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Learn how to utilize digital photography effectively in your program. Discover tips for taking better photos and engaging participants. Explore various resources for teaching and sharing images. Enhance your photography skills in just 90 minutes.
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Using Digital Photography in Your Program Barbara Chamberlin, bchamber@nmsu.edu
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 yourphotography workshops at CYFAR in the past two years True False But enough about me… Tell me about yourself, your work, and your skill level
Our Plan for theNext 90 Minutes • Why use photography? • Cool stuff that makes it easy • Taking better photos • Using any Camera • Question and Answer
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
You hold the camera • Photos for newsletters • Send photos home demonstrating best practices • Recruiting more participants • Promotion: t-shirts, banners, mugs, bags • Evangelize behavior…
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
Resource for Teaching • Digital 4-H Photography Project • 6 learning experiences • PowerPoint presentations (with notes) • Handouts cahe.nmsu.edu/4h/photography
Resource for Teaching • Good book for teaching content Teaching with Digital Images: Acquire, Analyze, Create, Communicate. Editors: Bull and Bell. ISBN: 1564842193
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
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
Sharing… • Your best ideas…
HOW do we do it? • Quick tips for better photos • Using any digital camera, and teaching others to
Turning the camera on Turn camera on
Taking photos Shoot photos
Viewing photos Play or view photos
Viewing photos Move to next photo
Zoom Wide/Telephoto
Flash Toggle flash
Flash options Flash on Flash off Red eye
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…
How many images on camera? • Size of storage card(8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc)
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
Changing Settings/Menu Menu button
Moving through Settings Navigation button
Settings - file size (pixels) Image Size/Resolution
Settings - quality, compression Image Quality/Compression
Extra stuff you’ll want • Extra battery • Card reader • Additional card (with more space)
Deleting on the camera Deleting images off camera Delete button
Getting images off camera • Use cable and software • Use card reader • Use iPhoto, Picasa
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?
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
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)
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
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
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
What’s left? • We’ll email you list of ideas and links • Stay put if you have questions for me…