Lesson One Know your camera
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This document provides a comprehensive guide on understanding and using cameras, including different types, essential components, and key photography techniques. It covers important principles of composition, exposure settings, and lighting to enhance photographic quality. The content also includes practical tips for capturing effective images and avoiding common pitfalls.
Lesson One Know your camera
- 1. LESSON ONE Know your Camera Glenn McKnight and Jason Dasti Social Media Group
- 2. Know your Camera Learn about your camera
- 3. Learn how to take a picture
- 4. Part One: Know Your Camera
- 7. Filter
- 8. Memory Card
- 9. Battery
- 10. ISO Setting
- 11. F Stop
- 12. Shutter Speed
- 13. Part Two Taking a Picture
- 14. The 6 Things To Know Know the features of your camera
- 15. Hold the camera still
- 16. Understand the 2-second rule
- 17. Take lots and lots of shots
- 18. Tell a “story”
- 20. C . E . L . L . C omposition
- 21. E xposure
- 22. L ens
- 23. L ight
- 24. C. E. L. L. Composition
- 25. Composition Principle 1 Un-clutter the picture. Zoom in. A good photograph is a subject , a context , and nothing else . Remove any clutter that detracts from your message. Get closer -- zoom in -- and crop
- 26. Composition Principle 2 Put subject off-centre / Rule of thirds The center of the frame is the weakest place -- it's static, dull, and gives no value to the context.
- 27. Composition Principle 3 Use Impact with frames,lines and diagonals Create impact by using frames and real or inferred lines that lead the viewer's eye into and around the picture
- 28. Composition Principle 4 Dramatic Perspective Create impact by photographing your subjects from unexpected angles.
- 29. C. E. L. L. Exposure
- 31. Shutter speed
- 32. ISO
- 33. Aperture : General Rules and tips A larger lens opening (f1.8-3.5) offers the following advantages: Allows you to shoot more often with just natural lighting helps to reduce harsh shadows and red-eye caused by flash.
- 34. Allows more light to pass through, the camera will be able to choose a slightly higher shutter speed helps to reduce motion blur.
- 35. Helps to reduce "depth-of-field“ (for effect).
- 36. Shutter speed : General Rules and tips To capture blur-free "action" photographs (e.g. Sports), you need to make sure the camera is using a high shutter speed, e.g.1/125th of a second or more.
- 37. Less light gets through to the imager as shutter speed is increased, thus difficult to use higher shutter speeds in lower light situations .
- 38. Alternatives: Allow more light to pass through the lens ( larger aperture setting ), the other is to increase the ISO
- 39. Shutter Speed Principle Freezing motion Absolutely sharp images are not always the best. They can look static and dull. At slow shutter speeds the camera blurs the image of moving objects, and can create a more convincing image of movement .
- 40. ISO: General Rules and tips ISO settings are often rated at 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, and even 3200
- 41. Use an ISO of 100 or 200 when taking photographs outside in sunny conditions.
- 42. If the sky is overcast or it is evening time, or in a darkened room, then use an ISO within the range of 400 to 800 .
- 43. Night time or in cases of low light you might need to set your digital camera ISO to 1600 .
- 44. ISO Setting Principle Set the lowest setting possible to avoid noise ISO measures the sensitivity of the image sensor . The lower the number the less sensitive your camera is to light and the finer the grain . ISO 100 ISO 3200
- 45. Lens Principle Wide Angle (35mm) or Telephoto (70mm) Wide-angle lenses allow more of a picture to be captured (need focal point ) while telephoto lenses tighten the scene and isolate the subject (but affect the depth of field & increase camera shake )
- 46. Light Principle 1 Avoid using flash, even for night shots The indiscriminate blast of flash destroys the intimate mood of existing light
- 47. Lighting Principle 2 Side Lighting instead of front or overhead (noon-time) lighting The use of frontal flash lighting tends to flatten faces. Use side lighting as much as possible, even moving your subject, if necessary, next to a window.
- 48. Lighting Principle 3 Use fill-in flash, for backlit situations or overhead sun. Overhead sun creates dark eye sockets and unattractive shadows , which can be reduced by using a flash. Use fill-in flash also for situations where the subject is backlit (camera auto exposure will be confused)
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- 50. Contact Info Jason Dasti [email_address] Glenn Mcknight [email_address]