Free
Response
Warm Up
#8
Copyright © 1996 Galen Rowell
Agenda Digital Photography
• Free Response (Warm Up Activity in Sketchbook)
• Anyone still need to turn in the Digital
Photography Basics Worksheet?
• Shutter Speed and Tripod Lesson
• Work on Photography Techniques Project
– Remember:
• This project is meant to be challenging, to help you to figure
out how to use these cameras to take creative photographs.
• But that doesn’t mean that you can’t ask me if you need
help—I am MORE than happy to help you figure it out!!!
The BEST Advice I can give
beginning
photographers!
1
• Light (līt/) noun
• 1.the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes
things visible. "the light of the sun“
• Make sure your pictures are LIT rather than
shadowed. There are reasons to choose the
shade…. These pictures aren’t those.
GOOD LIGHT = GOOD PHOTO
(the word photo even means light)
The converse is true, BAD LIGHT =Bad photo!
A moment to think about it… what SS and Fstops
will result from Strong Sunlit Subjects?
What result will that have for our pics?
A. Vertical Shots (1-4)
(each person needs to shoot these)
• Select any subject(s) with a vertical orientation
(taller than wide) you wish.
• Set light meter (shutter or aperture priority) and
FOCUS.
• Turn the camera so viewfinder is vertical and
shoot at least 4 vertical shots.
• Rotate them by RtCLK then Rotate Clockwise.
Always rotate to correct before turning in.
B. Distance Shots (5-7)
(cropping in the camera)
DO NOT CHANGE THE ZOOM SHOOT ALL SHOTS AT 45mm
1.Choose a subject and shoot 3 shots of it from the following distances:
#5 subject 15 to 20 feet away from lense.
#6 subject 6 to 10 feet away from lense.
#7 subject 2 feet away from lense.
2. Make sure the light meter needle is lined up for the correct exposure
and that you have focused the shot each time.
3. Choose the best orientation for your subject (horizontal or vertical),
and really "look" at everything that appears in your viewfinder so
you can see what details you are eliminating, "cropping”, as you
move in closer to your subject each time.
C. Bracketing (8-13)
correctly exposing, over exposing, under exposing
(8,9,10)
Find ONE subject to “bracket.”
• Using a shutter speed starting at 1/125th
• balance the light meter to
0 with the Aperture
• Overexpose then underexpose using only the Shutter Speed
(11,12,13)
Find a different subject to “bracket.”
• Using a shutter speed starting at 1/125th
• balance the light meter to
0 with the Aperture
• Overexpose then underexpose using only the Aperture
D. Depth of Field (14-17)
• Choose an area that your camera can see distant objects (infinity), but do not
focus using the infinity symbol.
• 1) Place 5 or more vertical subjects (people are a good choice) at the following
distances from the CAMERA LENS: 2’, 4’, 6’, 9’, and 15’. (‘ = feet)
• 2) Set the zoom ring for 35mm.
• 3) Compose (and shoot) the pictures so that all 5 objects/people are in the picture.
(Check the viewfinder; make sure you are only 2 feet away from the first subject—
you should only see part of it in the viewfinder.)
• 4) Stand in one spot, focus on the middle “subject” (6’) and shoot 4 shots using the
following f-stops: 5.0, 8, 11, 16, in this order. You must re-adjust the light meter by
changing the shutter speed.
• 5) Set f-stop first, match up shutter speed to get correct exposures. Don’t forget to
focus on the middle subject.
• NOTE: If you do not follow these steps exactly, the project will not be correct and
you will not be able to see the differences in the bracketing exposures nor in the
depth of field pictures.
E. Action Shots (18-21)
1. Set shutter speed at 60, then set f-stop so light meter is correct.
2. Pre-focus to subject w /distance scale, so subject is 6'-8' away.
3. Then shoot the following 4 pictures.
• I. Hold camera steady: have a person "move" (run, skip, cartwheel,
etc.) quickly across in front of you; "shoot" (press shutter release)
when subject is directly in front of you.
• II. Hold camera steady; have subject move toward you at a 45°
angle (diagonally); "shoot" when subject is the same distance from
you as in Shot I above.
• III. Hold camera steady:have subject move straight toward you;
"shoot" when subject is the same distance from you as in Shot I.
• IV. "Panning" (move camera to follow subject). Have subject
move across in front of you as In Shot I, but this time you move the
camera to follow your subject as it moves. **Very important: When "Panning, " your camera must not stop when taking the picture;
follow through before, during, and after the shutter is released.
• NOTE: Subjects must be moving quickly in all motion shots.
At your computer:
• Log in, and PLUG IN THE CAMERA
(Cords are at every Computer, side of the
camera behind the rubber side)
• Turn on the camera.
• There will be red lights…relax.
• Close anything that pops up. Go to MY
COMPUTER -- Select D3100… keep
clicking till you see images.
• CTRL AND MOUSE TAP YOUR PICS
• After you’ve selected your pics… hold CTRL +C
(copys pics)
• Go To HOME drive and select folder and
• CTRL V (pastes pics into the Home)
• After it FINISHES then turn the camera off, unplug
and let your partner do the same.
Finishing the project
• In your home drive, make a folder named Digiphoto
• Create all assignment folders within this file.
Label each image file, by number and your name:
Vertical shots:
Younglund_Kendall01.jpg, Younglund_Kendall02.jpg,
Younglund_Kendall03.jpg, Younglund_Kendall04.jpg
Distance shots
Younglund_Kendall05.jpg, Younglund_Kendall06.jpg,
Younglund_Kendall07.jpg,
Finishing the project
Label each image file, by number and your name:
Bracketing shots:
Younglund_Kendall08.jpg, 09, 10,11….13.
Depth of Field
Younglund_Kendall14.jpg, 15,16,17
Action Shots
Younglund_Kendall18.jpg 19,20,21