Lesson One Know Your Camera Learn about your camera before taking your haunt pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/glennmcknight/sets/72157624209874428/

1. LESSON ONE Know your Camera Glenn McKnight and Jason Dasti Social Media Group

3. Learn how to take a picture

4. Part One: Know Your Camera

5. Types of Cameras

7. Filter

8. Memory Card

9. Battery

10. ISO Setting

11. F Stop

12. Shutter Speed

13. Part Two Taking a Picture

15. Hold the camera still

16. Understand the 2-second rule

17. Take lots and lots of shots

18. Tell a “story”

19. Capture the “mood”

21. E xposure

22. L ens

23. L ight

24. C. E. L. L. Composition

25. Composition Principle 1 Un-clutter the picture. Zoom in. A good photograph is a subject , a context , and nothing else . Remove any clutter that detracts from your message. Get closer -- zoom in -- and crop

26. Composition Principle 2 Put subject off-centre / Rule of thirds The center of the frame is the weakest place -- it's static, dull, and gives no value to the context.

27. Composition Principle 3 Use Impact with frames,lines and diagonals Create impact by using frames and real or inferred lines that lead the viewer's eye into and around the picture

28. Composition Principle 4 Dramatic Perspective Create impact by photographing your subjects from unexpected angles.

29. C. E. L. L. Exposure

31. Shutter speed

32. ISO

34. Allows more light to pass through, the camera will be able to choose a slightly higher shutter speed  helps to reduce motion blur.

35. Helps to reduce "depth-of-field“ (for effect).

37. Less light gets through to the imager as shutter speed is increased, thus difficult to use higher shutter speeds in lower light situations .

38. Alternatives: Allow more light to pass through the lens ( larger aperture setting ), the other is to increase the ISO

39. Shutter Speed Principle Freezing motion Absolutely sharp images are not always the best. They can look static and dull. At slow shutter speeds the camera blurs the image of moving objects, and can create a more convincing image of movement .

41. Use an ISO of 100 or 200 when taking photographs outside in sunny conditions.

42. If the sky is overcast or it is evening time, or in a darkened room, then use an ISO within the range of 400 to 800 .

43. Night time or in cases of low light you might need to set your digital camera ISO to 1600 .

44. ISO Setting Principle Set the lowest setting possible to avoid noise ISO measures the sensitivity of the image sensor . The lower the number the less sensitive your camera is to light and the finer the grain . ISO 100 ISO 3200

45. Lens Principle Wide Angle (35mm) or Telephoto (70mm) Wide-angle lenses allow more of a picture to be captured (need focal point ) while telephoto lenses tighten the scene and isolate the subject (but affect the depth of field & increase camera shake )

46. Light Principle 1 Avoid using flash, even for night shots The indiscriminate blast of flash destroys the intimate mood of existing light

47. Lighting Principle 2 Side Lighting instead of front or overhead (noon-time) lighting The use of frontal flash lighting tends to flatten faces. Use side lighting as much as possible, even moving your subject, if necessary, next to a window.

48. Lighting Principle 3 Use fill-in flash, for backlit situations or overhead sun. Overhead sun creates dark eye sockets and unattractive shadows , which can be reduced by using a flash. Use fill-in flash also for situations where the subject is backlit (camera auto exposure will be confused)

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