digital photography _ essential skills

[...]... minimal noise 3 Digital Photography: Essential Skills Choosing a digital camera Choosing a digital camera that will meet your imaging needs (and not blow a hole in your budget) can seem as difficult and confusing as choosing a new mobile phone plan or setting your neighbor’s DVD recorder to record their favorite TV show in two days’ time If we focus on the key differences between the digital cameras currently... Victoria - Fuji FinePix 20 asset management Mark Galer essential skills Implement fast and efficient systems for managing your image files Create a flexible photographic database system Generate and apply metadata templates and keywords Batch rename and batch process images to alternative file formats Archive images Digital Photography: Essential Skills Digital asset management (DAM) It does not seem so long... shutter lag prior to making a purchase Lag is reduced significantly in the budget digital cameras if the shutter release is already half-pressed prior to capturing the image, i.e focus and exposure are already set 13 Digital Photography: Essential Skills The Fuji S100FS Fixed-lens digicams - a viable alternative? Most photography enthusiasts may automatically assume that a DSLR camera is the only viable... working independently and confidently on assignment The essential skills photo by Ricky Bond To acquire the essential skills required to become a professional photographer takes time and motivation The skills covered should be practised repeatedly so that they become practical working knowledge rather than just basic understanding Practise the skills obtained in one chapter and apply them to each of... If you need more then you also need to consider whether the need for speed is greater than the need for size Having both can be a costly venture 5 Digital Photography: Essential Skills Sensors Size and aspect ratio Does size really matter? When it comes to digital imaging it has to be said that bigger really is better Apart from a few exceptions, the quality that can be achieved with fixed-lens prosumer... The ability to now work in low light with an f/4 zoom lens instead of a wide aperture fixed focal length lens opens up all sorts of creative and financial possibilities in this new digital era 9 Digital Photography: Essential Skills Noise - low ISO Although CMOS sensors are very good news at high ISO the cleanest files at 100 and 200 ISO are usually captured with cameras using a CCD sensor The difference,... to your personal workflow Appreciate the limitations of various systems and their impact on image capture and quality Digital Photography: Essential Skills Introduction I first encountered a DSLR when I was working in London in 1993 It was the Kodak DCS100 - the first totally portable Digital Camera System (DCS) that had been released in 1991 It had a 1.3-megapixel sensor mounted in a largely unmodified... following activities or assignments where appropriate Eventually the technical and creative skills can be applied intuitively or instinctively and you will be able to communicate with clarity and creativity xi Amber Williams digital cameras Mark Galer essential skills Understand the differences between various types of digital cameras Compare specifications and isolate features important to your personal... prosumer fixed-lens cameras Note > Although the image artifacts are starting to appear at 400 ISO, they are barely noticeable in a 4 x 6 inch print or monitor preview of the entire image 11 Digital Photography: Essential Skills Choice of lens The visual difference between capturing a subject with a 10- and 12-megapixel camera for a magazine double-page spread is hardly likely to be significant or noticeable... Optimizer) that ensures the information from very bright highlights is preserved in an attempt to pass on the advantages of the broader dynamic range of a larger sensor to the JPEG file 7 Digital Photography: Essential Skills Full-frame or reduced-frame sensors for DSLR cameras A few of the more expensive DSLR cameras are described as ‘full frame’ as the size of sensor is the same as a frame from a 35mm . shoot in low light at high ISO settings with minimal noise. 4 Digital Photography: Essential Skills Choosing a digital camera Choosing a digital camera that will meet your imaging needs (and not. quality. Mark Galer 2 Digital Photography: Essential Skills Introduction I first encountered a DSLR when I was working in London in 1993. It was the Kodak DCS100 - the first totally portable Digital Camera. and confidently on assignment. The essential skills To acquire the essential skills required to become a professional photographer takes time and motivation. e skills covered should be practised