ot a new camera? Wondering what all those letters, numbers and symbols mean? This session will clear up some of those mysteries for you. You’ll learn a handy mnemonic device that will walk you through your camera’s basic settings, and in the process become acquainted with the fundamental tools at your disposal when you graduate from cell-phone or point-and-shoot photography. When the session is over you'll have a much firmer grasp of what your camera can do - and how to translate what you see in your minds eye into images that you'll be proud to show-and-tell. Bring your camera, this will be hands-on. Categories: Technology & Art

1. GET YOUR CAMERA !
OFF “AUTO”
with
WICS-MEFIB!
The Mnemonic Key
that Unlocks The Potential
of your
Digital Camera
Paul Schatzkin
paul@cohesionarts.com
/driver49
#artcampnoauto

2. Photoshop, ca. 1974

4. Don’t look back, he’s gaining on us!

5. A face only a mother could love…

6. It’s Tough Job
But somebody has to do it

7. A “Startup” before Startups Were Cool

8. What were you doing when YOU were 14 years old?

9. Only 10 New Episodes A Year?
Absolute proof that THERE IS NO GOD.

10. Go ahead,
Ask me,
“what’s that
book about?”
It’s about 600 pages…

11. As seen in “The DaVinci Code”

13. www.PortalsOfStone.com

14. www.PortalsOfStone.com

15. www.PortalsOfStone.com

16. www.TheJoyofMakingMusic.com

17. www.TheJoyofMakingMusic.com

18. www.TheJoyofMakingMusic.com

19. WICS-MEFIB
Seriously?
Yeah.
Seriously.

20. Pet Peeve
What’s wrong with this
picture?

21. Pet Peeve
Corrected.
Look like you know what
you are doing…
(even if you don’t…yet.)

22. Hallelujah

23. WICS-MEFIB

24. • White Balance
• ISO
• Camera Mode
• Shutter Mode
• Meter Mode
• Exposure Compensation
• Focus / Fill Flash
• Image Quality / Image Stabilization
• Bracketing

25. White Balance
Different types of light have
different
color temperatures
and color cast
!
White Balance adjusts
for these variations.

26. White Balance
Daylight Tungsten

27. White Balance
Tungsten Daylight

28. The Three Variables
Everything Is A Trade-Off

29. ISO
• Sets the sensitivity of the
sensor
• 1 of 3 factors that determine
exposure value (EV)
• Each x2 = 1 “STOP”
• Trade off between speed and
detail/noise

30. Higher ISO = NOISE

31. Camera Mode
• Program
• Shutter-Preferred
• Aperture-Preffered
• Manual
• Forget the others

32. Camera Mode
• Program

33. Camera Mode
!
• Shutter-Preferred

34. Shutter Speed
Freezes or Blurs Motion

35. Shutter Speed
Freezes or Blurs Motion

36. Camera Mode
!
• Aperture-Preffered

37. The bigger the number
the smaller the hole
!
go figger…

38. Aperture
Determines Depth of Field

39. Aperture
Determines Depth of Field

40. Camera Mode
• Manual
(Forget the others)

41. Camera Mode
• Manual
Look for the +/-
button to switch btw
shutter speed and
f/stop

42. Shutter Mode
“Motor Drive” - ca. 1976

43. Nikon

44. Canon

45. Meter Mode
• Matrix / Evaluative
• Center Weighted
• Spot

46. Exposure Compensation

47. Focus Settings
• Auto Focus Or Manual ?
• Auto Single
• Auto Continuous

48. Fill Flash

49. Image Quality
-V-The
Great Debate

50. Why Not Both?

51. Image Stabilization
For Hand-Holding ONLY

52. Bracketing

53. HDR
High Dynamic Range

54. Rosslyn In The Stars !
May, 2013

55. • White Balance: AUTO
• ISO: 200-400
• Camera Mode: Shutter @ 1/125
• Shutter Mode: Single
• Meter Mode: Martix (Evaluative)
• Exposure Compensation: +/- 0
• Focus: AF-S / Fill Flash: On, -1 Stop
• Image Quality: RAW + JPEG Med/Norm
Image Stabilization: Hand On, Tripod OFF
• Bracketing - OFF

56. getyourcameraoffauto.com

57. Operating A Camera Is Easy
It Just Takes a Lifetime
to Learn Photography
Paul Schatzkin
aka driver49
!
cohesionarts.com
paul@cohesionarts.com