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1. Using Digital Photography in Your Program Barbara Chamberlin, bchamber@nmsu.edu
2. But enough about me… With a regular camera, I feel:
Incompetent
Awkward
Comfortable
Like an expert
With a digital camera, I feel:
Incompetent
Awkward
Comfortable
Like an expert
Regarding photography in my programming
I have no idea how to use it
I have some idea but haven’t used it much
I use photography regularly in my work, but not digital photos
I’m starting to use digital photos and need more good ideas
I work mostly with:
Adults
Kids
Both
I attended one of your photography workshops at CYFAR in the past two years
True
False
3. Our Plan for theNext 90 Minutes Why use photography?
Cool stuff that makes it easy
Taking better photos
Using any Camera
Question and Answer
4. Why Use Photography? How can digital images be used…
With YOU holding the camera?
Outreach, publicity, evangelization, message delivery
With THEM holding the camera?
See more clearly what is around them
Visual learning
5. You hold the camera Photos for newsletters
Send photos home demonstrating best practices
Recruiting more participants
Promotion: t-shirts, banners, mugs, bags
Evangelize behavior…
6. They hold the camera Become a photographer
Take a portrait of the oldest person you know, a birthday celebration, the oldest person in your community, something you wish you had in your family…
Content learning: math, art, history, english
7. Resource for Teaching Digital 4-H Photography Project
6 learning experiences
PowerPoint presentations (with notes)
Handouts
8. Resource for Teaching Good book for teaching content Teaching with Digital Images: Acquire, Analyze, Create, Communicate. Editors: Bull and Bell. ISBN: 1564842193
9. Before You Brainstorm… Remember that photos can
Be printed to
Fabric
Magnets
Sticker paper
Large sizes
E-Mailed
Be put into a slideshow
Obtained from web (Google search)
Be of very poor quality
10. Brainstorming Groups of 4 people to chat…
Make a list of creative, fresh ideas using photography…
With you holding the camera
With them holding the camera
We’ll pull you back in 20 minutes
11. Sharing… Your best ideas…
12. HOW do we do it? Quick tips for better photos
Using any digital camera, and teaching others to
13. Taking better photos
14. Move in close
15. Use flash outside
16. Take lots of photos
17. Try interesting poses
18. Try interesting poses
19. Watch your backgrounds
20. Watch your lines
21. Make meaningful memories
22. Turning the camera on
23. Taking photos
24. Viewing photos
25. Viewing photos
26. Zoom
27. Flash
28. Flash options
29. Focus
30. Scavenger Hunt We’re not going to take it… but if we were…
http://cahe.nmsu.edu/4h/photography/handouts.html
Try it on your own…
31. How many images on camera? Size of storage card(8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc)
32. How many images on camera? Size of storage card(8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc)
File Size (number of pixels in the picture)
640x480
2260x1614
Compression or Quality
33. Changing Settings/Menu
34. Moving through Settings
35. Settings - file size (pixels)
36. Settings - quality, compression
37. Extra stuff you’ll want
Extra battery
Card reader
Additional card (with more space)
38. Deleting images off camera Deleting on the camera
39. Getting images off camera Use cable and software
Use card reader
Use iPhoto, Picasa
40. Fixing and Organizing Photos Your photos are perfect… but what about those that other people take?
How do you organize and group your photos so they are useful?
41. Album Software(iPhoto, Adobe Photoshop Album, Picasa) Get photos: from camera and computer
Organize photos:
tagging/titles/keywords
albums/folder
Fix photos (light)
Make neat stuff
42. Album Software Many types
Adobe Photoshop Album ($49.00) and free download
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/
Google Picasa (Free)
http://picasa.google.com/)
Apple iPhoto (part of $79 iLife Suite)
43. Great handouts online CYFAR Conference Handouts
Getting Photos into Album
Exporting from Album
Creating a Slideshow in Album
Taking Better Photos
Using Picasa
http://www.cyfernet.org/cyfar06/complabs.html
44. What to do with them once you’ve got ‘em Printing
High-speed access: Online
Printer
Photo development house (take card)
Web or presentation
Resize before using (72-100 ppi)
Save in proper format
45. What to do with them once you’ve got ‘em Archive
Back up photos to CD
Back up photos to DVD
Post photos to online service and order CD
46. What’s left? We’ll email you list of ideas and links
Stay put if you have questions for me…