Intro to Digital Cameras Close-up Macro Flash Taking Good Photos Downloading & Storing Fixing Photos

 Images erasable and editable in the camera  WYSWYG: What You See Is What You Get  Retakes immediately available if needed  Print and keep only those images you truly want

 Power  Shutter Release  LCD Screen/Viewfinder  Mode Dial: Still, Movies, Playback, Setup, Etc.  Jog Dial: Navigating and Selecting various camera function menus

 AA  Lithium

 Resolution  VGA  4MP  Floppies  CD’s  Memory Cards: Memory Stick, SD, etc.  More is better  Some computers have slots for downloading

 Zoom lens vs. SLR exchangeable style  To zoom or not to zoom: that is the question.

 Coins  Jewelry  Insects  Documents  Flowers

 A bit more depth of field  Making sharper focus on nearby objects in the picture.

 Default: flash works automatically only when needed.

 Art museum

 To fill in a dark face in the foreground that has a brightly lit background or light source.

 Mentally divide the area of the picture into thirds  Two vertical lines  Two horizontal lines  Compose your picture around the nine areas and four intersections

 Tutorial with Mike Brown: Tutorial with Mike Brown:  3 minutes

 Decide what in the picture you want to be the main point of interest  Take out distracting details  Remove or suppress everything that would compete for attention with the point of interest

 Attention catchers (eye-catchers)  Eyes  Faces  Human form  Animals  Light colored objects against dark background  Warm colored objects against cool colored backgrounds  Objects with strong contrast

 Move pictures from camera to computer  Memory card  Camera cord (USB)

 Computer  Network folder  Memory card  Flash drive  CD

 Available here at school  Powerful program  Fixes red-eye easily  Example picture Example picture

 Free download  Can be used at home