I had an opportunity to present on "Basics of Photography" at one of the wellness sessions at ZS Associates. Here's the presentation attached.

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Basics of Photography
April, 2016

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Agenda
 Understanding your equipment
 Basics of photography
 How to compose a great image
 Top photography mistakes to avoid
 Basics of Photoshop
 How to choose the right equipment

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Understanding your equipment
DSLR
 Interchangeable lens
 Variety in depth of field
 Great results in motion, low light
and no-light
 Fast processing
 Optical view
 Better image quality
 Convenience at cost
Point-and-shoot
 Fixed Lens
 Downside of a large depth of field
 Limited control over situations
 Slow processing
 Digital view
 Easy to carry
 Presence of more noise
 Low in cost

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Not always true!

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This image has been clicked using a Point-and-
shoot camera!

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Agenda
 Understanding your equipment
 Basics of photography
 How to compose a great image
 Top Photography Sins and Mistakes to Avoid
 Basics of Photoshop
 How to choose the right equipment

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Basics of Photography
– Shutter Speed / Exposure
– ISO (Image Sensor Optimization)
– Aperture
The only difference:
Picture on the left was shot with automatic exposure
Picture on the right was shot using manual exposure

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Exposure compensation
What is Exposure Compensation?
The Exposure Compensation controls Exposure Value (EV) settings.
The Exposure Value is simply the combination of the shutter speed,
lens aperture setting, and ISO settings that are being used for a shot.

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SHUTTER SPEED
Shutter Speed Typical Examples
1 - 30+ seconds
Specialty night and low-light photos on a
tripod
2 - 1/2 second
To add a silky look to flowing water
Landscape photos on a tripod for
enhanced depth of field
1/2 to 1/30 second
To add motion blur to the background of a
moving subject
Carefully taken hand-held photos with
stabilization
1/50 - 1/100 second
Typical hand-held photos without
substantial zoom
1/250 - 1/500 second
To freeze everyday sports/action subject
movement
Hand-held photos with substantial zoom
(telephoto lens)
1/1000 - 1/4000 second
To freeze extremely fast, up-close subject
motion
Slowshutterspeed------------fastshutterspeed

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SHUTTER SPEED

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SHUTTER SPEED

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Aperture
 Aperture is one of the three pillars of photography, the other two being ISO
and Shutter Speed
 Aperture is equivalent of the human pupil
 The lower the f/stop—the larger the opening in the lens—the less depth of
field—the blurrier the background.
 The higher the f/stop—the smaller the opening in the lens—the greater the
depth of field—the sharper the background.

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Understanding ISO
ISO is the level of sensitivity of your camera to available light.
Lower ISO number = less sensitivity to light
Higher ISO number = increases sensitivity of the camera

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ISO Cheat sheet

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Exposure Triangle: Aperture, ISO & Shutter
Speed
Aperture: controls the area over
which light can enter your camera.
Depth of field
Shutter speed: controls the
duration of the exposure.
Exposure value & Capturing
motion
ISO speed: controls the sensitivity
of your camera's sensor to a given
amount of light

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Remember!

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Agenda
 Understanding your equipment
 Basics of photography
 How to compose a great image
 Top Photography Sins and Mistakes to Avoid
 Basics of Photoshop
 How to choose the right equipment

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How to compose a great image?
There are no fixed rules in photography, but there are guidelines which
can often help you to enhance the impact of your photos.
• Rule of thirds
• Angle/Viewpoint
• Background
• Depth
• Cropping
• Experimentation

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Rule of Thirds
What’s wrong in this image?

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The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or
along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable
a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally.
Rule of Thirds

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Rule of Thirds

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Rule of Thirds

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Rule of Thirds

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Rule of Thirds

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Angle / Viewpoint

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Angle / Viewpoint

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Background
 Background with depth
 Creamy background
 Subject v/s Background

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Background

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Moon BG Image
Background

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Background

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Depth

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Cropping

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Cropping

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Experimentation

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Agenda
 Understanding your equipment
 Basics of photography
 How to compose a great image
 Top Photography Sins and Mistakes to Avoid
 Basics of Photoshop
 How to choose the right equipment

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 Using Camera on Auto mode
 Make use of maximum natural light!
 Not knowing your camera and buttons well enough
 Over-Saturation galore
 Lack of Composition and Balance
 Always shooting from a standing position
 Superzoom
 Those Big and Ugly Watermarks/Copyrights
 I Never Backed Up
 Too many photos
Top Photography Sins and Mistakes to Avoid

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Top Photography Sins and Mistakes to Avoid
Those Big and Ugly Watermarks/Copyrights

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Top Photography Sins and Mistakes to Avoid

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Agenda
 Understanding your equipment
 Basics of photography
 How to compose a great image
 Top Photography Sins and Mistakes to Avoid
 Basics of Photoshop
 How to choose the right equipment

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Basics of Photoshop – Clicked a great moment?
What next?
• Crop
• Levels
• Adjustments
• Exposure
• Sharpening
• Copyright
• Resize
• Save

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Agenda
 Understanding your equipment
 Basics of photography
 How to compose a great image
 Top Photography Sins and Mistakes to Avoid
 Basics of Photoshop
 How to choose the right equipment

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How to choose the right equipment?
 Introspect – Set a basic budget in mind
 Consider what you will use your camera to capture
 Megapixels good pictures
 Canon or Nikon
 Choosing your lens
 Research before you invest
 Point and Shoot vs SLR
OR
 Call us for camera help!

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This image has been clicked using a Point-and-shoot
camera!

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Thank you!
Ashish Peshave
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Noopur Sahasrabudhe
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