May 15, 2010
enough technology and technique it’s time to put some of that science to use. after reviewing the portfolios from session six, the goal of session seven, exercised through the assignment, is to go through the process of printing. almost all of the in-person time for session seven of the Introduction to Digital Photography workshop …
April 2, 2010
the first part of the in-person version of session six of the Introduction to Digital Photography workshop was spent reviewing session five’s assignment – composition. this is the last session that is based on camera technology – the flash. flash photography there are many ways to light a scene or subject for a photograph and …
March 22, 2010
in session five we looked at meta-data and some of the tools we can use to manage it. before we get into the assignment for this session i want to expand on the issue of copyright and licensing, two of the major uses of meta-data. copyright and licensing copyright is your right to determine how …
March 22, 2010
the first four sessions of the Introduction to Digital Photography workshop have focused on the technical side of photography. with this session, we start switching gears to the creative side. but before delving into the arcane arts of digital developing and post-processing, i want to spend some time talking about … meta-data, and copyright and …
March 12, 2010
in session four we looked at shutter speed as a component of exposure and using shutter speed creatively. before we get into the assignment for this session i want to revisit the discussion on exposure and ISO and to introduce exposure compensation and histograms. exposure and ISO we have learned that exposure value (Ev) is …
March 12, 2010
this is the fourth session in the Introduction to Digital Photography; the workshop met February 24. the topics for session four are: shutter speed, exposure compensation, and histograms shutter speed like aperture, shutter speed has two aspects to come to terms with: shutter speed as a component of exposure, and shutter speed as a creative …
February 15, 2010
in assignment three we explore composition as a means of growing our understanding of depth of field. we take a high level look at composition in this session on depth of field as different styles of composition lend themselves more readily to shallow depth of field and others to deep depth of field. composition during …
February 15, 2010
the third session of the Introduction to Digital Photography workshop met February 10. session two’s assignment, white balance, was easily understood and easily completed. white balance is fairly intuitive and the assignment helped instil a good grasp of the basic concepts. the topics for session three are: aperture, and composition aperture when we look …