The New Language of Digital Photography: Start Making Photographs Rather Than Taking Photographs
By Brian Leng
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Since DSLRs affords so many options, unless you know a lot about digital photography, you might think that if you went out and purchased a $2000.00 camera youd be able to take photographs just like a National Geographic photographer. But just buying an expensive camera wont make you take better photographs then you did with your film camera.
When I teach my Basic Digital Photography I tell the class that you need to first and foremost, you need to learn the language of photography which is not as easy as one may think. Learning how to make photographs rather than take photographs requires one to understand the many options that digital photography has to offer. Most people get frustrated in learning how to use their camera and just wind up setting the automatic setting on the camera which defeats the whole purpose of buying a digital camera in the first place.
Because a digital camera gives more options to the photographer, what this booklet does is cut the many options down to three basic camera controls. Once youve learn the three controls you can move on in learning more advanced options of the camera.
Brian Leng
Brian Leng Photographer / Educator Brian has been a successful commercial photographer in California for over 40 years and a college educator for 0ver 21 years. Now, semi-retired, he is pursuing his own personal journey, combining two of his loves, photography and history. At this point in his life he is seeking to make his life complete by his photography to pass along what he feels he has learned though out his career, experiences, and travels. His ongoing project of photographing 4th of July celebrations though out the United States is a story of truly what the United States stands for and the freedoms that are enjoyed by all of its citizens. Black, White, Yellow, Green, Brown they are all the same colors in his eyes and is what he feels unites this great country.
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The New Language of Digital Photography - Brian Leng
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16425.pngTable of Contents:
Introduction
Three Step Set-Up – Explained
123 Method Explained
First Step – ISO (International Standard Organization)
Second Step – Aperture Priority
Third Step – Shutter Speed Priority
Focal Lengths - Lenses – Zoom, Fixed, & Prime
Exposure, Exposure Metering, Metering Patterns
White Balancing
File Types
Formatting, Memory Cards
Lighting, Color, Mood, Time of the day
Macro Photography & Composition
Brian Leng Photography photo equipment
About the Author—Brian Leng
Introduction
Chances are you have a new DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) or you are thinking about buying one. If you have one, you probably have tired reading the easy to read camera manual
but wound up getting frustrated by not understanding the simple
camera instructions and explanation in the manual that came with your camera, so you simply set the camera on automatic and let the camera dictate to you the camera settings. That’s all good and fine, except you bought this expensive camera to make better photographs, right? Instead you wound up letting the camera dictate to you how to make
the photographs that you so desperately wanted to create.
These new digital cameras are very good, most of the time when set on automatic but it won’t allow you to be very creative. Instead, what you wind up getting is just a mediocre shot like everyone else and not separating yourself from the crowd by adding your own twists and your own personal touch of creativity.
I’ve been teaching people in groups and in private sessions on how to make
photographs since 1992 and was a professional photographer who had a successful advertising photography studio in Los Angeles for 30 years. Since teaching photography classes, I’ve discovered that ordinary people and students who all love photography just as much as I do have a huge problem when it comes to learning how to make better photographs. The camera manuals that came with the cameras are so confusing with very complicated options to learn and use, it’s hard to wrap one’s head
around learning the new digital parts of the digital camera.
After spending some time teaching photography, I have identified what the real problem is and that is there are just to many options for any novice or beginner to grasp all at one time. So I’ve broken down the learning process by teaching just three basic camera controls. They are, ISO (international Standard Organization), Aperture Priority, and Shutter Speed Priority. Learning just those three main camera controls first for you to build a strong foundation on which to stand. After you’ve experienced what each control does and how to set them, by constantly practicing and using them until you feel confident enough to set them correctly, you can then move on to more challenging camera techniques and controls and begin on making photographs
that you’ll be proud of showing and hanging on your walls. Learning how