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West Forsyth High Photography Overview

Explore various cameras, from 35mm to digital, learn creative tips, and delve into techniques like the rule of thirds and editing. Develop skills in capturing unique images and understand the workings of different camera types.

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West Forsyth High Photography Overview

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  1. West Forsyth HighPhotography Overview Cameras, Creativity, & Technique

  2. Cameras, Creativity, & Technique • Cameras we will use in photography • 35mm • Pinhole • Digital and camera phone • Creative tips and ideas • Rule of thirds • Design Elements • Breaking the rules • Technique and skills on taking creative pictures • How to use light • Cropping and editing • planning

  3. Types of Cameras • 35mm • Automatic • Manual SLR • Digital • Point and Shoot • dSLR (Single Lens Reflex) • Pinhole • Medium and Large Format • Camera Phone • Many others not explored here

  4. Pinhole • Creates a negative image • Camera Obscura

  5. 35 MM Film Camera • Single Lens Reflex-manual settings • Point and shoot-automatic process • Polaroid-instant development

  6. Digital & Camera Phone • Canon • Nikon • Penetax • Fuji • Olympus • Leica

  7. How cameras work • Single Lens Reflex (SLR) • images are reversed and upside down • Images are more clear and balanced based on manual or digital settings • Point and shoot • What you see is what you get • No way to balance or edit the shot ahead of time • Manual vs digital imprint (film/card) • Manual-exposure of a negative on film strip • Digital-exposure on an SD card

  8. Image Processing • Darkroom • Negative to positive • Film or paper exposure • Print to paper • Develop using chemicals (Fixer, Stop bath, Dektol, water) • Camera to computer • Images exposed on a digital SD card • Images transferred to the computer for manipulation

  9. Darkroom • Chemical process • Developer • Fixer • Stop bath • Water/wash • Enlarger to shoot images • Camera on a base • Manipulation manually

  10. Digital images • Digital process exposure • Computer based editing • Easy process • Easy manipulation

  11. Plan out every photoshoot • Research each idea you have • Look through images to get ideas • Print out and save images • Write about your thought process • Discuss details • Make phone calls and face-to-face contact with your subject or background • Collect materials and setup the shot ahead of the scheduled shoot

  12. Shooting Skills • Learning your own camera • Manual settings • Additional settings • Comfort in holding the camera, adjustments • Creating a great composition • Lighting • Cropping • Rule of thirds • Planning

  13. Learning your camera • Manual settings • F-stop • Aperture • Lighting • Additional settings • Running/fast mode • Portrait mode • Comfort in holding the camera, adjustments • Strap length • Holding the camera

  14. Composition • Lighting • Rule of Thirds • Cropping

  15. Lighting • Natural Light • Spot lighting • Fill Light

  16. Editing & Alternative processes • Photoshop • Dodge and Burn • Blur • Vignette • Sepia Tone dye • Cyanotype dye • Photo transfer

  17. Display of Image • Mounting • Social media • Instagram • Flickr • Pinterest • Gallery or museum

  18. Review • The camera • The process • The outcome

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