A Summary Course- Courtesy of your local Fulton

County Public Library

Instructor: Jonathan Gaskill

So, you just received a new camera- fresh out of the box, what’s next?

Before you Shoot Hardware Types of Cameras Memory

How to Shoot Simplified Techniques Managing Photos

After you Shoot Transfer of files to computer Photo Formats Image Resolution Basic Retouching

A Summary of the General Process It is as easy as One, Two, Three. ..

POINT-AND-SHOOT DSLR

Opitical Zoom Physical Zoom Portable- smaller Fine for most

situations

More versatile, semi-professional

Lens Types Zoom Macro Manual vs. Autofocus

What is it? Examples

Compact Flash (CF I/II) up to 64 Gigabytes 4 GB @ 2.5 Megabytes/photo = ~1600 photos

Smart Media (SM) max 128 MB Secure Digital (SD) Sony Memory Stick Other Types

•Turn On your Camera•Choose your shooting mode•Find a Subject•Compose your Image•Zoom/Focus•Flash vs No Flash•Macro (close-up) Mode•Viewfinder vs LCD shooting

Shooting photos is fun and easy!

--See Kodak Power Point Presentation

Now you took the photos- What Next? Viewing the images

On the camera On your computer

Deleting images Flickr.com- photo management

By USB Cable* Connect camera to computer via USB cable

included with camera A window should “pop up” asking you what

the next action should be Click and Drag all images to a folder you

create on your desktop

*Can drain battery

By Memory Card Reader Eject card from camera- make sure it is shut

off! Insert card into a card reader Transfer files to folder on desktop for

management From Files

E-Mail CDs Scanned Images

Tiff Large Files Easy to transfer from one place to another Higher image quality

JPG Smaller file size Easy to e-mail Lower quality image Most common

RAW Varies by manufacturer Requires Photoshop Elements or included

software to “develop” your images for use Smaller Files More Flexibility Higher Learning Curve

Megapixels Bigger is sometimes

better Higher image quality,

colors more vibrant Resolution by the

Numbers 1Megapixel=1 million

pixels HD

What do you need to print quality photos?

Printing Home Photo

Printers 300dpi

News Print 75dpi

Kiosks at the store

Auto adjustments- Beware

Brightness Contrast Colors Levels Curves Redeye Reduction Whitepoint

Photoshop Photoshop

Elements Free Internet Photo

Editing software Picasa.google.com

Flikr.com Picasa.google.com (image editing) Social Networking (facebook, etc.) Emailing Images

Overview How does the

Camera Work How to Take Photos Transfer of files Printing

From the Box to Finished Product…

What we said, a summary

Be Not Afraid of the technology

Practice makes perfect

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

Get Out and Shoot!

Thank you for your time and attention!

Any Questions? ref@fulco.lib.in.us