Digital Photography

Explain the following:

• a.

  What are the principles of digital camera construction and how a digital camera works?

• b.

  What are the effects of light on an image sensor?

• c.

  How color images are created from the BW image the sensor captures?

• d.

  What the camera lens does; what focal length means?

• e.

  How are lens aperture and depth of field related?

• f.

  Describe pixels, image resolution, and image size?

• g.

  What are the two types of image compression?

Name and describe three types of image formats.

Give the principle uses of photography:

Take pictures illustrating at least eight of the following techniques. Use comparison pictures for illustration.

• a.

  Framing

• b.

  Camera steadiness

• c.

  Direction of lighting - front, side, or backlighting

• d.

  Quality of light - shade, sunlight, and time of day

• e.

  Rule of thirds

• f.

  Angle - eye level, high and low level

• g.

  Level horizon

• h.

  Distance from subject - fill the frame

• i.

  Use of leading lines

• j.

  Correct exposure - underexposed, overexposed, and correctly exposed

• k.

  Use of flash - proper distance and reflective objects

Learn how to place photos in PowerPoint. Create a PowerPoint presentation showing the pictures you took using the above techniques.

Using a photo editing program on a computer, show ability to crop, color correct, sharpen, and adjust brightness/contrast to photos.

Complete at least three creative photographic projects in a photo editing program; such as a CD cover, a photo scrapbook page, a collage, etc.

Have a basic understanding of file organization techniques.