Beginner's Guide to Photography

The Camera 

1) The camera obscure effect is when Latin and Chinese philosophers came up with creating a dark room with one hole inside one of the walls. The hole projects the scene outside the room upside on the opposing wall of the hole.

2) In the 17th century the lenses and optics helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera.

3) The parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce are glass lens, a dark box, and film.

4) The modern digital cameras and the Niepce camera have in common the fact that they both have to get light to pass through the lens and into the film to expose it to the film. 

5) The digital camera that is used to capture an image is called CCD.

Camera Modes

6) The difference between the Auto Mode and the Program mode is that you can control flash and a few other camera settings.

7) The portrait mode is used for blurring out the background. It works by using the fastest available lens setting. 

8) The spots mode is used to freeze motion. It works by using the highest shutter speed possible.

The Half Press

9) You should do a half press on the the trigger button because the camera will respond faster.

Controlling Flash 

10) The controlling flash symbol means to fire the flash when the lighting is low.

11) The Auto-Flash means that the camera will automatically fire if the camera thinks it needs more light. You would use this when the lighting may be somewhat dark.

Introduction to Exposure

12) When your photo has too much light it will make it look washed out.

13) When your photo has too little light your photo will come out dark.

The Universe Stop

14)  A "Stop" is a relative measure of light.

15) There is 1 stop brighter when the new planet has two suns instead of one.

16) There are 2 stops brighter when the new planet has four suns instead of two.

Shutters and Aperture

17) The longer shutter speed affect has more light.

18) The shorter shutter speed affect has less light.

19) The aperture control allows you to control the amount of light you want.

20) When adjusting the aperture you can increase the amount of light by going to stop f2.8.