Lab 14: Fundamentals of Digital Photography

Description: Digital Cameras have a tremendous advantage over traditional cameras - being filmless, allowing students and teachers to take pictures and to "print" them without worry over the costs of film and processing. Additionally, since the photo is digital, it can be used for various purposes such as creating newsletters, web sites, and enlarged prints. But what are the barriers to getting started with digital cameras? How are they different from film-based cameras? How are they the same? What new applications will I have to learn in order to be able to manipulate and edit my pictures??

Reading: Multimedia Projects in the Classroom, pp. 11-20.
Applications/Equip Used: Digital Camera, Adobe Picture Edit & MS Word
Skills: Digital Photography Fundamentals, Shooting, Transferring, Editing, Publishing.
Lessons: As a class, we will review Digital Camera Basics and How Digital Cameras Work.

Links:

Digital Camera Basics
How Digital Cameras Work

Lab Procedure :

In an MSWord document, list the steps for each of the following camera processes:

1. Acquisition - Discover and describe how to do the following:

• Inserting and removing the supplied media card.
• Turn the camera on/off.
• Turn the screen on/off.
• Shoot a photo.
• Turn the flash on/off.
• Review photos.
• Delete photos.
• Shoot a portrait of your lab partner(s).

2. Transfer - Discover and describe how to do the following:

• Connect the camera to the computer using the supplied cable.
• Create a folder to save photos on the desktop.
• Transfer the photos to your new folder.

3. Edit - Discover and describe how to do the following:

• Open a photo to edit.
• Crop the photo.
• Resize the photo (maximum 640 x 480 pixels)
• "Save as" the photo to your folder named, Jones_Orig.jpg.
• Apply filters to the photo.
• "Save as" the photo to your folder named, Jones_Filtered.jpg

4. Publish - Discover and describe how to do the following:

• Find your saved photos in your desktop folder.
• Send your two photos to my AC230 Digital Dropbox. The subject line of the photos should give your name(s) and the lab number. Eg: AC 230 Frank Jones Lab 14 Photos.
• Open and print a copy of your two photos to the B & W laser printer.

5. Save your word document with your last name and the lab number (jones_lab14.doc).

6. Send your word document to my AC230 Digital Dropbox on York’s Blackboard. The subject line should give your name and the lab number (Frank Jones Lab 14).