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Using Digital
Photography in
Your Program
Barbara Chamberlin,
[email protected]
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But enough about
me…
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Tell me about yourself, your work, and your
skill level
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With a regular camera, I feel:
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Incompetent
Awkward
Comfortable
Like an expert
With a digital camera, I feel:
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Incompetent
Awkward
Comfortable
Like an expert
Regarding photography in my
programming
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I work mostly with:
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I have no idea how to use it
I have some idea but haven’t used it
much
I use photography regularly in my work,
but not digital photos
I’m starting to use digital photos and
need more good ideas
Adults
Kids
Both
I attended one of your photography
workshops at CYFAR in the past two
years
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False
Our Plan for the
Next 90 Minutes
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Why use photography?
 Cool stuff that makes it easy
 Taking better photos
 Using any Camera
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Question and Answer
Why Use
Photography?
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How can digital images be used…
– With YOU holding the camera?
 Outreach,
publicity, evangelization, message
delivery
– With THEM holding the camera?
 See
more clearly what is around them
 Visual learning
You hold the camera
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Photos for newsletters
 Send photos home demonstrating best
practices
 Recruiting more participants
 Promotion: t-shirts, banners, mugs,
bags
 Evangelize behavior…
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They hold the camera
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Become a photographer
 Take a portrait of the oldest person you
know, a birthday celebration, the oldest
person in your community, something
you wish you had in your family…
 Content learning: math, art, history,
english
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Resource for
Teaching
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Digital 4-H
Photography
Project
– 6 learning
experiences
– PowerPoint
presentations
(with notes)
– Handouts
cahe.nmsu.edu/4h/photography
Resource for
Teaching
• Good book for teaching
content Teaching with
Digital Images: Acquire,
Analyze, Create,
Communicate. Editors: Bull
and Bell. ISBN: 1564842193
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Before You Brainstorm…
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Remember that photos can
 Be printed to
– Fabric
– Magnets
– Sticker paper
– Large sizes
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E-Mailed
Be put into a slideshow
Obtained from web (Google search)
Be of very poor quality
Brainstorming
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Groups of 4 people to chat…
 Make a list of creative, fresh ideas
using photography…
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– With you holding the camera
– With them holding the camera
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We’ll pull you back in 20 minutes
Sharing…
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Your best ideas…
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HOW do we do it?
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Quick tips for better photos
 Using any digital camera, and teaching
others to
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Taking better photos
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Move in close
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Use flash outside
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Take lots of photos
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Try interesting
poses
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Try interesting
poses
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Watch your
backgrounds
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Watch your lines
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Make meaningful
memories
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Turning the camera
on
Turn camera on
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Taking photos
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Shoot photos
Viewing photos
Play or view photos
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Viewing photos
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Move to next photo
Zoom
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Wide/Telephoto
Flash
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Toggle flash
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Flash options
Flash on
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Flash off
Red eye
Focus
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Scavenger Hunt
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We’re not going to take it… but if we
were…
– http://cahe.nmsu.edu/4h/photography/handouts.html
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Try it on your own…
How many images
on camera?
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Size of storage card
(8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc)
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How many images
on camera?
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Size of storage card
(8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc)
File Size (number of pixels in
the picture)
– 640x480
– 2260x1614
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Compression or Quality
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Changing
Settings/Menu
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Menu button
Moving through
Settings
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Navigation button
Settings - file size
(pixels)
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Image
Size/Resolution
Settings - quality,
compression
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Image
Quality/Compression
Extra stuff you’ll
want
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Extra battery
 Card reader
 Additional card (with more space)
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Deleting images off
camera
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Delete button
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Deleting on the camera
Getting images off
camera
Use cable and
software
 Use card reader
 Use iPhoto, Picasa
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Fixing and
Organizing Photos
Your photos are
perfect… but what
about those that
other people take?
 How do you
organize and group
your photos so
they are useful?
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Album Software
(iPhoto, Adobe Photoshop Album, Picasa)
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Get photos: from camera and computer
 Organize photos:
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– tagging/titles/keywords
– albums/folder
Fix photos (light)
 Make neat stuff
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Album Software
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Many types
 Adobe Photoshop Album ($49.00) and
free download
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– http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/
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Google Picasa (Free)
– http://picasa.google.com/)
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Apple iPhoto (part of $79 iLife Suite)
Great handouts
online
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CYFAR Conference Handouts
– Getting Photos into Album
– Exporting from Album
– Creating a Slideshow in Album
– Taking Better Photos
– Using Picasa
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http://www.cyfernet.org/cyfar06/complabs.html
What to do with
them once you’ve
got ‘em
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Printing
– High-speed access: Online
– Printer
– Photo development house (take card)
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Web or presentation
– Resize before using (72-100 ppi)
– Save in proper format
What to do with
them once you’ve
got ‘em
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Archive
– Back up photos to CD
– Back up photos to DVD
– Post photos to online service and order
CD
What’s left?
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We’ll email you list of ideas and links
 Stay put if you have questions for me…
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