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GET YOUR CAMERA OFF “AUTO” with WICS-MEFIB The Mnemonic Key that Unlocks The Potential of your Digital Camera Paul Schatzkin [email protected] /driver49 #artcampnoauto

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GET YOUR CAMERA !OFF “AUTO”

with WICS-MEFIB!The Mnemonic Key

that Unlocks The Potential of your

Digital Camera

Paul Schatzkin [email protected]

/driver49 #artcampnoauto

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Photoshop, ca. 1974

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Don’t look back, he’s gaining on us!

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A face only a mother could love…

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It’s Tough JobBut somebody has to do it

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A “Startup” before Startups Were Cool

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What were you doing when YOU were 14 years old?

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Only 10 New Episodes A Year?Absolute proof that THERE IS NO GOD.

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Go ahead, Ask me,

“what’s that book about?”

It’s about 600 pages…

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As seen in “The DaVinci Code”

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www.TheJoyofMakingMusic.com

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www.TheJoyofMakingMusic.com

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www.TheJoyofMakingMusic.com

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WICS-MEFIBSeriously?

Yeah.Seriously.

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Pet Peeve What’s wrong with this

picture?

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Pet Peeve Corrected.

Look like you know what you are doing…

(even if you don’t…yet.)

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Hallelujah

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WICS-MEFIB

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• White Balance

• ISO

• Camera Mode

• Shutter Mode

• Meter Mode

• Exposure Compensation

• Focus / Fill Flash

• Image Quality / Image Stabilization

• Bracketing

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Different types of light have different

color temperatures and color cast

!White Balance adjusts

for these variations.

White Balance

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White Balance

Daylight Tungsten

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White Balance

DaylightTungsten

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The Three VariablesEverything Is A Trade-Off

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ISO

• Sets the sensitivity of the sensor

• 1 of 3 factors that determine exposure value (EV)

• Each x2 = 1 “STOP”

• Trade off between speed and detail/noise

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Higher ISO = NOISE

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Camera Mode• Program

• Shutter-Preferred

• Aperture-Preffered

• Manual

• Forget the others

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Camera Mode

• Program

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Camera Mode

!

• Shutter-Preferred

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Shutter Speed Freezes or Blurs Motion

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Shutter Speed Freezes or Blurs Motion

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Camera Mode

!

• Aperture-Preffered

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The bigger the number the smaller the hole

!go figger…

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ApertureDetermines Depth of Field

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ApertureDetermines Depth of Field

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Camera Mode

• Manual

(Forget the others)

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Camera Mode

• Manual

Look for the +/-

button to switch btw

shutter speed and

f/stop

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Shutter Mode

“Motor Drive” - ca. 1976

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Nikon

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Canon

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Meter Mode

• Matrix / Evaluative

• Center Weighted

• Spot

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Exposure Compensation

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Focus Settings

• Auto Focus Or Manual ?

• Auto Single

• Auto Continuous

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Fill Flash

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Image Quality

-V-

The Great Debate

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Why Not Both?

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Image Stabilization

For Hand-Holding ONLY

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Bracketing

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HDRHigh Dynamic Range

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Rosslyn In The Stars !May, 2013

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• White Balance: AUTO

• ISO: 200-400

• Camera Mode: Shutter @ 1/125

• Shutter Mode: Single

• Meter Mode: Martix (Evaluative)

• Exposure Compensation: +/- 0

• Focus: AF-S / Fill Flash: On, -1 Stop

• Image Quality: RAW + JPEG Med/Norm

Image Stabilization: Hand On, Tripod OFF

• Bracketing - OFF

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getyourcameraoffauto.com

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Operating A Camera Is Easy

Paul Schatzkin aka driver49

!

cohesionarts.com [email protected]

It Just Takes a Lifetimeto Learn Photography