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Digital Photography
IID DayAugust 25, 2009
Outline
1. Using your camera overview2. Tips for shooting great pictures3. Transferring Images from Camera to
Computer4. Image editing5. Online photo sharing6. Classroom applications
Using your digital camera
Most cameras have a switch that allows you to either record video or take pictures and to play or view ones already taken.
Using your digital camera
Viewfinder or LCD DisplayIf you have an LCD display you will be able to see
what the lens is seeing on the displayIf you are looking to save battery power you can
turn off the LCD display.Most cameras have an LCD display on and off or a
backlight on and off functionQuick tip for cleaning the LCD display:
Instead of using a lens cloth, try using a couple pieces of scotch tape. Lightly press it completely on the LCD, when you pull it off, the fingerprints will disappear!
Using your digital camera
Shutter Button and FocusPress it half-way down and your
camera will focus on the object in the center of the image.
To then take a picture, you need to press it all the way down past the half-way point
MacroThis setting will allow the camera to focus on an object that is VERY close to the lens. Very useful for capturing detail on small objects. Be sure your zoom is set all the way to wide angle if using this setting.
Using your digital camera
flash on flash off red-eye reduction
When to use a flash?•Always use flash outside on a bright sunny day. This will help to even out the shadows and to make your picture crisp and clear.•In low light, be careful using the flash near any shiny surface, this will reflect a bright white light.•Flash can also wash out colors if you are too close to an object
Using your digital camera
ISO sensitivity Also referred to as film speed This is your camera’s light sensitivity Keep your ISO setting at 50, 100, or AUTO
for general shooting in daylight settings If you're shooting a moving object, like a baby
playing with a toy, use a higher ISO setting of say 400.
Higher ISO settings give a faster shutter speed and require less light. This will produce noisier photos.
Using your digital camera
Optical Digital
•No loss is the quality of your image
•Magnifies the pixels that make up the image.
Some cameras have a line on the LCD display to let you know when you are switching from optical to digital zoom.
Tips for Taking good Photos
1. Know Your Camera2. Learn to Control the Flash3. Play with the Macro Mode4. Hold the Camera Level5. Play with the ISO Setting6. Have Enough Memory Capacity
5 megapixel camera and above - get at least a 512MB or 1GB card
Transferring Images from Camera to Computer
Making a folder to store images Go into your default images folder
(usually “my pictures”) and create a new folder for each group of shots.
After you transfer the pictures to your computer, move each group of shots in the proper folder you created.
Transferring Images from Camera to Computer
1. Turn ON computer and turn OFF the camera
2. Connect the USB Cable3. Turn the camera ON and set it for
transfer mode4. Let the operating system take over5. Take camera out of transfer mode
and turn OFF camera6. Disconnect USB cable
Transferring Images from Camera to Computer
To Delete or Not to Delete? Make backup copies first of your photos Then, reformat your memory card and do it in
the camera rather than in the computer Software is available that allows you to recover
photos from a memory card that has been erased
All erasing does is hide those photos from view and make them available for overwriting by new images as they are added to the card from the camera
www.cardrecovery.com is FREE
Image Editing
There are many FREE editing and sharing sites to choose from
Picasa is a powerful and free software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. www.picasa.google.com
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an open-source program originally developed by two university students in 1996. It has now morphed into a powerful image editor with a huge user base. www.gimp.com
Picnik is photo editing awesomeness, online, in your browser. It's the easiest way on the Web to fix underexposed photos, remove red-eye, or apply effects to your photos. www.picknik.com
Online Photo sharing
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=33689&title=Online_Photo_Sharing_in_Plain_English
There are MANY FREE online photo sharing sites
www.flickr.com www.shutterfly.com www.snapfish.com www.photobucket.com www.myphotoalbum.com
Classroom Applications
Write a story about Interdependence Get any 10 photos taken at random then write or
tell a story that includes all of the picturesCause and Effect Take 2 pictures-one of which is responsible for the
other (people/garbage; trees/cracked cement)Similes and Metaphors Create a list of words. Then take pictures of things
in your classroom, building, or school yard that show how that object is or is not like your word.school is like- picture of ant hilla lifetime is like- picture of highway
Classroom Applications
Be an Advertiser Create a commercial. Present a series of slides that
support your position.Comfortable and Uncomfortable Take pictures of places where you are comfortable and
uncomfortable. Change your perspective. Take pictures from the perspective of a cat, bird, ant, person from another culture.
Demonstrate and evaluate standards-based learning Collect images from various phases of a project to
evaluate progress towards learning goals. Create an information page using an image of a final
product and a summary of the goals/standards that were met.
QUESTIONS?
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