Teen Photography Class Session I

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What is photography?

pho·tog·ra·phy

fəˈtäɡrəfē/

noun

1.the art or practice of taking and

processing photographs.

What are you going to learn today?

Basics

Types of Photography

Components of

Photography

Deal?

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.

Basics of Photography

Parts of the Camera

Lens

Flash

Shutter

Memory Card

Viewfinder

Zoom feature

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

glassware.

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.

Portraiture

People focused

Vertical camera

position

Very important in

document the change

of people over time

Landscape

First landscape

taken:

Bridge of Boats

over Indus

Attock

[SubContinent

1861]

LandscapeNature focused

Horizontal position of

camera

Can have use of a wide-

angle lens

Still LifeObject focused

Horizontal or

Vertical camera

position

Up to

[photographers

discretion

Components of Photography

Lightness/darkness

Lenses

Focal length

Rule of Thirds

...and there’s more than

that but we will stick to this stuff

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.

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

scape)

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”

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! :)

Let’s take photos!Session II will be complied of how to edit, mixed media

editing, and social media presence for photography.