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- Welcome to Digital Photography.

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This class is designed for the beginning,

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intermediate or even advanced photographer

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who's interested in exploring camera arts

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at Columbia College.

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In this video I'm going to go over

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some of the basics of camera handling

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and what your requirements
are for this class.

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This course does require a
digital single-lens reflex camera

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or a DSLR such as this.

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It can be any brand,

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there's a lot on the market.

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I happen to be holding a Nikon right now.

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When you're looking for a camera,

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you may already have one or
you're going to borrow one,

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you may want to take a camera
shop up on renting a camera

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to try out a few different ones

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if you have a local camera shop in mind.

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If you do buy one from a
store some things to look for

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are getting a good camera
bag to go with your camera.

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You want a bag that's roomy enough

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to hold your lenses and your camera

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and importantly you want to
be able to hold your manual

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and bring that with you

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while you're learning digital photography.

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Your camera manual

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is a really important
guide for you this course.

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It's going to go over how
you control your settings

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and learn basic camera functions

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while you're doing the assignments.

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Additionally,

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you want to get a spare SD
card to store your images.

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With digital photography

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your SD card is where
your pictures are stored

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and I suggest getting
a high-quality SD card.

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Additionally,

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you want to get a tripod,

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a tripod is required.

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And you want to have a ...

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This is a lens hood,

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a lens hood is nice.

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Some of your camera kits
come with a lens hood

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but it's not required.

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I find it really helpful

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when I'm photographing in
situations that have varied light,

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like coastal areas.

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I may not be in the right
direction of the sun

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and lens hood served a purpose.

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You always want to have
a lens cap on hand.

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And importantly,

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the other piece is that
you want to have a filter,

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a UV filter.

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A UV filter is a clear filter

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that protects the optics of your lens.

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I never take this off my camera,

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but you want to keep
yours on just like me.

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(laughs)

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You want to keep your filter on,

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it protects your camera from dust

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and in the case of an accident
where your camera tips over

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what's gonna get dented is
your filter not your lens,

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and believe me that's happened a lot.

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Another nice thing would
be a backup battery,

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camera batteries are very helpful.

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The assignments that you're
gonna work on this term

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range from photographing objects,

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places,

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people,

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setting up a narrative,

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telling a story and capturing emotion.

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Make sure that you get in the habit

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of taking multiple takes on each shot.

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You want to practice taking a lot

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so that you can edit your images.

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And what I mean by that is
take a large pool of images,

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and then select the one
that best fits the criteria

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for the assignment.

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The focus of this class

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isn't in image editing using
Photoshop or adding filters,

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instead the focus

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is on making minor
adjustments to color balance,

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to converting images to black and white

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or making slight adjustments to color.

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I hope you have a great class.