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Basic Photography
Image Control
Composition Hints & tips
The Secret For Getting Better Shots

Index
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
a)
b)
c)
d)
6.
7.

History Of Photography
What Can Camera Do?
Camera Categories & Sensors
QuestionsTo Ask?
Concepts About Camera
Aperture
Depth Of Field (DOF)
Shutter Speed
ISO
Composition
Types Of Photography

1. History Of Photography

18251834

produced by Nipce

18401844
Fox Talbot

Still Life in Studio, Louis Jacques 1837

18701874
Dr Richard Leach

19551959
First SLR camera
1907
The first commercially successful
color process was developed

18751879

The first Kodak camera, 1888

Eadweard Muybridge

19951999
Nikon D1
professionalquality digital SLR to be
designed from scratch.

2001
KODAK PROFESSIONAL
DCS 760 Digital Camera,
6 million pixels

2. What can a camera do ?

Capture Memories

Make a Change

Generate Global Attention

Make you an artist

Or .. Save your Time

It's not the camera, but who's behind the camera.

3. CAMERA CATEGORIES

Single use

Advanced Compact

Point-and-Shoot
Cameras

Professional Cameras
DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex)
Full Frame

Medium Format

Large Format
Cropped Body

Sensors

4. Questions to Ask?
Do you plan to edit your photos?

Are you a photo hobbyist?

How often do you plan to upgrade?

Are you going to be a professional?

5. Concepts about your camera

a) Aperture
b) Depth Of Field
S

c) Shutter Speed
d) ISO

1/30
1/60
1/125
1/250
1/500
1/1000
1/2000

f/22
f/16
f/11
f/8
f/5.6
f/4
f/2.8

Aperture
A hole or an opening
through which light
travels.

f/16
VS
f/2.8

Depth Of Field
What it depth of field ( DOF ) ?
The zone of sharp focus in a photograph that extend beyond and in front of
the point you actually focus the lens on.

Varying depth of field

There are three factors
reduce or increase DOF:
The Aperture
The Focal length of the
lens.
The distance between
your lens & the subject.

Shutter Speed

Amount of time the picture

is exposed
Short/Fast shutter speed
Long/Slow shutter speed

1/8th

1/60th

1/30th

1/500th

ISO
the measure of a digital camera sensors
sensitivity to light
a higher number indicates higher sensitivity
This is usually expressed as a range, ISO 100
-1600.
A higher sensitivity allows us to take pictures in
low light without using flash
Higher ISO causes more "noise" than lower ISO

6. Composition Tips
Turn the camera on its side.
You can take two ( upright and horizontal )

Deciding which lens to use.

Zoom, normal or wide lens.

Isolating details.
Use your telephoto lens ( telezoom ) to isolate details.

Lenses are the most powerful

compositional tool at your disposal.
Standard lens is 50mm.
Wide-angle lenses less than 35mm.
Ultra wides lenses less than 20mm.
Telephoto lenses more than greater
than 50 mm.
Extreme telephotos lenses longer
than 400mm.

 What to focus on ?
You decide. You always focus in
the middle of the picture. Try to
focus on off-center subject ,
often results in more interesting
images.

 Avoiding flare.
When you shot against The light.

Filling the frame

with your subject.

The Rule of Thirds

Peoples eyes usually go to one of the intersection

points most naturally rather than the centre of the
shot.

Unusual Angles.

Quality of light and weather

conditions.

Using Colors
Harmonious colors.
Colors that are closed to each other on the color wheel.

About colors Symbolism:

Blue can also symbolize peace, calm, stability,
and security.
Green can represent nature, the environment,
good luck, and youth.
Red can represent love, energy, fire, bad luck.
White can represent reverence, purity,
simplicity, peach, and humility.
Yellow can symbolize joy, happiness, and
hazard.

 Something from nothing.

You can make a good photos in a park or even in your room.

Abstract

eye.

 Looking for pattern.

Framing your subject.

Look up, Look down

Lines leading the eye

Break the rules

7. Types of photography
Landscape

Advertising/Editorial

Portrait & Fashion

Photojournalism

Still Life

Documentary

Micro

Aerial & Underwater

Wildlife
Sports and action
Vacation and travel
Wedding & Events

Find your creative voice

Finally.. Do your homework

Thank you

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