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Advanced Digital Photography . Session 2. Agenda. Side door unlock until 6:30 Review photos Continue discussion of lighting Histogram White balance Practice Composition Tips Assignment. Exposure Review 4 factors. Amount of light ISO Shutter speed F-stop.
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Advanced Digital Photography Session 2
Agenda • Side door unlock until 6:30 • Review photos • Continue discussion of lighting • Histogram • White balance • Practice • Composition Tips • Assignment
Exposure Review 4 factors • Amount of light • ISO • Shutter speed • F-stop
Adjustments to compensate underexposed (- to 0) • Add additional light • Make camera more sensitive to light (increase ISO) • Let light into the camera for longer period of time (decrease shutter speed) • Let more light into the lens by widening the aperture (decrease the f-stop)
Adjustments to compensate overexposed (+ to 0) • Find a darker area • Make camera less sensitive to light (decrease ISO) • Let light into the camera for shorter period of time (increase shutter speed) • Let less light into the lens by widening the aperture (increase the f-stop)
Camera Modes • Automatic – camera sets everything, average exposure • Manual – control of all the settings everything • Shutter Priority – select the speed, the camera sets the aperture based on 0 exposure • Aperture Priority – select the aperture, camera sets the speed based on 0 exposure
Histogram A graph that displays where all of the brightness levels contained in the scene are found from darkest (left) to brightest (right)
-2 -1 0 +1 +2
Canon 400D SLR camera, view a photograph in your LCD screen, then press the DISP button twice, on the top left near the LCD screen. You should then see the histogram. For Nikon D40 users, view an image in your LCD screen, then press the up and down buttons near the 'Ok' to scroll to the histogram
Use of a Grey Card Can help with metering to identify 0
Incandescent light with Auto WB Incandescent light no WB Incandescent light set to cool white florescent
For Nikon users, press the menu button on the back near the LCD screen, 'Shooting Menu'. From there, choose 'White Balance'. For Canon users white balance setting can be found on the back panel Look for WB