HOW TO OPERATE CAMERA

A common assumption is that modern digital camera or commonly called

SLR are so advanced that they cant take a bad picture. This is simply not
true. Stunning photos are the result of the skills of the photographer
behind the camera.
In order to capture these types of photos, you must take manual control of
your camera so that you can tell it exactly what to do. And now, the good
news is: this isnt hard to learn!
Before you take a picture, you need :
1. A digital camera
2. An object (a friend or classmate or something interesting around
you)

Steps to take pictures :

1. Turn ON the camera by press the button by sliding to the righ.
2. Hold up the camera and centre the object in LCD
3. When youre ready to take the picture, hold the shutter halfway. It is
very important, so the camera sets the focus, shutter speed, and
various other collculations. This may take a few seconds.
4. A light should appear that lets you know the camera is set to go.
5. Press shutter all the way down.
6. It may be necessary to turn OFF the camera and use the view finder
when there is extreme sunlight or to conserve battery life. The glafe
from the LCD does not work weel with bright light.

How to change the camera lens :

1. Holding your camera in your left hand, press the lens release button
located directly next to the lens.
2. Next, with your left hand firmly grip the base of the lens (where the
lens meets the camera body) and twist.
3.
After a slight turn of the lens you should feel it click free.
4.
Remove the lens from your camera.
5. Lastly, take the new lens you want to use and place the base firmly
into the cameras lens socket. Holding the base of the lens, turn the
opposite direction you used to dismantle the previous lens until you
feel it firmly click into place.
6.
The camera lens is ready to shoot the object.

Camera Settings :

1. Contrast
Contrast is light control. Contrast can have a significant visual impact
on an image by emphasizing texture, as shown in the image above. The
high contrast water has deeper shadows and more pronounced highlights,
creating texture which "pops" out at the viewer.
2. Blur
Blur is lens effect which make background result not clear. Blurry
images are the result of movement of the camera during shooting (not
holding it still) or the camera not being capable of choosing a fast enough
shutter speed to freeze the action under the light conditions.
3. Flash
A flash is a device used in photography producing a flash of artificial light
to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a
dark scene. Other uses are capturing quickly moving objects or changing
the quality of light. To use flash you adjust the aperture. The aperture
controls all of the light entering the lens and is dependant on the power of
your flashgun. Exposures can be controlled by either keeping the flash
output constant and varying the f-stop or by choosing an aperture and
adjusting the flash power to suit it.
Use the manual mode for multiple pictures at a fixed distance. Manual
flash emits a fixed (or constant) output regardless of changes in light
levels or subject distances. Therefore, using this mode will offer consistent
exposures.
4. Effect
Effect is temperature of color that make the picture just have one
color, one of them is White Balance. The step is by operate the camera, so
that can produce a good effect.
5. Focus
Due to the optical properties of photographic lenses, only objects
within a limited range of distances from the camera will be reproduced
clearly. The process of adjusting this range is known as changing the
camera's focus. There are various ways of focusing a camera accurately.
The simplest cameras have fixed focus and use a small aperture and wideangle lens to ensure that everything within a certain range of distance
from the lens. Fixed focus cameras are usually inexpensive types, such as
single-use cameras.

6. Zoom
Zoom on the camera are divided into two parts, first is Zoom-In and
the second one is Zoom-Out. Zoom In used to see the picture with closer
space. Zoom Out used to see the picture with far space.
7. ISO
ISO is camera setting that will decide how high the level of camera
sensor sensitivity toward the existing light. The manner is only move the
button.

Photo Position

The good photo position is our body should be upright, only our hands
that control it. If we want to move to other object, only our body that
move.
1. Prop with a knee
This position is very nice and sturdy as comfortable and produce a
stable angle that
fits. Position your elbows on his knees so that the camera weight
transfered to the
hands and feet.
2. Looking pedestal
Look for a place or a solid object as a pedestal, such as walls, trees,
or fences. This
pedestal will help maintain the stability of the camera.
3. Camera strap
Wrap the camera strap around the wrist several times to keep the
camera safe.
Knowing the camera is securely grasped will also help maintain the
stability of the
camera.
HOW TO TAKE PORTRAITS WITH BLURRED BACKGROUNDS
1. Switch your camera to Aperture Priority mode by turning the mode dial
to A or on Canon models, Av.
2. Stand back a little and zoom-in your lens this will accentuate the
effect.

3. Choose the smallest f-number thats available. If youre using a kit lens
and youre zoomed-in, this will normally be around f5.6.
4. To further accentuate the effect, increase the distance between the
subject and the background. So keep the person relatively close to you for
a head and shoulders shot, and position them against distant background.
5. After taking your photo, remember to set the mode dial back to Auto or
Program mode.

LIGHT PAINTING
Light painting, also known as light drawing or light graffiti is
a photographic technique in which exposures are made usually at night or
in a darkened room by moving a hand-held light source or by moving
the camera. In many cases the light source itself does not have to appear
in the image. The term light painting also encompasses images lit from
outside the frame with hand-held light sources.
How to do :

1. Moving the light source

The light can either be used to selectively illuminate parts of the
subject or to "paint" a picture by shining it directly into
the camera lens. Light painting requires a sufficiently slow shutter
speed, usually a second or more. Like night photography, it has
grown in popularity since the advent of digital cameras because
they allow photographers to see the results of their work
immediately.
2. Moving the camera

Light painting by moving the camera, also called camera painting,

is the antithesis of traditional photography. At night, or in a dark
room, the camera can be taken off the tripod and used like a
paintbrush. An example is using the night sky as the canvas, the
camera as the brush and cityscapes (amongst other light sources)
as the palette. Putting energy into moving the camera by stroking
lights, making patterns and laying down backgrounds can create
abstract artistic images. Also known as "Camera Toss."