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Digital Photography Information. Edited by Cheryl Sawyer. From KODAK How to Take Good Pictures. These are Excellent guidelines for picture taking Top 10 Tips Composing People Pictures People and Animals Holidays and Events Special Subjects Tips for Camera Phone pictures.
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Digital Photography Information Edited by Cheryl Sawyer
From KODAKHow to Take Good Pictures These are Excellent guidelines for picture taking • Top 10 Tips • Composing People Pictures • People and Animals • Holidays and Events • Special Subjects • Tips for Camera Phone pictures
Photo - Taking Suggestions • Keep it simple • Look for defining elements: colors, patterns, textures • Watch for background items that seem to come out of the head of the people in the picture • Be aware of the lighting • Objects placed at the edge appear heavier than objects placed at the center • Try not to place everything dead center • Avoid in-camera adjustments
Order of theImage-editing process • Rotate and save • Save a copy • Adjust contrast • Adjust color • Adjust saturation • Remove red-eye • Cleanup 8. Crop – the more you crop, the smaller the file becomes • the smaller the print you can make from the file 9. Final Save
Graphics Hints • Remember that dragging the image smaller only changes display size, NOT file size You must click on RESIZE to change the actual file size The file size determines the download time on the internet
Megapixels and Resolution • Always save original files of your pictures • Digital Zoom bad • result is a significant decrease in clarity and sharpness so • Optical Zoom Good • Err toward underexposure • Fix with MIDTONE adjustment • Are you printing or emailing a picture? • Take the pictures in the highest resolution so that you have a choice of printing later
How to transfer pictures from the camera to the computer • Different card formats (Digital Film) • Compact flash • SD-secure digital – coming on strong in smaller gear like PDA’s • Sony memory stick • X-D card Card readers are highly recommended USB or firewire cables that come with the camera are used to download pictures from the camera to the computer
Batteries • Use Rechargeable if possible • LCD • LCD screen is a battery hog • it may result in blurry pictures • Camera Icons and what they mean • Download and print up the Camera Icons guide that shows what those symbols mean
Software Programs • Windows picture and fax viewer-on all PC’s • MS Office Picture Manager (BEST) • Photoshop- Most expensive • Photoshop Elements-Inexpensive • Arcsoft programs-usually comes with the camera • Picassa from Google • does basic photo editing and has an album for organizing pictures & is FREE
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