Digital Photography

Level: 2

Requirements

• Explain the following:
  • The principles of digital camera construction and how a digital camera works.
  • The effect of light on an image sensor.
  • How color images are created from the BW image the sensor captures.
  • What the camera lens does; what focal length means.
• How are lens aperture and depth of field related?
• Describe pixels, image resolution, and image size.
• 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:
  • Framing
  • Camera Steadiness
  • Direction of lighting – front, side, or backlighting
  • Quality of light – shade, sunlight, and time of day
  • Rule of thirds
  • Angle – eye level, high, and low level
  • Level horizon
  • Distance from subject – fill the frame
  • Use of leading lines
  • Correct exposure – underexposed, overexposed, and correctly exposed
  • 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.