MON: Introduction to Photography [continued]

Unit Learning Target(s):  

• How can we take good pictures no matter what kind of camera we have at the moment? 
• How can we use our critical thinking skills to MAKE a good picture happen?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can LEARN the Best Practices of Digital Photography by viewing exemplars and taking notes on the techniques used to achieve them.

Announcements: 

BRING HEADPHONES TO CLASS 

ON WEDS/THURS OR YOU WILL BE SAD

Start Bringing Fully Charged Cell Phones and Cameras so that you can SEIZE opportunities 

Agenda: [60]

• Typing Lesson [10]
• Finishing the LECTURE w/ guided note-taking: [As Needed - 20]
• BLANK note-taking sheet available here
• You will need to SAVE and USE these notes for this unit
• Basic Camera Phone Tips
• More on IMAGE QUALITY and PICTURE SIZE in megapixels 
• Watch your LIGHTING
• LOOK for LIGHT
• Use a FILL FLASH
• Look for REFLECTIONS
• Make SMALL changes
• Don't Shake
• Watch your battery and storage levels
• If you have a VIEWFINDER you can check your images on the LCD screen - but WATCH YOUR BATTERY
• Viewfinders on non-SLR (single lens reflex) cameras do NOT show you exactly what you are shooting
• Use unusual angles
• Get CLOSE
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use BURST MODE when shooting 'action'
• The RULE OF THIRDS
• more GOLDEN RULES of photography
• LEARN & USE CAMERA MODES if you have them
• Basic MODES
• Basic MODES
• Advanced MODES
• Learning from a master [20+]
• Henri Cartier-Bresson_ The Decisive Moment  
• "[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition and you can't [really] correct it..." Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Photography is an ART - there is no "right or wrong" unless you have a client
• There are "rules" that help you SEE and MAKE good images
• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [-10]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work