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Basic Photo Techniques
Steven BeardMusselburgh Camera Club
28th September 2017
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The Two Sides of PhotographyTechnical
• Camera choice• Lens choice - Focal Length• Exposure
– Shutter speed– Aperture– ISO
• Focus• Gadgets
– Filters, flash, reflectors, etc...
• Image Processing– Photoshop
Artistic
• Inspiration– Portrait– Landscape– Still life– Abstract– Light art– etc...
• Light and Colour• Subject• Composition• Timing• Digital art
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The Dark Technical Side
Fundamentals of Photography
Part 1
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The Beginnings of Photography:Camera Obscura
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Simple Camera:Short Focal Length
Infinity Focal length, f
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Simple Camera:Long Focal Length
Infinity Focal length, f
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Aperture Size: The f number
Infinity Focal length, f
f / 4
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Aperture Size: The f number
Infinity Focal length, f
f / 8
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Choice of Camera• The important thing is the
image, not the camera.• Images can be captured by
Digital (or Film) SLR*s, point-and-shoot cameras, smartphones, tablets, or even digital scanners.– You can take a good image
with a bad camera and a bad image with a good camera.
– A better camera will be more tolerant of difficult situations and will give you more control.
• Smartphone/ Tablet– Fixed lens.– Limited situations.– Noisy.– Very limited control.
• Point-and-shoot– Mostly fixed lens.– Mostly auto control but
some manual overrides.
• Digital SLR*
– Interchangeable lens.– Lower noise (especially
with “full-frame” sensor).– Manual control options.
– Fittings for expansion.
More control
* SLR = Single Lens Reflex
Better Quality
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Which Camera Settings?Shooting mode
Metering mode
Exposure compensation
Exposure bracketing
Always check your image and look at the histogram.
Autofocus settingAF/M
Start with auto mode but try the manual modes. Ensure you are in control.
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Underexposed: Shadow detail will be lost. Dark areas will be noisy.
Overexposed: Highlights will be clipped. Detail lost in bright areas.
Neutral exposure: Safest result. There will be detail in shadows and highlights.
Peak to the Left: Perfectly ok for low-key scenes, such as night sky or coal shed. Shadows may be noisy.
Peak to the Right: Expected for high-key scenes, such as snow. Optimum result, as long as highlights not clipped.
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Choice of Lens: Focal Length• Fish Eye
< 15mm
• Wide Angle~15-30mm
• Standard~30-70mm
• Portrait~70-120mm
• Telephoto~70-500mm
• Extreme telephoto> 500mm
Angle of view
Magnification
Depth of field
Enhances depth
Reduces depth
HighDistortion
LowDistortion
Tight spaces
Landscapes
Special effects
Panoramas
Portraits
Sports
Wildlife
Astronomy
Still life
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Exposure• Exposure Value = EV
– A measure of the amount of light captured and recorded by the camera.
• EV depends on– ISO: How sensitive is
your film or detector?– Aperture: How much
light can enter your camera?
– Shutter speed: How long will your camera expose on that light?
ISO
Aperture Shutter
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Exposure• Exposure Value = EV
– Changes by 1 stop when exposure doubled.
• Shutter Speed– 1/4s 1/2s 1s 2s 4s– Controls motion blur
• Aperture– f4 f5.6 f8 f11 f16– Controls depth of field
• ISO– 200 400 800 1600– Affects noise level.
Shutter Aperture ISO
1/125s f/8 2001/250s f/5.6 2001/500s f/4 2001/1000s f/2.8 2001/2000s f/2.8 4001/125s f/8 2001/60s f/11 2001/30s f/16 2001/15s f/22 2001/60s f/22 800
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Auto Exposure Settings
Spot: Useful when the subject is more important than the background.
Matrix: Useful when the whole scene is important (e.g.landscapes).
Centre weighted: Useful when the edges are less important than the centre.
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Focus (wide aperture)
f/5.6
f/5.6
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Focus (narrow aperture)
f/11
f/11
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Focus (hyperfocal)
f/11
f/11
InfinityHyperfocaldistance
Hyperfocaldistance
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Focus (macro)
f/11
f/11
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Focus settings
f/2
The wider the aperture and the more light is available, the easier it will be to focus.
Autofocus on the nearest object.
Autofocus on a specific object.
How many focus points? Manual focus
What is back button
focussing?
Depth of field
preview.
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Gadgets• Light control
– Flash– Studio lights– Reflectors and diffusers– Torches / LEDs
• Camera steadying– Tripod– Monopod– Bean bag
• Control– Remote shutter release– Remote camera control
• Shielding– Lens hood– Eyepiece cover
• Light Filtering– UV filter– Polarizing filter– ND filter– ND graduated filter– Colour filter
• Lens enhancement– Extension rings– Teleconverter
Note: Filters and teleconverters can reduce the quality of a lens.
Note: Turn off vibration reduction.
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How Does a Digital Camera Work?
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What Happens to Information Collected by a Digital Camera?
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Dynamic Range and Histogram
Brightness
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Dynamic Range and Histogram
Brightness
Increase exposure
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Dynamic Range and Histogram
Brightness
Reduce exposure
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Dynamic Range and Histogram
Brightness
RAW
JPEG
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Dynamic Range and Histogram
Brightness
HDR
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Digital Photography and Information
• A digital photograph is made of information.– Picture elements = Pixels
• The picture information is described by numbers.– Higher numbers mean
brighter pixels
• It is important to know how to manage this information.
A 6x6 Image with 9 Grey Levels.
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The Histogram
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Underexposed: Shadow detail will be lost. Dark areas will be noisy.
Overexposed: Highlights will be clipped. Detail lost in bright areas.
Neutral exposure: Safest result. There will be detail in shadows and highlights.
Peak to the Left: Perfectly ok for low-key scenes, such as night sky or coal shed. Shadows may be noisy.
Peak to the Right: Expected for high-key scenes, such as snow. Optimum result, as long as highlights not clipped.
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1000 x 1000 200 x 200 100 x 100
50 x 50 20 x 20 10 x 10
Image SizeImage Size
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Image Processing• Once an image has been
saved by your camera, it can be adjusted using a photo editing program.
• Adobe Photoshop is the most popular, but others are available.
• Editing should be minimal. You should aim to capture a good image “in camera”.
• Selecting a portion of your image– Cropping
• Exposure correction– Brightness / Contrast– Shadows / Highlights
• Colour correction• More complex correction
– Levels– Curves
• Choosing which parts to correct– Dodging and Burning– Selection– Masking
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Using Levels and CurvesLevels Curves
Input value
Ou
tpu
t va
lue
Minimum MaximumMiddle
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Using Levels and CurvesA horrible image before levels adjustment
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Using Levels and CurvesMove the sliders to meet the ends of the histogram.
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Using Levels and CurvesA horrible image before curves adjustment
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Using Levels and CurvesPush the curve up on the right of the spike and down on the left.
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Colour CorrectionSometimes images end up with a poor colour balance.
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Colour CorrectionIn Camera Raw, select the colour sampler and click on what should be grey.
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Colour CorrectionYou can make a manual colour balance adjustment in Photoshop.
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Colour Correction“curves” can do it semi-automatically if you can find white, black and grey points
Hint: Deliberately take a photo with black, white and
grey card in the frame.
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Making a SelectionA simple shape selection. Useful for cut-outs, vignettes and spotlights.
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Making a SelectionPolygonal lasso tool. Slow and tedious, but accurate.
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Making a SelectionQuick selection or Magic Wand. Fast but not as accurate.
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Making a SelectionColour range. Useful for non-contiguous or intricate blocks of colour.
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Making a SelectionThe Best of Both Worlds
• Time-saving selection method– Quick select– Magic wand (or colour range)– Lasso– Adjust using polygonal lasso in + or – mode.
• Slow and tedious, but accurate selections– Pen tool Path Selection– Polygonal lasso– Don’t use “Magnetic lasso”. It will drive you nuts.
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The Artistic Side
Making photographs pleasing to the eye.Telling a story.
Achieving impact.
Part 2
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GuidelinesLighting and Technique• Wait until the light is right.
– Sunrise, Sunset, Stormy, Cloudy, Foggy, Night
• Or make your own light.– Flash, Spotlight, Reflector,
Diffuser, Torch
• Experiment– Unusual angles.– Long / Short exposures.– Intentional camera
movement.– etc...
Composition• Get in close.• Photograph at subject’s eye
level.• Cut out distractions.• Rule of thirds.• Odd numbers.• Leading lines.• Diagonals.• Horizontal / Tilted• Symmetry / Asymmetry
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Dahlia with distracting background
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Same Dahlia, better background
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Same Dahlia, plain background
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Leading Lines
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Leading Lines
Do they lead somewhere interesting?
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Rule of ThirdsA common fault: Putting heads in the
middle and chopping off feet.
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Rule of ThirdsTry and put something interesting on a third. Asymmetry can help an image.
If you chop off part of an
image, crop it more: make it
look like you did it on purpose.
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Get in close, and avoid distractionsDirty window
Distracting yellownotice. Where does
your eye go?