SESSION ONE.
PHOTOGRAPHY 101.
MARK WOODWARD PHOTOGRAPHY
WHO AM I?
– Mark Woodward Photography, freelance commercial and event
photographer.
– Work for whoever wants me or I want to work for.
– The University, York St. John, visityork, several clients at London
Fashion Week and many more.
– Professional for a year and a bit now, studied last year, now full
time photography.
WORKSHOP PLAN!
– Improve knowledge and understanding.
– Teach what I’d consider the most important aspects of
photography.
– Movement by James College and PhotoSoc to promote
Photography in the University. More sessions planned for the new
year!
– IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY.
– Have fun (maybe).
FIRSTLY…
– Join the “James College Photography Tutorial Group” on facebook!
– Platform to share photos weekly, post your homework, receive
feedback on your images.
– My contact details are: contact@markwoodwardphoto.com, on
facebook at www.facebook.com/markwphoto and @markw_photo
on twitter.
– Next week, 5 minute photo competition!
UPCOMING
– 1st workshop – today. Basic introduction to photography, camera
modes, equipment and techniques, a little about post production
and sharing and homework….
– 2nd workshop – same time next week! Composition, ‘rules of
composing pictures’, cropping, changing your viewpoint and
perspective and homework again!
– 3rd workshop – exposure and colour. Moving beyond automatic
mode to take control of your photos.
– Maybe more… if you’re lucky.
PHOTOGRAPHY IS HUGE.
– In 2011, 2.5 billion people had some form of a digital camera.
– In 2012, 70 billion photos were uploaded to facebook alone,
making it the world’s largest photo library.
– An old photography saying: “The best camera is the one you always
have with you.”
– Flickr has insightful statistics on popular cameras.
– 83 million photos from iPhone 4.
– Accessibility to digital photography has made photography more
popular.
CAMERAS
WHAT MAKES CAMERAS BETTER?
VS
Olympus C300 – eBay price £11.19
Nikon D4 – eBay price £3,750
WHAT MAKES CAMERAS BETTER?
Olympus C300
− 3 million pixels
− 2.8x zoom range
− 1.9 photos per second
− 1.8” screen
− 1/2.5” sensor size
− 80 shot battery life
− 240g weight
− Built in flash
Nikon D4
− 15.9 million pixels
− 152 lenses, ~ 100x zoom range
− 11 photos per second
− 3.2” screen
− 35mm sensor size (5.5x bigger)
− 4200 shot battery life
− 1337g weight
− No built in flash!
LENSES
– Between Nikon, Canon and Sigma (three main lens
manufacturers), there are around 300 lenses.
– Several main categories of lenses.
– Two main difference: Prime and Zoom.
– Focal length is measured in mm. 50mm is approximately standard
human view.
LENSES
– Fisheye (ultra wide angle) – 4-10mm
LENSES
– Wide angle (10-20mm)
LENSES
– Standard Zoom ( 20-100mm)
LENSES
– Telephoto (70-200mm)
LENSES
– Ultra telephoto (300mm+)
LENSES
– ‘Fast’ lenses (most ranges)
LENSES
– Macro lenses (50-200mm)
LENSES
– Tilt shift lenses (often wide angle)
LENSES
– Standardized focal length.
– Measured relative to 35mm film – how pictures used to be taken.
– Smaller sensors = bigger crop factors = lenses appear longer
– iPhone 5 lens spec: 4.1mm. However, it uses a very small sensor, so
with it’s crop factor it works out about 33mm equivalent.
FULLY AUTO MODE
– Is great, in some situations, even for professionals.
– Cameras are much smarter than humans unfortunately.
– Controls ISO, White Balance, Aperture, Shutter Speed, Focus.
– When you want more creative control over when you shoot, other
more manual modes come in.
PHOTO SHARING
– As we said before, facebook is a huge platform for photo sharing.
– Sadly, it doesn’t always do good photos justice.
– There’s a number of really good sharing sites other than facebook.
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Flickr
500px
Tumblr
Deviantart
IMAGE SELECTION
– The difference between professionals and normal photographers –
professionals don’t show you all the bad ones.
– Good photos are about quality, not quantity.
– There’s very much a scale, between years as a photographer and
images taken per situation.
– Pick photos that you like. Cut down, if you took 6,235,832,526,245
photos, that doesn’t mean people will want to see them.
USEFUL STUFF
– The internet is a beautiful place! Go explore.
– Google images for stuff you like.
– 500px is fantastic.
– Photobox.
– www.digital-photography-school.com
– photography.tutsplus.com/
THANKS FOR LISTENING.
– Homework!
– Go find 3 images you like on google images, a particular style,
viewpoint, subject, go out this week and take similar shots.
Post your results on the facebook along with the original, we’ll
have a look next week and I’ll pick a few I like the most (and
potentially there might be a chocolate based reward).
– Next week: bring your phone and make sure it’s charged and
hooked up to the internet, we’re going to have a 10 minute
competition half way through the session!
– Any questions?