back to the sun Use macro modes and landscape modes during morning with back to sun You can take photos shooting directly into sun in late afternoon, BUT use exposure compensation! (+’s and –’s) Can generally see affect of making the change on point and shoot lcd screens. With your SLR cameras can use lens hood or filters as well too avoid flares!
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Tips for Taking Photos Outside at night
Can take photos at night! Can switch to Aperture priority mode and choose a small aperture (large f/stop number) Can also use ISO settings and switch to the highest ISO setting on your camera that does not add visible “noise” or blotchy spots to the photo. Use your image stabilization if have it Use a tripod if too dark to take photo by hand without handshaking causing blur.
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Tips for Taking Caring for Camera:
Cleaning your camera should be a habit! Clean dust off body of your camera with a brush! NEVER use a solvent on any part of your camera! Use a blower to remove stubborn dust particles on the body or lens If there’s dust that can’t be removed, wet a soft cloth and gently rub over the affected area. DO NOT get any moisture into the body of the camera! Clean the lens with a microfiber cloth designed for photo lenses order unique camera cleaning supplies online from
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