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Did you know? The first digital camera was created in 1994? How much do you think it would have costed to purchase a digital camera in 1994?

Advantages of Digital Photography Digital takes the fear out of photography by letting you take as many pictures as you want. You can see right away if you got the picture you want, you can delete the picture you don’t want. Upload pictures and share them with friends and family anytime, anywhere using a computer –– or even a mobile phone.

Advantages (continued) Digital costs less because you don’t buy film and you don’t pay to print photos you don’t want. People use digital photography in their work everyday –– police officers, real estate agents, insurance agents, fire fighters, scientists, and doctors, just to name a few.

Getting Started with Digital Photography There are 2 types of photographs –Landscape –Portraits How do you use a digital camera? –What are the steps you personally take? –Is there a correct way to take pictures?

Photography Extended school.com/digital-photography-tips- for-beginners

Photography Composition Framing –When framing the picture, try to fill the frame with relevant and interesting elements – school.com/framing-your-shots- photography-composition-techniquehttp://digital-photography- school.com/framing-your-shots- photography-composition-technique

Photography Composition (Cont’d) Emphasis –Include a focal point of the photograph, a subject that is emphasized – school.com/using-focal-points-in- photographyhttp://digital-photography- school.com/using-focal-points-in- photography

Photography Composition (Cont’d) Angle of View –Take pictures of the subjects eye level to capture it realistically, or change angle to alter the point of view. – school.com/finding-fresh-angles-to- shoot-from-digital-photography- composition-tiphttp://digital-photography- school.com/finding-fresh-angles-to- shoot-from-digital-photography- composition-tip

Photography Composition (Cont’d) Balance –Create a sense of weight for the elements within the frame, some objects will have a large sense of weight and some will have a small sense of weight. – school.com/balance-in-photographyhttp://digital-photography- school.com/balance-in-photography

Photography Composition Cont’d Rule of Thirds –Offset your picture to help focus on the viewer’s eyes on the subject. – school.com/rule-of-thirdshttp://digital-photography- school.com/rule-of-thirds

Photography Composition (Cont’d) Close-ups –Take close up pictures to capture details and highlight specific objects. – oGall2.asp?catID=94http:// oGall2.asp?catID=94

Photography Composition (Cont’d) Tone and Sharpness –Use light and shadow to focus attention or draw attention away from your subject. Have your subject in focus and blur the extraneous elements to draw the viewers eye to the subject. – 10-photography-lighting-facts-you- should-knowhttp:// 10-photography-lighting-facts-you- should-know

Photography Techniques (Cont’d) Arrangement –Remove objects not essential to the composition, or eliminate them by changing the camera’s perspective. – school.com/fill-your-framehttp://digital-photography- school.com/fill-your-frame