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01/06/2003 01:40:57 PM · #1 |
I have the opportunity to teach the very basics of photography to a group of beginning students (high school age and older). As it is a new course, and an elective, I am also writing the curriculum for it. Can ya'll help me with a couple of things.
1) What are some basic photography terms the beginning photographer should know?
2) What are some "digital" terms they need to know.
3) Who are some photographers they need to be aware of?
4) What photography sites (besides DPC) should they visit?
Some of this I already have, but I was hoping ya'll could help me fill in some gaps. Any help is appreciated.
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01/06/2003 01:50:57 PM · #2 |
Get the 'Kodak Guide to Better Pictures'
Use it as a course/ source book if you can, recommend it if you can, or just teach from it. It covers pretty much everything you need to know to start with.
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01/06/2003 02:06:59 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by karmat:
1) What are some basic photography terms the beginning photographer should know? |
exposure; shutter, aperture (light control & creativity), iso, exposure metering & compensation (greycard)
framing; rules of third, add something to make it special
motion; freeze it or motion blur? (sports to snowflakes)
relation shutterspeed (& focal length) & camerashake -> tripod/monopod
light: sun vs overcast, morning vs noon vs evening vs night vs moon
shadow control: avoid unwanted hard shadows, use shadow creatively
how to use flash, the advantage of natural light, fill flash
filters: polarizer at minimum
2) What are some "digital" terms they need to know.
resolution, compression, whitebalance, optical vs digital zoom
post processing: unsharp mask, compression (avoid jpeg to jpeg to jpeg)
3) Who are some photographers they need to be aware of?
Perhaps it is better to discuss photographs. Write a small article on what you like and don't like about a certain picture.
4) What photography sites (besides DPC) should they visit?
Agfa.net Photocourses (perhaps a useful site for preparing your curriculum too)
Photo.net Learn section
Photosig to browse trough the galleries
Message edited by author 2003-01-06 14:08:35.
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01/06/2003 02:16:48 PM · #4 |
Thanks, awesome suggestions.
Any more? anyone? anyone?
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01/06/2003 02:48:18 PM · #5 |
Show the students lots and lots of photos and discuss many of them. There is usually a reason why photos from professionals are good, help them to see why. This will help expand their view and help give them more ideas of their own.
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01/06/2003 02:51:57 PM · #6 |
As homework, make them critique DPC photos :) Win - Win situation :)
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01/06/2003 02:57:08 PM · #7 |
Myqyl -- one of the requirements of the class is that they vote on a certain percentage of pictures each week, and comment on a set percentage as well. Eventually, I hope some of them will contribute, as well.
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01/06/2003 03:16:03 PM · #8 |
| The first thing they should be taught is the correct way to hold a camera--then they can go from there. |
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01/06/2003 07:11:55 PM · #9 |
Yes, teach them to hold the camera properly, very important. You should have seen my mom trying to take a photo of me with my F707. Even with that long lens she found a way to get a finger in the way. Fortunately, I was way off on the right side of the frame opposite the blurry finger so I had plenty of room to crop it nicely. Thank goodness for the Auto mode.
T
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01/06/2003 07:25:11 PM · #10 |
| See if you can get your hands on the Nikon School handout booklets. They are free if you pay for their course, who knows, they may smile upon you. They are great booklets. |
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