Digital Photography Assignment #3 Mr.

Crane October 17, 2013 Due Date: October 22nd, 2013 Part A 100 marks. Bonus of 100 if all 38 terms are completed. The following are major terms associated with Photography. You must research 15 of the following 38 terms. If they are bolded, they are a must. You must choose at least two terms from each labeled section. Handling Cameras Steady and steadfast Sometimes we might be shooting from a distance and it is quite possible
to add motion blur to the images. Well, this is why we have tripods so get out there and invest in one. If you dont have a tripod or forget it home then try using a bean bag or something to hold your camera still. Hold your camera with both hands. Turn on steady mode or image stabilization in your camera or lens. If you dont have these functions in your camera body or lens you might want to invest in one. In low light situations and when shooting from far, I find it a very useful and a handy option. Even if you have an image stabilizing lens I would still recommend using a tripod because it increases stability in your images.

Use of tripod, Find your composition first, Point one of the tripod legs towards your subject, Keep the center post vertical and perpendicular to the ground, Avoid extending the center post, Use an L-bracket for short lenses, Use a tripod collar for long lenses, Hang a camera bag or other heavy object from the center post for extra stability. Portrait format holding Camera ergonomics

Picture Composition Symmetry Radial Diagonal/angle This is calculated by the focal length of the lens and the size of the image
sensor. The 35mm equivalents differ according to the sensor size.

Overlapping Rule of thirds ; one of the first things that you would learn in any photography class in rule
of thirds. Imagine your viewfinder/ screen to be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. While taking a photograph put your subject on intersection of these lines. This technique creates a much more interesting composition as compared to always having your subject in the middle.

Framing One of many still pictures that make up a video. Geometric patterns View finder The eye level device you look through to compose the image. Sequences Shutter lag The time between pressing the shutter and actually capturing the image. This is due
to the camera having to calculate the exposure, set the white balance and focus the lens. Is worse with smaller digicams whereas the better DSLR's now have little or no shutter lag, like the better film SLR's.

Metering Metering is used to calculate the exposure from the existing light conditions. Includes
Matrix Metering, Spot metering and Center-weighted metering.

Focusing and Depth of Field

Depth of field (DOF). The range of items in focus in an image. This is controlled by the focal
length and aperture opening of a lens. A large or wide aperture gives a shallow depth of field (not much range in focus) and a smaller or narrow aperture give a large depth of field (more range in focus).

Lens focusing Lens aperture Focus distance Auto settings DSLR cameras (choose a specific camera brand and model) Panoramas This means capturing a series of images to create a picture wider than what you
could capture in a single image, by "Stitching" the photographs together. Needs special software to allow and help you do this.

Letterbox Cropping. trimming unwanted parts of an imge Blurs Close-ups/zoom/extreme zoom (macro) Macro Lenses are used to photograph closeups. Macros allow the photographer to get extremely close to the subject and capture the fine details. These come in different focal lengths that might be fixed or adjustable.

Lenses

Prime Lenses These are the simplest of all lenses. Prime lenses have a fixed focal length. In other words, prime lenses do not zoom in or out. The user will have to physically move closer or away from the subject in order to capture it in the camera frame. The user has control over the focus

PerspectiveThe relative size, distance and depth of a three-dimensional subject or scene within a
two-dimensional flat picture.

Color composition

Lighting Silhouette Flares Flash This is the equivalent to film for digital cameras. It can be re-used over and over and some
of the better brands have a lifetime warranty. Types include Compact Flash (CF), Smartmedia, memory stick etc.

Studio lighting Shadows

The Ideal Camera Camera phone photography Different types of cameras, include brands, prices, best buys, reasons. Photographic Accessories Careers

Part B 200 marks with bonus up to 300 marks

Choose a Canon camera image/drawing and do a schematic labeling of the camera. You are required to show at least 15 different functions and parts of the camera. (you may use the image below)

Part: B