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Suzanne Mooney
Myths:
Digital photography is easy Digital photos are complete once you import them to your computer from your camera You need an expensive camera to make good pictures A digital camera does everything for you
Your Camera
Digital SLR
based on film SLR cameras manual options higher megapixels larger digital sensor faster start-up higher shutter speeds interchangeable lenses range of models greater ISO range larger & more expensive
not based on film SLR cameras functionality closer to DSLRs smaller body faster than point-and-shoots sensor and price ranges bet ween point-and-shoot and DSLR variety of lens compatibility
1.5x 1.6x
Digital SLR
Nikon D40x
Canon T1i
White Balance
how your camera sees color in different kinds of light
COOL
AUTO
Incandescent
Fluorescent
Direct Sunlight
Shade
ISO sensitivity
the sensitivity of the digital sensor to light higher ISO = more sensitive/more noise lower ISO = less sensitive/more detail
100 ISO
800 ISO
higher ISO = faster (allows faster shutter speeds) lower ISO = slower (allows wider apertures)
Light Is the subject well lit? (lower ISO=more detail=wider aperture) Noise/Grain Do I want a grainy shot or not? (higher the ISO=noisier) Tripod Am I using a tripod? (allows for lower ISO/slower shutter speed) Moving Subject Is my subject moving? (higher ISO=faster shutter speed)
Metering
how your camera light meters
Metering
how your camera light meters
Histogram
a graph of the values in a photograph
MIDDLE VALUES
Histogram
a graph of the values in a photograph
when editing, move these handles to adjust the histogram (Levels in Ps)
Histogram
a graph of the values in a photograph
Red
Green
Blue
MIDDLE VALUES
/8 125
OVEREXPOSED
loss of details in highlights
/8 125
EDITED
adjust levels to restore shadows
/8 250
CORRECT EXPOSURE
no loss of values at either end of histogram
/8 400
UNDEREXPOSED
loss of details in shadows
/8 1000
UNDEREXPOSED
greater loss of details in shadows
/8 1000 /8 1000
EDITED
adjust levels to restore highlights
/8 125
/8 1000
OVEREXPOSED
edited to restore highlights
/8 250
UNDEREXPOSED
edited to restore shadows
CORRECT EXPOSURE
Exposure Compensation
quick exposure adjustments (BRACKETING)
+. . 0 . .CORRECT EXPOSURE
PRESS
PRESS
PRESS
Flash
Fill Flash
Using your flash to fill-in darker parts of a picture already lit by other light.
Indoors, fill-flash lets you see people's faces better Outdoors, fill flash lights-up faces so they aren't drowned in shadows. Fill flash puts highlights in people's eyes so they look alive. Fill flash lightens shadows and adds detail to darker areas, while preserving highlights. fill-flash works indoors as well as in direct sunlight. Some cameras have a specific fill-flash setting, others just use normal flash
No flash
Flash
No flash
Flash
Rear-curtain sync
Normally the flash fires as the shutter opens (called front-curtain sync). In rear-curtain sync, the flash fires just before the shutter closes, freezing the final movement of your subject
Red Eye
Caused by the light source being too close to the lens
Red-eye-reduction sends out a pre-flash to dilate the pupil, reducing this reflection
Illuminate the background by lowering your shutter speed along with flash