Photography 102Mastering Your Camera

Brought to you by:

Jason KirbyOwner of The Right Light Photography

Instructor for San Diego Photography Classes

http://www.SanDiegoPhotographyClass.com

Introductions

What would you like to get out of this class?

What kind of camera do you have? What type of photos are you

interested in taking?

Your Camera

Compact/P n’ S or DSLR

Lets Get Started!

Camera Dial

Canon Dial Nikon Dial

Three Variable to Consider

1. Brightness of the scene2. How long and how much3. The sensitivity of your sensor

Light Meter

Three Variable to Consider

Fast Shutter Speed = 1/4000th of a second

(outdoors with lots of sunlight)

Medium Shutter Speed = 1/250th of a second

(indoors or outdoors, it is the max shutter speed when using a flash)

Slow Shutter Speed = 1/10th of a second

(usually indoors with low light)

Shutter Speed

Hands On Activity!

Lets Go Outside!

Time For Some Football

Aperture

Hands On Activity!

Lets Shoot Some Objects!

Work on Depth of Field

The Digital Sensor

100 ISO vs 6400 ISO

Aperture=f/2.8Shutter Speed = 1/30th

Aperture=f/9Shutter Speed = 1/320th

ISO

Hands On Activity!

Stay in Your Seats For This One

Too Dark? Brighten it up

Camera Dial

Auto White

Balance

 

Fortunately, most digital cameras contain a variety of preset white balances, so you do not have to deal with color temperature and green-magenta shift during the critical shot.  Commonly used symbols for each of these are listed to the left.The first three white balances allow for a range of color temperatures.  Auto white balance is available in all digital cameras and uses a best guess algorithm within a limited range-- usually between 3000/4000 K and 7000 K.  Custom white balance allows you to take a picture of a known gray reference under the same lighting, and then set that as the white balance for future photos.  With "Kelvin" you can set the color temperature over a broad range.The remaining six white balances are listed in order of increasing color temperature, however many compact cameras do not include a shade white balance.  Some cameras also include a "Fluorescent H" setting, which is designed to work in newer daylight-calibrated fluorescents.

Custom

Kelvin

Tungsten

Fluorescent

Daylight

Flash

Cloudy

Shade

Bracketing

Hands On Activity!

On Camera Flash

On Camera Flash

Hands On Activity!

Don’t Forget…

Practice, Practice, Practice

Share, Critique, Enjoy

Evaluations

Post Your Photos

Questions