1. Summer Arts Camp - Basic
Photography Lesson
Gina Pierson

2. What are we going to do today?
● Fundamental photography concepts:
composition, exposure, lighting
● Hardware
● Software
● Portrait photos
● Still Life photos
● Future of Photography
● Careers in Photography

3. How did I end up here today?
● Introductions
● History
● SCAHC & SCC
● Why did I chose photography?
● Why do I love photography?
● What are you looking to get from today?
● Can you see yourself becoming a photographer
one day?

4. Fundamentals of Photography -
Composition
● 10 Rules of Composition
– Simplify the scene
– Fill the Frame
– Aspect Ratio
– Avoid the middle (Rule of Thirds)
– Leading Lines
– Use Diagonals
– Space to Move
– Backgrounds
– Creative Colors
– Breaking the Rules (visual language)

5. Fundamentals of Photography -
Exposure

6. Fundamentals of Photography -
Lighting
● “Writing with Light”
● Off and On Camera Flashes
● Natural lighting
● Creating Shadows (volume)
● Being Creative
● Broader
● Closer/farther
● Diffusion
● Bouncing
● Frontlit/backlit
● Sidelit/below – texture
● Silhouette – backlighting
● Light has color even when
it looks white
● White balance – adjusts
lighting in camera to make
white objects appear white
● Color temperature
– Sun – blue
– Incandescent or
halogen blub –
red/orange

7. Hardware – Your “Gear”
● Point and Shoot
● Cell phones
● DSLR - Full frame and cropped frame
● External Flash
● Shutter Releases
● Umbrellas
● Studio lights
● Underwater/outdoor cameras

8. Hardware – Camera Settings
● Aperature
● Shutter
● ISO
● Exposure Compensation
● Focus
● Aperature/Shutter Priority
● Different modes
● Shutter release
● Self timer
● Continuous/single
● Bracketing/HDR

9. Software
● Post-processing in the digital age
● Effects
● Social media
– Instagram
– Snapseed
– Picasa
● Professional Photo Editing/Design packages
● Cataloging

10. Portrait Photography – Fashion
Photos
● Combination of fashion and photographic elements
● Creating a work of art
● Accessories, clothes, makeup
● Style/Trends
● Study photography and fashion industry
● Engaging model – making eye contact/focus
● Looking away/looking at each other
● Light creates drama
● Props
● Angles
● Candids/emotion

11. Still Life Photos
● Reflective objects
● Tripods and angles
● Shutter Release
● Backdrop
● Composition
● Lightbox
● Demand

12. Future of Photography
● Internet is more and more visual with social media
– Pinterest
– Instagram
● Value will be in photographer not the photography
● Being small and fluid
● Integrity
● Caring about issues
● Being in the right place at the right time
● Technology – in the 18th
Century everyone could afford a
paintbrush but not everyone could master it!

13. Careers in Photography
● Photojournalism
● Fashion
● Commercial
● Fine Art
● Forensics/Medical
● Portrait
● Event