Advanced Digital Photography

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The technology of the camera. How it affects your pictures.

How to use the shutter, aperture, & "film speed".

Composition, Lighting, Perspective, Depth of Field.

Two new kinds of photography made possible by digital: HDR, 360° Panoramic

Shutter

Aperture: Controls the amount of light that is allowed in. It also has a strong effect on depth of field. The depth of field gets larger with higher f/number (smaller aperture) Depth of Field

Hyperfocal Distance: Is a way to calculate the span of your depth of field so you can shift your focus to make the best use of the area in focus. Lens

Quality lenses are constructed with multiple elements configured in groups. In an effort to correct image problems. One problem that has to be dealt with is color aberration. Picture Effect Controlling Factors Technology

Focus Depth of Field Aperture, Lens Length

Motion Blur Photographers Hands Tripod Subject Shutter Speed

Brightness Sunlight Aperture, Shutter Speed, Lighting / Flash Film Speed,

Picture with subject in sharp focus but background blurred. Use a long telephoto lens or a lens with a low aperture f2.0 or less.

Freeze the action of a sporting event. Use a film speed of 400 or more. Use shutter priority mode. Set the shutter to 1/250th of a second. Let the camera set the aperture. For handheld photography keep the shutter speed faster than 1/60th of a second.

Error on the side of a slightly dark photo. In digital you can lighten pictures dark areas a lot but you cannot darken a white out area. Use the histogram feature. Use exposure bracketing.

Lighting

Photography is an art based on capturing light. Sometimes you will capture the light as it exists in the scene. Sometimes you have to create the effect you want. That is the art.

The technology is synchronizing a flash to the shutter. Usually at 1/60 of a second. Some cameras have high speed sync above that. Color Temperature or White Balance

Sunlight / Incandescent / Fluorescent

How good is your camera's auto white balance?

It can be adjusted with software after taking but best when taken correctly. Perspective

1 point

2 point

forced The Effect Of The Lens On Perspective

HDR Photography

High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image.

Ultimate Guide To HDR http://goo.gl/uAfUI

You'll need a sturdy tripod, software to combine the pictures. Here is a guide to HDR using GIMP. http://goo.gl/sb7Nf

360 Panorama Photography

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You need a wide angle or fisheye lens, panorama tripod head, stitching software, and presentation software.

Examples: Sigma 8mm fisheye Jasper Engineering Head PTGui Stitching Software Immervision's Pure Player Viewer Software

Lighting techniques for high key portrait photography

The Focal encyclopedia of photography

Professional digital photography : techniques for lighting, shooting and image editing Advanced digital photography : [techniques & tips for creating professional quality images]

Advanced digital black & white photography

Kodak guide to digital photography Links

Camera / Equipment Reviews - http://www.dpreview.com/

Digital Photography Schools - http://www.digital-photography-school.com/ http://www.cambridgeincolour.com http://www.gcflearnfree.org/digitalphotography

How to overcome limitations of point & shoot camera - http://goo.gl/c40dg

360 Panorama Stitching - http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ http://www.ptgui.com/

HDR - http://goo.gl/uAfUI http://www.fdrtools.com http://www.hdrsoft.com/ http://goo.gl/sb7Nf

Software - Picasa: http://picasa.google.com/ Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/

Photoshop - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html Lightroom - www.adobe.com/Lightroom

How to sell stock photos - http://goo.gl/SHGr0