A Summary Course- Courtesy of your local Fulton County Public Library Instructor: Jonathan Gaskill

 So, you just received a new camera- fresh out of the box, what’s next?

 Before you Shoot  Hardware  Types of Cameras  Memory  How to Shoot  Simplified Techniques  Managing Photos

 After you Shoot  Transfer of files to computer  Photo Formats  Image Resolution  Basic Retouching  A Summary of the General Process  It is as easy as One, Two, Three...

POINT-AND-SHOOTDSLR  Opitical Zoom  Physical Zoom  Portable- smaller  Fine for most situations  More versatile, semi- professional  Lens Types  Zoom  Macro  Manual vs. Autofocus

Some Essentials- Lens Body Image Sensor CCD or CMOS Flash Internal External Battery Types Lithium Ion Alkaline

 What is it?  Examples  Compact Flash (CF I/II) up to 64 Gigabytes  Megabytes/photo = ~1600 photos  Smart Media (SM) max 128 MB  Secure Digital (SD)  Sony Memory Stick  Other Types

How To Take Photos Turn On your Camera Choose your shooting mode Find a Subject Compose your Image Zoom/Focus Flash vs No Flash Macro (close-up) Mode Viewfinder vs LCD shooting  Shooting photos is fun and easy! --See Kodak Power Point Presentation

 Now you took the photos- What Next?  Viewing the images  On the camera  On your computer  Deleting images  Flickr.com- photo management

 By USB Cable*  Connect camera to computer via USB cable included with camera  A window should “pop up” asking you what the next action should be  Click and Drag all images to a folder you create on your desktop *Can drain battery

 By Memory Card Reader  Eject card from camera- make sure it is shut off!  Insert card into a card reader  Transfer files to folder on desktop for management  From Files   CDs  Scanned Images

 Tiff  Large Files  Easy to transfer from one place to another  Higher image quality  JPG  Smaller file size  Easy to  Lower quality image  Most common

 RAW  Varies by manufacturer  Requires Photoshop Elements or included software to “develop” your images for use  Smaller Files  More Flexibility  Higher Learning Curve

 Megapixels  Bigger is sometimes better  Higher image quality, colors more vibrant  Resolution by the Numbers  1Megapixel=1 million pixels  HD  What do you need to print quality photos?  Printing  Home Photo Printers  300dpi  News Print  75dpi  Kiosks at the store

 Auto adjustments- Beware  Brightness  Contrast  Colors  Levels  Curves  Redeye Reduction  Whitepoint  Photoshop  Photoshop Elements  Free Internet Photo Editing software Picasa.google.com

 Flikr.com  Picasa.google.com (image editing)  Social Networking (facebook, etc.)  ing Images

 Overview  How does the Camera Work  How to Take Photos  Transfer of files  Printing  From the Box to Finished Product…

 What we said, a summary  Be Not Afraid of the technology  Practice makes perfect  If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.  Get Out and Shoot!

 Any Questions? 