Digital Photography - It"s Easy When You Understand It
Today, digital photography is more popular than ever for not only the business sector - but for personal use too.
Many people have moved on from using traditional film type cameras to feature packed hi-tech digital cameras.
But to some, this may sound highly technical and complicated but learning about digital photography is easy when you understand it.
Firstly, it is wise to learn the basic terminology in order to understand how to handle a digital cameras.
These are the common terms used in digital photography:
Some key points to getting fantastic pictures are:
Many people have moved on from using traditional film type cameras to feature packed hi-tech digital cameras.
But to some, this may sound highly technical and complicated but learning about digital photography is easy when you understand it.
Firstly, it is wise to learn the basic terminology in order to understand how to handle a digital cameras.
These are the common terms used in digital photography:
- Pixel.
This is the tiniest element of a digital photograph.
A digital image is made up of millions of pixels. - Resolution.
This is the total amount of pixels that are designed into a digital camera, usually expressed in mega pixels.
The higher the resolution the higher the image quality will be and the sharper it will be.
And example is a 10Mb or 12Mb pixel camera. - Dots Per Inch (DPI).
This equates to describing the quality of a computer monitor to view your images or printer to print your images.
The higher the number the better the quality. - JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group).
A popular format that digital cameras save images as. - Memory card.
Is a solid state memory storage device that stores your pictures - even when the power is switched off to your camera.
Pictures can be eased once they have been uploaded to your computer.
Buy the biggest card that you can afford as the bigger the card - the more pictures it can hold.
However, be aware that a higher mega pixel camera will use up more memory space than a lower mega pixel camera so a higher mega pixel camera will need a larger capacity card to hold the same amount of images. - LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen.
This has several uses.
Is used to view the picture just before it is taken.
Also used to view pictures as still images immediately after they have been taken.
The user has the option of deleting the picture if they wish.
They will display "set up" and other information for the camera such as battery life.
Some key points to getting fantastic pictures are:
- Paying close attention to the subject and compose the shot correctly.
- Close ups.
You get some great pictures by moving in close to the subject.
Explore the macro function on your camera. - Keep it steady - use a tripod.
Avoid blurry and out of focus shots and use a tripod to steady the shot. - Try action shots.
Learn how to vary the shutter speed on your camera to take exciting action shots. - Consider joining a photography group.
Learn from others in a group session where you can all benefit from each others experience.