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Learning Resources

Digital Photography

Week: One

Hello! Welcome to Digital Photography. This week we will be discussing the syllabus and introductory aspects of Digital Photography.

The syllabus
Click here to download (PDF)

Creating a contact sheet
Creating contact sheets is an efective way to review photographs indipendantly or with clients. Contact sheets can be done quite effectively in Photoshop.

Step 1: Place your images within a folder.
If you like you can name your images according to the shutter speed and exposure ( "img22_1_30sec_f8.jpg" would be: image number 22 at 1/30th shuttr speed and an aperture of F8 for example). This might be a bit OC but would e a good way to familurise yourself with the variations.

Step 2: Open Photoshop
Select: File > Automate > Contact Sheet II

Step 3: Set your preferences
a) Choose the folder where your images are
b) Set the size of your document
c) Set the number of rows ad colums
d) Click OK

Step 4: Flatten and save
Once the contact sheet has been created flatten the layers and save as JPG

Step 5: Done
Oh, you have to then go and print it :)

• Click here to view video (Flash)
• Click here to view contact sheet (JPG)

File handling
Click here to download (PDF)

Canon Camera Information

SLR Range - Brochure Click here to download (PDF)	EOS 400D Tour Click here to open link

EOS 40D-450D - Broshure Click here to download (PDF)	EOS 450D Tour Click here to open link

Assignments due before next class
1) Each student will read through the manual of their own camera to determine its functions, specifically exposure, resolution and basic settings. ITRG Have all the manuals for their cameras.

2) Find three photographs that you like and combine them into one image (sample below) no larger than 800pixels wide and submit to the relevant forum.
ABMA 71 Click here
ABMA 74 Click here

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3