Intermediate Digital Photography Class 3
Advanced Flash, Bouncing Light, Portrait Lighting and Slideshows
Advanced Flash
- Review Guide Number (how powerful a flash you have), flash versus distance, additional hot shoe flash units
- Concept of light source size (flash is small/hard)
- Concept of ISO versus flash distance Fstop=GN/Distance
- Concept of ISO versus dragging shutter for background light in dark places
- Concept of ISO versus digital noise
- Flash compensation control
Bounce Flash
- Ceiling bounce with moveable head flash units (some hotshoe flash units)
- 2-way angle heads have advantage for vertical images
- Wall bounce also possible, but less used
- On camera diffusers for DSLR and pocketable cameras
Off Camera Flash
- Simple systems use PC cord, advanced system use digital cord or wireless
- Avoids Red-Eye
Slaved Additional Flash
- Optical slave versus radio slave versus smart slave
Portrait Lighting and Bounce cards and Umbrellas
- In class session
Slide Shows on Computers
- Launch Adobe Photoshop Elements 5
- Select "View and Organize Photos" mode in first screen
- Go to File > Get Photos > From Files and Folders
- Navigate to Digital-Photo-Intermediate > 3-4-Parade
- Select all images inside the 3-4-Parade folder
- Make sure auto buttons on bottom right are NOT selected, then click “Get Photos”. This imports all images into the Adobe folder in your “My Pictures” folder (on a PC).
- The Adobe Elements Organizer window will open and show thumbnails of all imported images. Select all of the images you want in your slideshow (or select all).
- Go to Create > Slide Show
- Select 5 se and Preview Quality “High”conds for "Static Duration", Random for "Transition", 2 seconds for "Transition Duration"
- Hit OK
- In the next window you will see all of your thumbnails on the bottom and a larger view of the show above
- Hit the play button below the larger view window and let your show play
- When show is NOT playing, hit the small triangle to the right of the transition symbol between the first and second image. Select a new transition. Repeat on the second and third transition
- Hit the play button below the larger view window and let your show play
- When show is NOT playing, hit the small l”seconds” triangle below the first image’s thumbnail. Change the thumbnails duration (use custon for durations above 5 seconds> Repeat on the second and third transition
- Hit the play button below the larger view window and let your show play
- When show is NOT playing, click on the third thumbnail and drag it to the far left of the first thumbnail. Notice that the third image and the transition after it have now become the first image and transition
- Hit the play button below the larger view window and let your show play
- When show is NOT playing, click on the “Click Here to Add Audio” bar above the thumbnails. Navigate to Digital-Photo-Intermediate > 3-white_water.mps
- This time, don’t hitting the play button. Instead, hit the “Full Screen Preview” tab near the upper right
- You can leave “Full Screen Preview” at any time by hitting the “Esc” key (escape)
- Once the show has finished and is NOT playing, hit the “Output” tab, just below the Help menu. This is where you could save the file/movie in a variety of formats
HOMEWORK:
- One or more prints of still life or architecture using flash (bounced, compensation off camera, multiple units or reflector card)
- One or more portrait prints using flash (bounced, compensation off camera, multiple units or reflector card)
- Optional, a short slideshow saved as a PDF or .wmv
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