8/24/2009

Terms to know:
Resolution = Information
PPI
DPI
Megapixel
Monitor Resolution vs. Printer Resolution
Bit Depth
Grayscale
RGB
CMYK
JPEG
TIFF
RAW
PSD

Review basic camera operation
Equivalent exposures wheel!

Downloading images to the computer
1. Turn on and plug your camera in the computer.

2. iPhoto may automatically launch and ask if you'd like to use it to download your photographs. You don't. Quit iPhoto when it launches.

3. Make a new folder on the desktop named with the date and your name. For example, I would make a folder named "8.24.2009_mcfarland".

4. Click on the hard drive icon on the desktop and navigate to the applications folder. Double click and open the application "Image Capture". It has a camera for an icon.

5. It should recognize your camera. From the "Download To:" drop down box, chose "Other", navigate to the folder you just created on the desktop and click the "Open" button.

6. Click the "Download All" button. Your photographs will begin downloading to the computer, into the folder your designated. You may chose to only download some of the images on the camera. If so, click the "Download Some" button, select the images you'd like to download.

Resizing images for the web using Photoshop
1. Save a copy of your image with a new name. You'll want to do this to avoid overwriting a high resolution image with your new smaller re-sized image. For example, the original file might be named "landscape.jpg", the new file could be called "landscape_for_web.jpg"

2. From the menu, chose Image -> Image Size

3. A dialogue box will appear. In the top of this box is a section labelled "Pixel Dimensions". Change the width to somewhere in between 500 and 800 pixels, make sure the "Constrain Proportions" option is checked.

4. Click "OK" and save your image as a jpg.

Blog set-up
1. Go to http://www.blogger.com

2. Click the "Create A Blog" link and begin setting up your blog.

3. Email me the URL of your new blog.

LTLYM
Post your images along with the assignment number on your blog.

Our next Assignment
Part One:

Bracketting
All photographs for this assignment will be taken with your cameras set to manual mode. Photograph your subject on a tripod. Take an exposure based on your in camera light meter reading. Without moving or refocusing your camera, expose two more frames by underexposing 1 stop, then two stops. Then take two more pictures overexposing 1 stop, then 2 stops. First, do this by adjusting your shutter speed. Again, DO NOT MOVE YOUR CAMERA BETWEEN EXPOSURES.

Bracketting using the shutter speed
Example: light meter reads f11 @ 1/125
underexpose one stop (f11 @ 250) and two stops (f11 @ 500)
overexpose one stop (f11 @ 1/60) and two stops (f11 @ 1/30)

Repeat the same process, except this time adjust your exposure by using the lens aperture

Bracketting using the lens aperture
Example: light meter reads f11 @ 1/125
underexpose one stop (f16 @ 1/125) and two stops (f22 @ 1/125)
overexpose one stop (f8 @ 1/125) and two stops (f5.6@ 1/125)

Photograph until you have accumulated around 100 images.

When you are looking at your images, find the advantages and disadvantages of your under and over exposure such as blooming(overexposed, bleeding highlights) or digital noise in the shadows... can you find any other promblems? Depth of field issues? Camera shake?

Bring you camera with the images to class on Wednesday 8.26.2009. Good Luck.