WEST FORSYTH HIGH

PHOTOGRAPHY OVERVIEW
Cameras, Creativity, & Technique
Cameras, Creativity, & Technique
 Cameras we will use in photography
 35mm
 Pinhole
 Digital and camera phone

 Creative tips and ideas

 Rule of thirds
 Design Elements
 Breaking the rules

 Technique and skills on taking creative pictures

 How to use light
 Cropping and editing
 planning
Types of Cameras
 35mm
 Automatic
 Manual SLR

 Digital
 Point and Shoot
 dSLR (Single Lens Reflex)

 Pinhole
 Medium and Large Format
 Camera Phone
 Many others not explored here
Pinhole
 Creates a negative image

 Camera Obscura
35 MM Film Camera
 Single Lens Reflex-manual settings
 Point and shoot-automatic process
 Polaroid-instant development
Digital & Camera Phone
 Canon
 Nikon
 Penetax
 Fuji
 Olympus
 Leica
How cameras work
 Single Lens Reflex (SLR)
 images are reversed and upside down
 Images are more clear and balanced based on manual
or digital settings
 Point and shoot
 What you see is what you get
 No way to balance or edit the shot ahead of time

 Manual vs digital imprint (film/card)

 Manual-exposure of a negative on film strip
 Digital-exposure on an SD card
Image Processing
 Darkroom
 Negative to positive
 Film or paper exposure

 Print to paper

 Develop using chemicals (Fixer, Stop bath, Dektol,

water)
 Camera to computer
 Images exposed on a digital SD card
 Images transferred to the computer for manipulation
Darkroom
 Chemical process
 Developer

 Fixer

 Stopbath
 Water/wash

 Enlarger to shoot images

 Camera on a base
 Manipulation manually
Digital images
 Digital process exposure
 Computer based editing
 Easy process
 Easy manipulation
Plan out every photoshoot
 Research each idea you have
 Look through images to get ideas
 Print out and save images
 Write about your thought process
 Discuss details

 Make phone calls and face-to-face contact with your subject

or background
 Collect materials and setup the shot ahead of the scheduled
shoot
Shooting Skills
 Learning your own camera
 Manual settings
 Additional settings

 Comfort in holding the camera, adjustments

 Creating a great composition

 Lighting

 Cropping

 Ruleof thirds
 Planning
Learning your camera
 Manual settings
 F-stop

 Aperture

 Lighting

 Additional settings
 Running/fast mode
 Portrait mode

 Comfort in holding the camera, adjustments

 Strap length
 Holding the camera
Composition
 Lighting
 Rule of Thirds
 Cropping
Lighting
 Natural Light
 Spot lighting
 Fill Light
Editing & Alternative processes
 Photoshop
 Dodge and Burn
 Blur
 Vignette
 Sepia Tone dye
 Cyanotype dye
 Photo transfer
Display of Image
 Mounting
 Social media
 Instagram

 Flickr

 Pinterest

 Gallery or museum
Review
 The camera
 The process
 The outcome