Jeffrey Wallace, Cliff Kicklighter, Leah Doughman, Gina Braden, and Teresa Ray

Group Presentation from the

Digital Dynamos

P1: Portrait

• Focus on eyes of

subject

• Shallow depth of

field

• Capture Personality

• Experiment with

props

• Experiment with

lighting

• Fill the Frame

• Candid or posed

Teresa Ray

P2: Scene ModeI thought this picture came out

great since it was one of my first.

In close-up mode it is important to

remember that stability is key, and

this is usually accomplished with

the use of a tripod. It is also

important to remember that there

are limits on how close you can

get and still maintain the focus

and depth of field you are going

for. Patience is a must when

working with animals in close-up

and there are times when you

have to actually stalk your

prey(subject). Even if you get

within reach of your subject you

may have to settle for angles or

perspectives that are not perfect.

I learned a lot from this

assignment and it gave me a

deeper appreciation for the

difficulty faced when working in

close-up mode, especially with

animals.

Jeffrey Wallace

P3: Depth of Field

• Use a tripod.

• Use smaller

aperture

settings for a wide

depth of field.

• Use larger

aperture settings

for a shallow depth

of field.

• Learn your

camera’s settings

to obtain a better

depth of field.

Cliff Kicklighter

P4: Select an Assignment• Chose photo with an extreme

close-up and of flowers.

• Fun assignment

• Macro Mode

• Have to watch the depth of

field; can sometimes lead to

poor depth of field.

• Think about what you want in

focus.

• Great way to get to “play” and

experiment with camera.

•Played with the coloring when

editing.

Leah Doughman

P5: Light and Shadow

• Experiment with your

cameras exposure to

either darken or

sharpen the shadows.

• Experiment at

different times during

the day.

• Make sure the

lighting is in front of

the subject.

• Make the shadow

your main subject.

• Shadows can set the

mood of the photo.

Cliff Kicklighter

P6: Rule of Thirds• Difficult assignment

• Still allowed me to achieve good

composition. “Grid line thinking” helps.

• Great for repetition, geometry, and

lines.

• Needs a foreground and background.

• It depends on how and what you want

to fill your foreground and background.

Like the choice!

• Challenged the way I normally took

pictures.

• Cropping picture since it was taken

from the road.

•Brighten due to lighting.

Leah Doughman

P7: Flash, Night Time, or Reflection

• Create beautiful

images

• Reflective

sources: windows,

water, mirrors

• Change an image

to a work of art

Gina Braden

P8: Double-Exposure or Creative Filter

Layers are like sheets of

acetate, transparent except

where there is artwork on

them.

Layers have opacity

sliders so you can allow the

background or underlying

layers to show through.

Layers can be reordered

by dragging the layer up or

down in the layers palette.

You can have up to 100

layers depending on

computer memory.

Gina Braden

P9: Transforming Objects

Extreme

Perspectives

Bird’s eye view:

Camera at extreme high

position (aerial, towers, tree,

etc.)

Focus on particular object for

true-to-life bird’s eye view

Worm’s eye view:

Camera at extreme low

position (ground level of a

tree, etc.)

Teresa Ray

P10: Atmospheric or Ambiguous Space

While this was not my favorite

assignment, I can tell you that valuable

lessons were learned. Unlike photos

taken in a controlled environment,

when working with atmospheric space

it is a waiting and timing game. If you

see a cloud formation you would like to

photo but have to go inside for the

camera you will probably miss the shot.

Unlike most of our assignments, we

were at the mercy of Mother Nature,

and she controlled this assignment in

many ways. With these types of shots I

think you either have to get lucky or

devote a lot of time in order to get a

great shot. I also found that what I saw

through the lens was different from

what I saw on my computer screen. The

point is that you can always erase bad

pictures if you take to many, but you

cant go back if you are unhappy with

the ones you took. Overall I was not as

pleased with this photo as some of my

other, but I would put this assignment

toward the top from a learning from

mistakes standpoint.

Jeffrey Wallace