iClick Event Photography: Intro

Tips and Tricks
iClick Event Photography:
Intro - Photography basics
Clemens Wan
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September 2012
Agenda
Photography Fundamentals
Shooting Modes
Flash Modes
Metering
Shooting scenarios
Photography techniques: Composition
Tips and Tricks
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Shutter Speed  Exposure Time
Concept: Amount of time shutter stays open
Smaller number is faster (1/200  1”) fractions of a second
Longer exposure allows for more light/time
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Aperture  F-Stop
Concept: Size shutter is open
Lower f-stop is bigger opening (wider aperture) allowing more light
− Produces shallow depth of field with blurry fore/back-ground
Higher f-stop is smaller opening (narrower aperture) reducing amount of light
− Better for focusing across all planes – better for landscape
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ISO
Concept: Sensitivity to light
Lower number has higher quality representation of light
Higher ISO will cause noisy/grainy features, but good for picking up more detail
in dark
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Shooting Modes
Aperture Priority – you set aperture and ISO while camera sets shutter speed
Shutter Priority – you set shutter speed and ISO while camera sets aperture
Program Mode – you set ISO while camera sets aperture and shutter speed
Manual – you set everything
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Flash Modes
Automatic Flash
Automatic Flash with red eye reduction
Forced/Fill-in Flash
Slow Shutter Flash – low light, shutter speed reduced
No Flash
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Metering Modes (Canon)
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Shooting Scenarios with Settings
Tripod Landscape
/ Night Time
Slower shutter speed (no need to worry about shake), lower ISO (less
grainy), higher f-stop (more detail)
Moving subjects
Faster shutter speed (1/800), multi-shot, ISO based on lighting,
lower f-stop (wider aperture for more light)
Posed subjects /
portrait
ISO based on lighting, lower f-stop, shutter speed can be slower if
you can hold the camera steady, Focus on eyes, center-weight meter
Shallow depth of
field
Low f-stop, setup shots with more objects in farther
foreground/background to see contrast
Indoor candle-lit
Higher ISO with no flash. If flash necessary, bounce it and use
Aperture priority settings
Indoor
fluorescent lights
ISO 1600-ish, Low f-stop
Outdoor sunny
ISO 160-ish, f-stop flexible, shutter speed flexible
Outdoor overcast
ISO 400-ish, f-stop flexible, shutter speed flexible
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Still not sure? AUTO & Check photo settings
Take a photo with AUTO mode
Check settings of the picture afterwards
Photos from Jeff Keller’s D7000 Review
Make small adjustments as necessary
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Basic techniques - Composition
Rule of Thirds
Depth of Field
Perspective
Leading Lines
Framing pictures
Purpose
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Rule of Thirds
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Rule of Thirds
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Leading Lines
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Depth of Field
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Perspective / Purpose
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Framing
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Tips & Tricks
Practice!
Take different types of pictures and keep in mind the Fundamentals
Look with a photographic eye at examples
Take multiple pictures of the same item and see which angle looks best
Focus on the eyes quickly and compose – Centre-metering with groups
Compose with rule of thirds and framing
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Additional Information
iClick Leads: # iClick Americas Leads
iClick Photographers: # iClick Americas Event Photographers
SharePoint: http://ny-sharepoint.csintra.net/it/iClick/Events/default.aspx
Videos in this series
− Photography Process
− Photography Basics
− Event Photography Techniques
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