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Lesson # 1

An overview of digital camera technology Basic photographic techniques.

Subject:

Photography

Faculty Name:

Partha Pratim

Samanta

Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies (dgmcms.org.in)

FY BA

India’s premier Media-school

+What is Photography?

Photography is a combination of visual imagination and

design , craft skills and practical organizing

ability .

Photography is the art , Science and Practice of creating durable

images by recording light or radiation , either chemically by means

of a light-sensitive material such as Photographic film, or

electronically by means of an image sensor.

+5 c’s of Photography

Camera

Clarity

Composition and Crop

Color

Consistency

+3 Main Classifications

Point and Shoot

Prosumer

Digital SLR

+Point and Shoot Digital Cameras

Commonly referred to as Consumer Digital Cameras Equipment's &

Software’s.

Represent Probably 90% of all digital cameras on the market

Typically Small, Compact and lightweight.

Typically Very Friendly

Image Quality Has improved drastically

+Prosumer Digital Cameras

Common Term used to describe advanced models of P&S

Similar in shape and appearance to Digital SLR’s

Typically have extended Zoom range .(42x-60x )

Typically Combine user friendly P&S Features with more

advanced manual feature

+Digital Single Lens Reflex- D-SLR

Have Larger Sensor, resulting in graeter image quality

Trend to favor manual Control, Laking many automatic setting

found on P&S

Much Larger and Heavier

Ability to interchange system Lenses

+Parts of Still Camera

Viewfinder - Uses a separate window for viewing as the lens for taking the picture. IOW, you are not really looking at a real live image. This applies to most P&S Digital Cameras.

Body –

lens - The lens of a camera captures the light from the subject and brings it to a focus on the film or detector. The design and manufacture of the lens is critical to the quality of the photograph being taken.

+Parts of a Camera

1. On/Off

2. Shutter Release

3. Mode Dial

4. Microphone

5. Built in Flash

6. Self Timer Lamp

7. Eyelet for strap

8. Connector cover

9. Cable Connector

10.Power Connector

Cover

11.Lens

12.Lens Cover

+Parts of a Camera (Cont…)

1.Electronic Viewfinder

2.Speaker

3.Monitor Button

4.Zoom

5.Monitor

6.Playback Button

7.Button

8.Multi Selector

9.Delete

10.Button

11.Tripod Socket

12.Battery Chamber Cover

13.Battery chamber

14.Memory Card Slot

+Getting your camera ready

Remove the lens cap if necessary and set the mode dial.

Turn on the camera

Check the battery levels and number of exposures or images

you have room to capture.

Apply any necessary additional settings to ensure quality while

taking photos.

+Taking the photo

As Ready the camera including stabilize the camera to

minimize movement.

Frame the picture.

Press the shutter release button half way to automatically focus

the camera.

Depress the shutter release button to capture the image.

+Difference Between Analog & Digital

Camera…

The main differences between the two are

found in the technical aspect of creating the

photo; uses a chemical reaction to create

the image on the film, whereas a digital

camera uses a series of mirrors to reflect the

image on a digital storage chip.

+SLR Demonstration

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We will talk about the composition of your photo and how to

make your photographs great!!!