September 6 : Working together!

NO CELL PHONE DAY!

(That means put them away!)

Expectations:

C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)

H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand

A: Work on the assignment

M: Stay in your assigned seat

P: Work till assignment is completed

S: Finishing your work

YOU WILL NEED A NOTEBOOK/PENCIL!

Get to know your camera!

What makes a DSLR?

Canon EOS R50

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: About Digital Cameras

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Cameras are an intricate piece of expensive equipment. If you can get to know your camera so well that you don't have to consciously think every time you want to change a setting, you will have more energy to focus on your subject and the creative aspects of picture making.

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will take notes on the parts and functionality of our cameras and soon will be quizzed!

EXPOSURE TRIANGLE

Comprised of the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.

Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO...

These three camera and lens controls work together to regulate the amount of light that makes it to the light-sensitive surface (aperture and shutter speed) and the sensitivity of that surface (film or digital ISO).

Aperture, Shutter, and ISO working together!

Aperture Shutter Speed ISO The Exposure Triangle made EASY_1080pFHR.mp4

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EXPOSURE COMPENSATION...

Let’s say you take the image here.

Obviously it’s too dark, how would you fix it?

For some photographers, the first thought is to simply change your f-stop from f5.6 to f2.8. That gives you a large aperture hole, which naturally will let in more light causing the image to be brighter.

WRONG!! Can you tell me why?

The problem changing the f-stop as a solution is that when you change your f-stop, your camera’s little brain is thinking that you simply want to get a larger depth of field. So it dutifully adjusts the shutter speed as well, thus giving you the exact same amount of light in your exposure. Dang camera.

So we use EXPOSURE COMPENSATION to fix the problem!

Today, every digital camera has an integrated light meter that automatically measures the reflected light and determines the optimal exposure. The most common metering modes in digital cameras today are:

Evaluative (Canon) or Matrix (Nikon) Metering (Canon)
Center-weighted Metering
Spot Metering
Highlight-weighted Metering

You can see the camera meter in action when you shoot in Manual Mode – look inside the viewfinder and you will see bars going left or right, with a zero in the middle, as illustrated (left).

Looking through viewfinder (seen on screen inside):

Back of Camera (LCD Screen):

Look at the back LCD screen to see the exposure compensation meter (also called the METERING SCALE).

Be aware! When changing exposure compensation, it will never change back to zero unless YOU change it.

To get an exceptable exposure, we are trying to get the center line of the metering scale to the 0 mark!

Let's Play!

Play with the camera controls found in the 'Creative Zone' of an EOS Digital SLR. Here, you can really dictate the outcome of your photos and get the effects you want. Your shots will appear below where you can review, get feedback and compare the settings you used