Sam Wormley's Digital Photography - Point & Shoot Basics

Digital Photography - Point & Shoot Basic http://edu-observatory.org/cfs/DP1/Week2.html WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Be Yourself http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/be-yourself.htm "When you get good, the only eye that matters is your own. No two eyes see the same. Your vision needs to be true to yourself". How to Make Great Photographs http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/howto.htm "You see more if you're looking. The more you look, the more you see worth photographing. If you're not thinking and not looking you'll walk right past some of the most extraordinary opportunities". 101 Ways To Improve Your Digital Photography http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/101-ways-to-improve-your-digital-photography/ Rule of Thirds (ROT) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds 6. Learn the ROT, then forget it. The infamous Rule Of Thirds is a great way to nudge yourself away from the standard person-standing-in-the-middle or horizon-in-the-middle vacation snapshots. It's a good last resort if you don't know how to make a shot look more interesting. But then, please don't overdo it. 7. Get closer. Robert Capa said: "If your pictures aren't good enough, then you aren't close enough". Next time you take a picture, try to walk a few steps towards the subject, or even pick out a detail of a scene rather than the whole thing in one. You'll be surprised. 8. One subject only. Pictures often work better if there's a clear subject. Competing subjects are hard to handle. 9. Un-clutter your images. If there are too many things going on in your image, the viewer can easily get distracted from your subject. If there is too much going on in your picture, see above ("Get closer", "One subject only") 10. Don't forget about the background. Often you find yourself paying a lot of attention to the subject (the foreground) and completely ignoring the background. The background is as important as the foreground, it is a part of your image. A simple step to the left or right will help you avoid things like branches of trees growing out of your subject's head. 11. Change your point of view. Every day we see the world from our own perspective, usually from our own eye level. Change your perspective by shooting from a frog's perspective or from within a fridge and create an unusual look that people won't forget. Seven Steps For Better Point and Shoot Pictures http://www.photo-seminars.com/Seminars/pointshot/pointshot.htm ASSIGNMENT No.2 - With your flash turned off and with a Shutter Priority setting of one second, make interesting images of things or people in motion. You may have to reduce the light on your subject. Be prepaired to share your results (at least verbally) in class next week. SOME PHOTO MAGAZINES RECOMMENDATIONS PHOTO Techniques http://www.phototechmag.com/ Photographer's Forum http://www.serbin.com/Photo_Forum/ Aperture http://www.aperture.org/ American Photo http://www.popphoto.com/americanphoto/ Outdoor Photography http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/ swormley1@mchsi.com