Introduction to Digital Photography R. Zachlod and K. Lindsay The Artist The Scientist Kate Lindsay...

Introduction to Digital Photography

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The Artist

The Scientist

Kate Lindsay

By Day: Project Manger, First World War Poetry Digital Archive (OUCS)

Mission: Photography as an art form

Location: Up trees, in corners, deviant art, Flickr, in photoshop

Tools: Canon 450D

Who?

It would not be wrong to speak of people having a compulsion to photograph: to turn experience itself into a way of seeing. (Susan Sontag 'On Photography')

Rob Zachlod

By Day: ITS3 Technical Support (OUCS)

Mission: Deliver photography from a scientific perspective

Location: In the studio, at weddings, up cranes

Tools: Nikon D300

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1. Obtaining good image qualityExposure

Shutter SpeedAperture

Depth of Field

ISO

White Balance

2. Creating a quality imageComposition Interest

SubjectDepth

Aim:• To provide Tips and Tricks to take good photographs

What we are not going to talk about:

• Film• Hardware • Megapixels• Getting rid of baggy eyes and spots

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What?

@KTDigital ictf09

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Creating a good quality Image

How to master exposure?

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Aperture

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Depth of Field

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Examples: High aperture

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Examples: Low aperture

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Shutter Speed

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Slow Shutter Speed

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Slow Shutter Speed: Panning

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Fast Shutter Speed

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When Aperture and Shutter Speed Isn’t Enough

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ISO

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The Histogram

Underexposed

Correctly exposed

Overexposed

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White Balance

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White Balance: Cold vs Warm

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Creating a quality image

• Technology is only part of the equation• Photography is a visual language and the eye needs to

be educated to communicate

Rule of ThirdsSurprise

Juxtaposition

Mood

Moment

Layering

Graphic

Point of EntryPerspective

EmotionQuality of light

Impact

Sense of place

Negative Space

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What type of Photo ?

Informational

Photo by Brett Tully on Flickr

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Passive situation

Active situation

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Composition - Rule of Thirds

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Composition - Negative Space

The space of nothingness.

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Composition - Perspective

From where?

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P.S

Keep your frame tidy

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Composition – Point of Entry

Leading Lines

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Image Editing Software is your Friend.

Breaking the Rules

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Top DIY Tip

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QUESTIONS

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