The document summarizes a teen photography class that introduces basic concepts of photography. It defines photography and outlines what will be covered, including the basics of photography like camera parts, different types of photography like portraits and landscapes, and components like lighting, lenses, and focal length. The class then discusses specific topics like the first photograph taken, parts of the camera, types of photography like portraits and landscapes and examples, and components like lighting, lenses, focal length, and the rule of thirds composition technique. The document concludes by announcing the class will conclude with hands-on photo taking and that session II will cover editing, mixed media editing, and social media presence for photography.

1. Teen Photography Class
Session I
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2. What is photography?
pho·tog·ra·phy
fəˈtäɡrəfē/
noun
1.the art or practice of taking and
processing photographs.

3. What are you going to learn today?
Basics
Types of Photography
Components of
Photography
Deal?

4. Basics of Photography
The First Photograph, or more
specifically, the earliest known
surviving photograph made in a
camera, was taken by Joseph
Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827.
The image depicts the view from
an upstairs window at Niépce's
estate, Le Gras, in the Burgundy
region of France
Cool, huh?
I promise the cameras your
using are not THAT old.

5. Basics of Photography
Parts of the Camera
Lens
Flash
Shutter
Memory Card
Viewfinder
Zoom feature

6. What are the different types of photography?
Portraiture
Photograph of a person (hold camera verticle)
Landscape
Photograph of a nature scene (hold camera horizontal)
Still life
a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects,
typically including fruit and flowers and objects
contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and

7. Portraiture
Robert Cornelius, self-portrait, Oct.
or Nov. 1839, approximate quarter
plate daguerreotype. The back
reads, "The first light picture
ever taken." One of the oldest
photographic portraits known, made
by Joseph Draper of New York, in
1839 or 1840, of his sister,
Dorothy Catherine Draper.

8. Portraiture
People focused
Vertical camera
position
Very important in
document the change
of people over time

9. Landscape
First landscape
taken:
Bridge of Boats
over Indus
Attock
[SubContinent
1861]

10. Landscape
Nature focused
Horizontal position of
camera
Can have use of a wide-
angle lens

11. Still Life
Object focused
Horizontal or
Vertical camera
position
Up to
[photographers
discretion

12. Components of Photography
Lightness/darkness
Lenses
Focal length
Rule of Thirds
...and there’s more than
that but we will stick to this stuff

13. Light vs. Darkness
Photos rely on light of some type
Artificial or natural
Flashes are exterior and interior
Examples: Circle flash, Speedlight
When you’re in a darker space your ISO
(shutter) is open a longer period of
time.
When you’re in a lighter space your ISO
(shutter) is open a shorter period
of time.

14. Lenses
They are not all the same
Measured by their FOCAL
LENGTH (mm)
Change the angles
Change the effects of the
photograph
Example: Wide Angle
(carnival)
Example: Fish Eye (city

15. WHAT IS FOCAL LENGTH?!?!?!
Focal length is how far
your lens can see. Easy
enough?
Focal length varies per
lens.
Focal length is
measured in “MM”

16. Rule of Thirds
With this grid in mind the
‘rule of thirds’ now
identifies four important
parts of the image that
you should consider
placing points of interest
in as you frame your
image.
This isn’t super imporant
becuase you can follow it
or not. YOU CHOOSE! :)

17. Let’s take photos!
Session II will be complied of how to edit, mixed media
editing, and social media presence for photography.