MULTIMEDIA TECHNIQUES

PHOTO BASICS

1826 - First photo Joseph Nicéphore Niépce - Took hours to expose

1838 - First photo of a living personBoulevard du Temple in Paris by Louis Daguerre

1920’s - First “selfie”

CAMERA TYPES

CAMERA TYPES

EVOLUTION OF CELL PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY

Martin Cooper - World’s First Cell PhoneNo Camera :(

How Many Photos Have Been Taken Ever

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

PHOTO BASICS

- Light - Composition - Moment

Three creative considerations:

1. LIGHTNo light = no photography

1. LIGHTMorning/evening light is the best

“Golden Hour”

1. LIGHTConsider the direction of the light

TAP FOCUS/EXPOSE

TAP FOCUS/EXPOSE

Rule of Thirds

2. COMPOSITION

2. COMPOSITION

Perspective

2. COMPOSITION

3. MOMENT

The Decisive Moment - Henri Cartier-Bresson

• “The decisive moment is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression.”

- Sold for $265,00 in 1985 auction

TIPS FOR BETTER PHOTOS

1. Find great light

2. Get close

3. Keep the camera steady

4. Take multiple images in sequence

5. Wait for the moment

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs” - Ansel Adams

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