The Refreshment Area is
written and designed for the beginning photographer (PhotoBug)
who wants to fully understand his/her camera and who wants to produce
quality photographs, not just snapshots.
The Refreshment Area is
written in a simplified step-by-step format using over hundred of
photographs. It introduces the beginner to the basics:
Select Your . . .
Cameras,
Lenses, Flashes, Films, Tripods, Filters
This section will help you to know more about
cameras type, how lenses works, what is auto flash or dedicated flash,
which films is for you, and which accessories you may needed.
Understand exposure . .
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Film ISO, Lens aperture, Camera shutter speed
To understand film ISO, lens aperture, and shutter
speed work together, how it react to the lighting condition.
Handle Your Camera . . .
Handhold, Monopod, Tripod, Clamp, Pad
How to hold your camera, horizontal or vertical,
when to use a monopod, tripod, clamp pod or padding.
Lighting . . .
Natural, Artificial, Flashes, Direction, Fill-in, Balance
"Daytime, we have sunlight, evening, just a
light switch away". Not that easy, my PhotoBugs,
what is direct light, fill-in, balance, when to use natural light, or tungsten
light, we'll show you what, when, and where
Artistic in You . . .
Composition, Framing your pictures
Left side or right side, center or on top,
diagonal , point straight, lead to subject, or balanced. Color
or Black & White,
framing and display your arts.
Some things to Start . . .
Forget about photography, just take
your best shots.
Tips from the Pros . . .
A helpful section to take better
pictures
The layout of the Refreshment
Area is unique, a step-by-step approach, using photographs to
teach about photography. Bold graphics have been used to emphasize
important information, and high quality digital images has been used for
improved photographic reproduction as well as for continual reference.
We recommend the viewing monitor to set to 65536
Color and 1024X768 or higher, for
easy view, and suggest that you view the Refreshment
Area in sequence. If there is information you already know then
feel free to skip on to the next section. The section Understand
exposure should be especially helpful to beginners. Read it
carefully, and have your camera handy to refer to as you read.
This Refreshment Area will
help you grow as a photographer. We hope that what you learn will help
you change from one who merely takes snapshots to a photographer (PhotoBug)
creating high quality photographs.
