photography

Photography

- is an art form like drawing and painting

• Photographers

• - use their camera to make us see life in a different way, feel emotions, and record stories and events.

• photos/phos (greek word)

light

• greek word graphe

• - line or drawing

• First coined in a lecture before the Royal Society of London on March 14, 1839

• Sir John Herschel

• "Migrant Mother"

• - Dorothea Lange, 1936

• Importance of Photography

• - Photographs share so much about who we are as individuals. It tells what we find beautiful, fascinating, funny, delicious, meaningful, inspiring.

• Digital photography

• - is the art of manipulating and producing digital pictures

• electronic photodetectors

• - to capture the image focused by the lens

• Technique in photography originated during

• early to mid 1600s

• camera’s predecessor

• - known as the camera obscura (Latin word which means dark room)

• Leonardo da Vinci and Michael Angelo

• - Famous artists of the Renaissance who used obscura

• Joseph Niepce

• - French scientist improved the lithography in the 1820s, a method of printing technique based initially on the immiscibility of oil and water

• In the year 1900

• , photography became available to everybody. Its fame started with George Eastman

• George Eastman

• - Founder of the Eastman Kodak Company

• Kodak no.1

• - The first camera open to the public

• Williard Boyle and George Smith

• - Digital Era of Photography in October 17, 1969.

• Invented the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)

• - Williard Boyle and George Smith

• December 1975

• - First recorded attempt in the building of a prototype digital camera Made by Steven Sasson, Engineer at Eastman Kodak

• In 1988

• - first real digital camera that recorded images as a computerized file was produced by the Fuji DS-1P

• Dycam Model

• - First commercially available digital camera in 1990

• Contrast

• - refers to the brightness between the light and shadow areas of a picture.

• Rule of Thirds

• - great compositional technique for making photos more dynamic and exciting

• Point of View

• - above, eye level, below

• tools to help you MASTER the art of photography (CRtPvP)

• - Contrast, Rule of Thirds, Point of View, and Proximity

• Types of Photography (AACFFHMNNPSST)

• - Aerial Photography, Astrophotography, Commercial Photography, Fine Art Photography, Forensic Photography, Headshot Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Nude Photography, Portrait Photography, Still Life Photography, Street photography, Travel Photography,

• Types of Commercial Photography (AAAFJJPS) -

• Advertising Photography, Architecture and interior photography, Automotive photography, Food photography, Jewelry photography, Journalism photography, Product photography, Sports photography

• Aerial Photography

• - Taking of photographs of the ground in the elevated position

• Astrophotography

• - Taking images from space

• Commercial Photography

• - Photographic work done for commercial purposes

• Advertising Photography

• - Used to highlight a product, service, brand or individual

• Architecture and interior photography

• - Capturing images or structures and beauty of an interior space in which photographers use lighting techniques to attract clients

• . Automotive photography

• - Utilized by car or automobile companies and dealerships to promote brand new or existing cars, driving awareness about a car’s features and benefits to potential clientele

• Food photography

• - Used to capture the pictures of various cuisines and menus in an attractive style

• Jewelry photography

• - Used in highlighting beautiful images of bracelets, necklace, ring and other jewelry items

• Journalism photography

• - Art of taking photographs which are considered as attractive and goes along with news topics, to substantiate the news story or report

• Product photography

• - Used in capturing excellent images to attractively represent a product in advertising.

• Sports photography

• - Utilized to write sports news to take sharp pictures of players in action

• Fine Art Photography

• - Highly creative images that have an abstract influence

• Forensic Photography

• - Crime scene photography

• Headshot Photography

• - Photograph of a person’s face made for an official purpose

• Macro Photography

• - Close-up images of a specific topic

• .  Nature Photography

• - Encompasses all forms of photography where the main subject has something to do with nature

Nude Photography

•Portrayal of the human body in the naked form

. Portrait Photography

Capturing the mood of the person, emphasis on the face and expression of the person

Still Life Photography

- a genre of fine art photography that focuses on an inanimate subject matter, either natural or man-made with the goal of creating fine art images.

-Capturing objects on camera that are deliberately grouped to create a particular composition

Street photography

Capturing candid images of public places or even people in their natural element

Travel Photography

Involves capturing images of a particular landscape, traditions, customs or even people from different places

Aperture

Opening which light travels through and can be adjusted to control the amount of light that reached the image sensor

Built-in Flash

Used to capture a shot of dimly-lit views

Body

Housing of the camera

Focus point selection button

Used to select the position to set the focus

Hot Shoe

Section of the top of the camera and used to attach a flash unit

 Lens

Eye of the camera

Lens Mount

Section for connecting the exchangeable lens to the camera body

Lens Mount Index

-Align mark on the lens

-Serves as a basis when you are attaching or detaching a lens

Lens release button

Button used when you want to disconnect the lens

Live View Shooting (Movie Shooting Switch)

•Used to turn on or off the live view function

Menu Button

•Used to display the menu for adjusting the different camera options

Mult-Controller Key

•Used to move between the menu items or to move the magnified display to a different point during image playback

Self-Timer

Used to delay the time between pressing the shutter button and the camera taking the subject

Shutter Release Button

•Button found on many cameras used to take photos

Shutter Speed

•Indicates the time interval during which the shutter is open

Viewfinder Eyepiece

•Used to view the image of the subject you want to capture