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Photography Basics

Juanita Darlene Duncan


Week 1

Introduction

  • Photography in the 21st Century
  • Choosing a SLR camera
  • Film types and speeds-ISO equivalent in digital cameras
  • Cleaning and care of lenses
  • Camera shakes

Week 2

Manual Focusing

  • Where and why to use manual focusing

Week 3

Aperture-Priority Mode

  • Using your camera in the aperture-priority mode
  • Depth of field studies
  • Importance of using aperture-priority mode

Week 4

Shutter-Priority Mode-Composition Pt I

  • Using your camera in the shutter-priority mode
  • Motion techniques
  • Importance of using shutter-priority mode
  • Composition

Week 5

Macro Photography and Composition Pt II

  • Taking close up pictures in the macro mode
  • Composition
  • Photographing structures
  • One third rule
  • Filters and their effects

Week 6

Electronic flash

  • Using electronic flash for outdoor fill in
  • Using electronic flash for studio type pictures
  • Tonal contrasts
  • Visual Anchors
  • Country landscapes-old buildings and machinery
  • Perspective ideas
  • Window lighting
  • People at work and hobbies and more

© Darlene Duncan 2012