WEST FORSYTH HIGH PHOTOGRAPHY OVERVIEW Cameras, Creativity, & Technique

 Cameras we will use in photography  35mm  Pinhole  Digital and camera phone  Creative tips and ideas  Rule of thirds  Design Elements  Breaking the rules  Technique and skills on taking creative pictures  How to use light  Cropping and editing  planning

Types of Cameras  35mm  Automatic  Manual SLR  Digital  Point and Shoot  dSLR (Single Lens Reflex)  Pinhole  Medium and Large Format  Camera Phone  Many others not explored here

Pinhole  Creates a negative image  Camera Obscura

35 MM Film Camera  Single Lens Reflex-manual settings  Point and shoot-automatic process  Polaroid-instant development

Digital & Camera Phone  Canon  Nikon  Penetax  Fuji  Olympus  Leica

How cameras work  Single Lens Reflex (SLR)  images are reversed and upside down  Images are more clear and balanced based on manual or digital settings  Point and shoot  What you see is what you get  No way to balance or edit the shot ahead of time  Manual vs digital imprint (film/card)  Manual-exposure of a negative on film strip  Digital-exposure on an SD card

Image Processing  Darkroom  Negative to positive  Film or paper exposure  Print to paper  Develop using chemicals (Fixer, Stop bath, Dektol, water)  Camera to computer  Images exposed on a digital SD card  Images transferred to the computer for manipulation

Darkroom  Chemical process  Developer  Fixer  Stop bath  Water/wash  Enlarger to shoot images  Camera on a base  Manipulation manually

Digital images  Digital process exposure  Computer based editing  Easy process  Easy manipulation

Plan out every photoshoot  Research each idea you have  Look through images to get ideas  Print out and save images  Write about your thought process  Discuss details  Make phone calls and face-to-face contact with your subject or background  Collect materials and setup the shot ahead of the scheduled shoot

Shooting Skills  Learning your own camera  Manual settings  Additional settings  Comfort in holding the camera, adjustments  Creating a great composition  Lighting  Cropping  Rule of thirds  Planning

Learning your camera  Manual settings  F-stop  Aperture  Lighting  Additional settings  Running/fast mode  Portrait mode  Comfort in holding the camera, adjustments  Strap length  Holding the camera

Composition  Lighting  Rule of Thirds  Cropping

Lighting  Natural Light  Spot lighting  Fill Light

Editing & Alternative processes  Photoshop  Dodge and Burn  Blur  Vignette  Sepia Tone dye  Cyanotype dye  Photo transfer

Display of Image  Mounting  Social media  Instagram  Flickr  Pinterest  Gallery or museum

Review  The camera  The process  The outcome