To write or draw with light Why do people take Photographs?

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  • To write or draw with light
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  • Why do people take Photographs?
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  • Camera Parts Digital camera captures the photo with electronic imaging sensor Lens Flash Shutter Button LCD Screen Camera Body
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  • Camera Parts iPhone: To quickly open Camera when iPhone is locked, swipe up. Camera Lens Flash
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  • Exposure Triangle Exposure: amount of light captured by the camera. Aperture + Shutter Speed + ISO = Exposure Triangle The aperture and shutter speed together control the total amount of light reaching the sensor. Aperture: small, circular opening inside the camera lens controls amount of light reaching the sensor Shutter Speed: how long its shutter stays open as the picture is taken. ISO: measurement of a cameras sensitivity to light.
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  • Shutter & Aperture
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  • Technical Terms Pixel Short for Picture Element, a pixel is a single point in a graphic image Megapixel = 1 million pixels
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  • Technical Terms Resolution = no. pixels in an image Is it better to have more or less pixels? PPI Pixels Per Inch
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  • Photo Types DOCUMENTARY Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage, 1907 Alfred Stieglitz, The Terminal, 1892
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  • DOCUMENTARY Charles C. Ebbets, Lunch atop a Skyscraper, 1932
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  • EXPRESSIVE Communicating an emotion Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother Patrick Farrell, Untitled
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  • EXPRESSIVE William Klein, Gun #1
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  • LANDSCAPE Ansel Adams, Tetons and the Snake River the natural environment.
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  • LANDSCAPE the natural environment. Eddie Soloway
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  • ORGANIC SHAPE shapes based on natural objects such as trees, mountains, leaves, etc Ansel Adams, Roots Eddie Soloway
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  • ABSTRACT emphasizes formal elements (line, shape, etc.) rather than specific, recognizable objects Eddie Soloway
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  • PORTRAITURE to capture the personality of the subject or group of subjects on film. Posed Candid
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  • Where the horizontal and vertical lines intersect makes an ideal location for the more important parts of your picture. By locating your main subject at one of the four intersections you give the subject more emphasis than if it was right smack in the middle of the picture.
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  • Visual Elements Line Space Texture Repetition Shape Value Color Light Composition Balance Contrast Central Focus Background Angle (vantage Point) Framing Setting
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  • Lighting Ambient Light natural light Artificial Light electrical light Joe McNally
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  • Photo Tips Fill Flash Flash Off
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  • Photo Tips Good Better ZOOM IN
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  • Photo Tips FOCUS
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  • Photo Tips DIRECTION
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  • Photo Tips DISTRACTING BACKGROUD?
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  • WHICH IS THE BETTER PHOTO?
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