Basics of Photography

LCC Continuing Education

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Jon Meyers

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Goals
To be in control of your camera To understand the functions of your
camera

Aperture, Shutter, ISO Modes (M,A,S,P) Focus Manual / Auto

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Class Schedule

Camera BootCamp - How to make your camera work, and How it Works Lenses

11 Aperture, Depth of Field control, / 111 Shutter, how it works, what it does 1V ISO, Metering, working the shutter with
the aperture

V
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Composition, Lenses, and qualities of Light

V1 White Balance, Flash, Review

Jon Christopher Meyers Photography

Commercial Photographer Lifestyle Portraiture

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Camera Boot Camp

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Basics.....

How to hold your camera Vertical or Horizontal How to use a strap & things to think about UV Filter to protect a lens Shutter speed 1/125 or 1/250 or faster hand hold CF/SD cards what is a gigibyte? jpeg or raw or both!

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Camera Modes

Program: Camera chooses an optimal combination of shutter & aperture according to an built-in program to ensure a proper exposure for a situation. Great for Snap-shots. Shutter Priority: You choose a shutter speed and the camera chooses an aperture for the optimal exposure Aperture Priority: You choose an aperture value (f-stop) and the camera selects the shutter speed for the optimal exposure Manual: You select both the shutter and the aperture values. This allows you to override your camera and to give you the most latitude to be creative.

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Denitions
Aperture: Mechanism that controls how Shutter: Mechanism in front of the lm/
MUCH light can enter the camera. It is a round diaphragm in the lens. Described as an f-stop. Controls Depth of Field sensor plane that controls how LONG the lm/sensor is exposed to light. Measured as a fraction of a second. 1/125th of a sec. Controls blur / motion / speed

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Light Meter
Measures the amount to light entering your camera. This is light that has bounced off your subject. Calibrated with software to a statistically average scene using 18% grey as a baseline.

Under Exposed
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-2 stop

- 1 stop

+ 1 stop

+ 2 stop

Over + Exposed

 Examples of Shutter Speeds

Measured as either whole of fractions of a second
Full Stops 1/8000 of a second 1/4000 sec 1/2000 sec 1/1000 sec 1/500 sec 1/250 sec * 1/125 sec 1/60 1/30 1/15 1/8 1/4 1/2 One Second 2 seconds 4 seconds 8 seconds Faster (less time)

Safe to hand hold Tripod

Slower (more time)

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Aperture
Full Stops f 22 f 16 f 11 f8 f 5.6 f4 f2.8 f2 f1.4 Less Depth of eld More light into camera More Depth of Field Less light into camera

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 ISO = International Standards

Organization... How sensitive the sensor or lm is to light. ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 less sensitive = more light

more sensitive = less light

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What is a Stop??
A stop is exactly a whole or half difference in the amount of light controlled by the either the shutter or the aperture or the lm/senor sensitivity.
Under Exposed Good Exposure Over Exposed

1/8 sec @ f-11 1 Stop Under

1/4 sec @ f-11

1/2 sec @ f-11 1 stop over

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Focus

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AF / Manual

AF = Auto focus Typically engages AF when you push the shutter down half way Single Servo = Focus will remain locked while shutter is held halfway down to allow you to compose your image. Static subjects Continues Servo = The camera will track a subject as long as AF is activated. Manual Focus = Camera will not focus on its own, users must focus lens. Allows you to shoot at any moment. AF works with brightness and contrast in a scene. Sometimes it doesnt work very well.

White Balance
Fine tuning the color temp of your photographs. Daylight balance is about 5000K Tungsten balance is about 3200K Balance in this case is dened as having a neutral white in your image

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Exercise
Set your camera to work in half stops with
the aperture and shutter.

Turn off auto ISO Set ISO to work in full stops ISO readout 100-200-400-800-1600 Use ISO 100 / 200 / 400 outside Use ISO 400 / 800 / 1600 / inside
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Home Work
Play with your camera... You cant break it
by pushing buttons

Take your camera with you during your day. Think about seeing the world in frames Think about what you want your images to
say and what stories they might tell. images that work and dont work.

Bring some images (5-7) to class. Bring

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