Digital Photography with George Haddad

Photographers workflow 1.! Take the shots using basic photography techniques. 2.! Choosing and uploading the photographs using Adobe Bridge and/or Picasa. 3.! Edit images with basic tools using Photoshop or Picasa software. 4.! Resizing images to a suitable size depending on its use. 5.! Naming your files and folders and how to organize them for quicker access, for both off and online use 6.! Different types of websites and about embedding files.

A basic photography principle.

! If your photographs are not good enough, youre not close enough.

Get close

! It takes days for some photographers to get the shot they want. Dont rush, take your time. Find what you want to capture and move in. ! In some circumstances when people or children are involved, theyll come closer to you.

The rule of thirds

Try using these points to focus your subject on, not the center .

Use the lines as guides.

And remember

Sometimes you can break the rules.

Something to add more effect.

Tilt the camera

! Too much tilt will

Go vertical.

! Architecture and people can look good in vertical images. ! You can also use this technique when there are visible lines leading away from you, or tall objects in the image.

! When photographing people focus on their eyes, faces and their expressions. These are the areas where most of the attention is drawn to.

A little about natural and artificial (flash) light.

Well maybe just a bit more than a little.

!The word photography means light drawing. !The best times of day to photograph (outdoors) are early in the morning, or late in the afternoon. The light is softer and the low sun creates shadows that can give an added effect. !Unless you want to create a silhouette effect or are shooting a sunset, try to avoid photographing with the sun or bright lights facing you.

Using a flash to fill in the dark areas.

! During midday or under artificial lights, the overhead light can cause dark shadows in certain areas, you can use the flash to fill in those areas . ! You can also use the flash as a fill in if the sun or bright lights are facing you. This can be used to cancel the silhouette effect. ! Dont use the flash to light up the image.

! More light means you can shoot faster, and capture moving objects.

Keep it simple

! Try to avoid distractions in your images. ! Even most landscape images have a point of focus or attention. Find a point in the image you want to emphasis and frame it using the rule of thirds.

! It takes time and lots of practice to get better at something. ! Try to apply these tips while youre out photographing, and in time they will become second nature.

Choosing and uploading your images using Adobe Bridge or Windows file browser.

Basic editing using Photoshop.

Resizing and renaming for the web.

Uploading your images to the web. Some useful websites to store and display your photographs

! www.lightstalkers.com : Social networking site for journalists and photographers. You can create your own photo galleries viewable to the public. Its for free and has lots of other functions. ! www.demotix.com : Citizen journalist site. Great place to read and post features or breaking news from citizens and professional journalists. You can create a photo gallery and write an article for it. Its free and its possible sell some images through this site. ! www.facebook.com : Social networking site. You can upload photos and create galleries for people in your contact list to see. Its free and a good way to show your work to other people. !

! www.photoshelter.com : Online gallery and archive storage. Depending on your subscription you have certain amounts of storage space to keep an archive of your work. You can also create galleries for the public where your work can be viewed and sold. ! www.flickr.com : Must have a Yahoo ID to use this website. ! www.picasa.com : Online gallery and archive storage. Galleries can be shared with friends or family by inviting them. Its for free and comes with an image editing software that you can install on your computer, it also has an upload feature that will upload your images directly into a gallery on the website.