Today is going to be a review of yesterday's lesson. Because shutter speed is so important, reinforcing what you've already learned will help you to cement it in your brain.
1. Watch this in-depth video on Shutter Speed. Some of it is very advanced, but try to learn as much as you can.
Take notes and keep them in your Photography folder on what Shutter Speeds shoot the best shots for different categories:
Lesson Information for Teachers:
Video Lesson Duration: 33:01
Total Approximate Time for Lesson: Approx. 40 min. +/-
Shutter Speed is the topic of today's lesson. You should be taking notes as you watch these videos, so that you can remember which shutter speeds take the best pictures during certain situations (for example - which setting is best for sharp portraits, and which shutter speed is best for showing blur?)
1. Watch this video on shutter speed (note: there is a commercial at approx. 4:20 into the video - you can stop watching at this point)
2. Read the article found here to further go over shutter speed:
Today is going to be a review of yesterday's lesson. Because aperture is so important, reinforcing what you've already learned will help you to cement it in your brain.
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5. Now, do another aperture experiment on your own.
Ideas: set up Lego figures, Fisher Price figures, eggs, fruit (or other objects) in a line and see what kind of photos you get with differing f-stop settings.
Lesson Information for Teachers:
Video Lesson Duration: 6:04, 3:06, & 8:54 (approx. 18 min. total duration)
Reading in Text: 5 minutes
Skills Test: 20 minutes or more
Total Approximate Time for Lesson: Approx. 45 min. +/-
Congratulations! You've made it to the third week of Homeschool Digital Photography. This week, we are going to be starting to get down to the nitty gritty of taking photos using the manual mode. You first real photography assignment begins today! Have fun and do your best!
1. Read pages 26 - 27 in "Digital Photography Complete Course" by DK and complete the activity provided by guessing which photo goes with each photo type. This is not a test. You are just guessing. Grade your own paper with the answers are upside down on the top of page 27.
We are going to be looking at each camera setting in more detail over the course of the next week. It's important to take our time throughout this section, as the settings are of the most important aspects
of digital photography. Without a good understanding of the settings and how to use them, you will
lack skill and knowledge that is very needed.
Not only do you need to know what each setting is, you also need to know what settings are optimal for different photographs, as well as having the skill to adjust the settings in manual mode on your specific camera.
The first setting we are going to study is aperture, which is measured in f-numbers, or what is usually
called "f-stops". So, when you hear the term aperture, you should also think of the word f-stop.
It's important to remember that f-stops are actually fractions. So when the number on the bottom increases, the f-stop is actually getting smaller. For example, f/1.4 is LARGER than f/2. It helps to think of fractions to remember this. Just think of pizza -- 1/2 of the pizza is much more than 1/4. The larger the denominator, the smaller the piece of pizza you get!
4. Watch this video on aperture! He does a great job explaining things:
5. Watch this video on aperture here and complete the assignment that he gives in the video (at this point, we are assuming you can turn your camera one, set the mode dial to AV and then chang the fstop by using some tech savvy common sense :) )
Lesson Information for Teachers:
Video Lesson Duration: 17:21 & 6:47 (24:08 total duration)
Reading Webpage: Approx. 10 minutes
Reading in Text: 10 minutes
Skills Test: 30 minutes or more
Total Approximate Time for Lesson: Approx. 60 min. +/-
