THE ARTS OF DIGITAL

PHOTOGRAPHY
Teacher Rachel
• Photography has become a modern-day extension
of how people react and communicate with others.
• Camera has a long history before it became the
selfie-taking machine everyone knows today.
• Photography derives its name from the Greek
photos and graphos meaning “light” and
“writing”.
DIGITAL CAMERA
• It captures and stores pictures
digitally rather than using photograph
film.
3 General Catergories of Digital Cameras:
POINT and SHOOT
• It requires little to no adjustment before capturing a picture.
FIELD or ADVANCED POINT-and-SHOOT CAMERA
• It provides added features that allows a user to make manual
adjustments and change lenses before capturing a picture to increase
image quality.
PROFESSIONAL
• It has greater control over expore, lenses, color, and image
resolution.
The Digital SLR Camera
• The SLR is the
abbreviation for Single
Lens Reflex.
• With an SLR camera,
the photographer can
exactly see what the
lens sess.
Stages of how a photograph is created:
1. Ideas
• ideas for photographs come from many sources.
2. Planning
• the photographer reseraches how the photograph is to be
used.
3. Preparation and Equipment
• sometimes special equipment and materials are needed
for the photograph.
4. The Subject
• The subject of the photograph should be its main focus.
This can be achieved by putting the subject in a well-
chosen position in the photo and by the choice of
background, and lighting.
5. Photographic processing
• for digital cameras, the photographer downloads the
images in the computer.
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