Digital Photography Information

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Digital Photography Information

• Edited by Cheryl Sawyer

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From KODAKHow to Take Good Pictures

• These are Excellent guidelines for picture
  taking
• Top 10 Tips
• Composing People Pictures
• People and Animals
• Holidays and Events
• Special Subjects
• Tips for Camera Phone pictures

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Photo - Taking Suggestions

• Keep it simple
• Look for defining elements colors, patterns,
  textures
• Watch for background items that seem to come out
  of the head of the people in the picture
• Be aware of the lighting
• Objects placed at the edge appear heavier than
  objects placed at the center
• Try not to place everything dead center
• Avoid in-camera adjustments

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Order of the Image-editing process

• Rotate and save
• Save a copy
• Adjust contrast
• Adjust color
• Adjust saturation
• Remove red-eye
• Cleanup
• 8. Crop the more you crop, the smaller the
  file becomes
• the smaller the print you can make from the file
• 9. Final Save

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Graphics Hints

• Remember that dragging the image smaller only
  changes display size, NOT file size
• You must click on RESIZE to change the actual
  file size
• The file size determines the download time on the
  internet 

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Megapixels and Resolution

• Always save original files of your pictures
• Digital Zoom bad
• result is a significant decrease in clarity and
  sharpness so
• Optical Zoom Good
• Err toward underexposure
• Fix with MIDTONE adjustment
• Are you printing or emailing a picture?
• Take the pictures in the highest resolution so
  that you have a choice of printing later

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How to transfer pictures from the camera to the
computer

• Different card formats (Digital Film)
• Compact flash
• SD-secure digital coming on strong in smaller
  gear like PDAs
• Sony memory stick
• X-D card
• Card readers are highly recommended
• USB or firewire cables that come with the camera
  are used to download pictures from the camera to
  the computer

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• Batteries
• Use Rechargeable if possible
• LCD
• LCD screen is a battery hog
• it may result in blurry pictures
• Camera Icons and what they mean
• Download and print up the Camera Icons guide that
  shows what those symbols mean

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Software Programs

• Windows picture and fax viewer-on all PCs
• MS Office Picture Manager (BEST)
• Photoshop- Most expensive
• Photoshop Elements-Inexpensive
• Arcsoft programs-usually comes with the camera
• Picassa from Google
• does basic photo editing and has an album for
  organizing pictures is FREE

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