The document discusses various photography techniques including exposure, lighting, shutter speed, aperture, and white balance. It defines each technique and provides examples and tips for adjusting settings on digital cameras to control the brightness, darkness of images and to accommodate different lighting conditions. It recommends higher ISOs for lower light scenarios, faster shutter speeds for moving objects, small apertures for close-up shots, and using the white balance setting to adjust the color for different lighting like fluorescent.
Presentation on social media basics and strategy by Cathy McCall and Bob Kumagai. Presented to Colorado Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman's Roundtable Oct 22, 2009
Presentation on social media basics and strategy by Cathy McCall and Bob Kumagai. Presented to Colorado Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman's Roundtable Oct 22, 2009
“ The Attacker’s Advantage” . This book is very contextual to the current environment and our preparation and transition to new Leadership Traits and dress for the future.
Strategists often see their road as a straight one with obstacles on the horizon to be dealt with as they appear. Author Ram Charan cautions that the real obstacles are much closer. Just around every corner lurk outliers, competitors, consumers, other industries and government policies that can quickly upset the apple cart.
One example: During the financial crisis, banks and financial services companies tightened lending practices. Small businesses couldn’t get loans, and consumers couldn’t obtain mortgages. There was a domino effect on other industries.
Charan believes that companies were too focused on daily operations, lacking the “perceptual acuity” to see a bigger picture. They looked at things from the inside out and relied on what they knew.
Catalysts, on the other hand, see things others don’t. They are creative thinkers who are one step ahead of everyone else.
They can also mine gold from “dead” technology. Steve Jobs found a new use for Gorilla Glass, a decades-old product mothballed by Corning Glass. Elon Musk’s solar-charged Tesla home battery could be the answer to offsetting high electric bills a decade from now.
How do you become a catalyst? This book gives some ideas .
The book is organized around 4 sections
• The fundamental Leadership challenge of our time
• Building on Perceptual acuity
• Going on the offense
• Making the organization agile
Each of these 4 sections build on one another
• Section one centers on the challenge of structural change, the algorithmic revolution and identifying early warning signs.
• Section two identifies the catalysts – people, government, companies of change and understanding what it is they see, and tools for developing perceptual acuity.
• Section three focuses on defining a path and developing a mindset of taking the offense.
• Section four outlines the use of idea-generating Joint Practice sessions ( JPS) which also provide transparency and coordination and , lastly , the what, who and how decision making to zero in on critical decision nodes.
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The motivation to write this book for Mr.Peter Schwartz came from Royal Dutch/Shell group success in using scenarios to anticipate the oil crisis in the 1980’s . Shell was one of the few companies that managed this crisis. The following are the key points that may be of interest and assist the professionals in making better decisions in planning events in your life or the organization you work with:
• Too many people react to uncertainty with denial. They create blind spot for themselves.
• Scenarios are a tool for helping us to take a long view in a world of VUCA. Once you get used to the idea of scenarios, using them comes more easily.
• Scenario planning is about making choices today with an understanding of how they might turn out. This type of planning comes easy to some people. For others, it takes practice. Be patient, the end result of proper planning is worth the effort. Remember the 6 P’s of planning – Proper Planning Prevents Piddley Poor Performance.
• Scenarios can be used
To plan a business
To Judge an investment
To choose an education
To look for a job.
• Scenarios are not predictions. Rather , it is vehicles for helping the people learn & help the people to perceive futures in present.
• Scenarios deal with two worlds
The world of facts. Gather and transform information of strategic significance into fresh perspectives.
The world of perceptions. You are looking for the “aha” feeling.
Leadership books abound. Yet there are very few that put Values first before all those leadership skills. In this book, Harry Krammer explains the Four principles of Value-Based leadership and has shared his personal experiences to validate how these principles do work .
When Leaders engage in Self-reflection ( Principle # 1) followed by Balance, True-Self-confidence and Genuine Humility, then the organization has a much greater chance of leading the Values instead of with Egos. He also shares why positive core business ethics create greater shareholder value. One excellent point he discusses is the difference between what is legal and what is right.
Talent Management and leadership development are far more effective when approaching these two elements from a Values driven position. After all, organizations are all about people united to achieve those big, hairy audacious goals that would be fare ore difficult if not impossible to achieve individually.
Silo thinking is also viewed within the circle of Leadership. When this happens, my turf or silo becomes bigger than the organization’s big vision and this creates poor performance.
Another advantage to leading from a position of high ethics is motivation and team engagement. Teams do not come together naturally, but “ are developed purposefully and with intention”.
The end result from Values to Action is precisely that action or execution and implementation. Failed execution can more often than not be laid at the feet of leadership and not extenuating circumstances.
Values are not bullet points on a Corporate website or motivational phrases on a poster in a lunch room.. Some companies talk a good game and have plaques on the wall stating their Mission & Values, but their day-to-day actions tell a different story.
Leaders should Value Values – Values Create Valuation
What the World can Learn from Finnish Lessons
In the course of about 3 decades ( 1980-2010) , the national education system of Finland progressed from one which was “ nothing special” to one that produces students whose academic achievement is so consistently outstanding that Finland’s system is often referred to as the best in the world. This book describes how Finland achieve that transformation.
In this books , Pasi Sahlberg details the policy decisions that guided that transformation. He documents the choice of polices that chose not to embrace “ tougher competition, more data, abolishing teacher unions, opening more charter schools, or employing corporate world management models in education systems”. To the contrary, Finnish policies focused on “ improving the teaching force, limited student testing to a necessary minimum , placing responsibility and trust before accountability and handing over school and district-level leadership to education professionals. The result is an educational system that “ lacks school inspection, standardized curriculum, high-stakes student assessments, test based accountability and a race-to-the-top mentality with regard to educational change?
Sahlberg characterizes the policies of the current system as
Having a vision of education committed to building a publicly financed & locally governed basic schools for every child
Building on educational ideas from other nations to produce unique “ Finnish way” that preserves the best traditions and present good practices
Systematically developing respectful and interesting working conditions for teachers and leaders in Finnish schools.
The Finnish experience in building an education system in which all students learn well is one that has focused on equity and cooperation rather than choice and competition and that rejects the paying of teachers based on students test scores or converting public schools to private schools.
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1. EME - 6205 Photography Techniques Jennifer Zumpano
2. Exposure The effect of light falling on a sensor is exposure. When the sensor gathers the light, depending on how much is there, it creates an image. A photographer can alter the exposure by controlling the ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. Using the exposure compensation menu on a digital camera will also allow the photographer to alter the brightness and darkness of an image. Note: With many digital cameras, the exposure is set to 0 as the automatic setting. Because this is not effective for all lighting scenarios, it may be necessary to adjust the setting from the camera’s menu.
3. Exposure Exposure refers to the process of making pictures brighter and darker. The picture on the left was taken with a negative exposure. The picture on the right, was taken with a positive exposure; therefore it is brighter.
4. Lighting To make sure your image comes out clear no matter what kind of lighting is available, adjust the ISO. Most digital cameras are set to an automatic ISO. To take it off this default setting, go to the camera’s menu. For outdoor bright/sunny images, the lowest ISOs are suggested. For lower lighting scenarios, higher ISOs are recommended. Caution…with some cameras, the higher the ISO, the more blurred or noisy a picture can get.
5. Lighting Setting the ISO will allow you to take pictures in different lighting. The lower the lighting, the higher the ISO will need to be and vice versa. Since this picture was taken at dusk, a higher ISO was needed. Photographers may also use a flash instead of adjusting the ISO to avoid compromising the image.
6. Shutter Speed Shutter speed controls how long an image is exposed to light. The longer the exposure, the more light is allowed to enter. Because more light is allowed in, pictures in lower lighting are possible. Adjusting the shutter speed allows photographers to capture objects in motion. The faster an object is moving, the faster the shutter speed will need to be. Shutter speed can also be used to creative visual effects like a blurred background. To adjust the shutter speed, see the camera’s menu. The shutter speeds will appear in fractions. The higher the bottom number is, the faster the shutter speed is. For example, 1/100 is a faster speed than 1/30.
7. Shutter Speed Because the firework display was in motion, the shutter speed was set at a higher speed. However because it was at night, the camera was set to an automatic ISO and the flash was used to avoid a blurry image.
8. Aperture Aperture is the size of the opening that the light comes through. Large apertures will allow more light to pass through then small ones. The aperture is measured in F stops. The smaller the F stop, the larger the number. The aperture can be adjusted by turning the lens. Note: The aperture in many point and shoot cameras cannot be adjusted because it is fixed.
10. White Balance The color of an object is affected by the lighting conditions. Unlike the human eye, cameras need help adjusting to the type of lighting. Adjusting the white balance can be done manually or automatically through your camera’s white balance menu.
11. White Balance The picture on the left was taken in my kitchen which has fluorescent lights. I choose the fluorescent lighting option from my menu, but the picture turned out with a bluish hue. I wanted a warmer picture, so I chose the automatic white balancer to adjust the color for me. It came out much warmer and true to its natural color. Fluorescent Setting Auto Format