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o Camera basics - What do all these buttons do?

o The exposure triangle - shutter speed, aperture and ISO.

o Photography composition, leading lines and rule of thirds.

o Photo workflow and editing - What to do after you take the shot.

Topics Covered

o The best way to perfect something is to make lots of mistakes

o So the best way to take better photos is to take more of them

How To Take Better Photos

How A Camera Works

Camera Auto Modes

Camera Modes

Other Camera Auto Modes

Face detection mode waits for you to smile

Burst mode - takes multiple shots, you pick the best

Panoramic mode takes wide angled shots as you move the camera

HDR takes multiple exposures and combines them

Main Camera Modes

Manual Mode You adjust both shutter speed and aperture

Aperture Priority You set aperture, camera adjusts shutter speed

Shutter Priority You set shutter speed, camera adjusts aperture

Program Mode You can change either, camera adjusts the other

Exposure Meter On Your

Camera

Exposure Triangle

Common Photo Mistakes

4 Reasons Photos Are Blurry

Out of focus try FocusMagic or Refocus

Motion blur in people faster shutter, more light or use flash

Motion blur whole photo hold steadier, lean against a wall or use

a tripod. Needs more light and faster shutter or use flash

Depth of field change aperture to higher f-stop (smaller hole)

Common Photo Mistakes

Exposure Too Dark or Too Light

Make sure camera is in correct mode

Dont have subjects stand in front of windows or bright

sky

Change metering from area metering to spot metering

Try using a flash even in bright areas

Light Metering

Spot Metering

Flash In Sunlight

Off Camera Flash

Photo Composition

Photos need a subject and a background

Lines can help us find the subject better

Think in thirds not halves

For landscapes 2/3 sky 1/3 foreground or vice versa

Landscape Composition

Not 50%-50%

Rule Of Thirds

Rule Of Thirds

Rule Of Thirds

Rule Of Thirds

** Hand Held **1/4000 Freezing REALLY fast motion, balloon popping1/2000 Birds in flight1/1000 Sports photography & fast vehicles1/500 Slower sports, runners, mountain bikes1/250 Children or slow moving animals1/125 Panning vehicles, standard portraits1/60 Panning runners and athletes

** Tripod Needed **1/30 Panning slower moving objects1/15 Capturing a little movement (people walking, slow cars, etc.)1/8 Blur fast moving water Blur people walking Blur slow moving water1 Milky water affect1+ Long exposure shots, night photography, star trails

Shutter Speed Cheat Sheet

Just To Be Safe

Shoot in Raw

Always keep an original

Always keep photos in 2 places

Image Editing

Lightroom

Photoshop

Perfectly Clear

Topaz Labs

Google Nik Collection

Portrait Pro

o Save logo or text as a .png file with transparent

background

o Add to image by Place Embedded function

o Can mass edit using Lightroom or other software

Image Watermarks

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