Upcoming class SLR Digital Photography: Composition, Light and Technique Tired of using your powerful digital SLR like a point and shoot camera? Learn the basic photographic techniques involved in planning, shooting, and photo-editing images. Learn how to shoot in manual mode and how to independently set ISO, aperture and shutter controls. Learn how to use the various focus and exposure functions. Learn about all the different lenses available for your camera. We will also cover the artistic parts: lighting, flash, quality of light, composition, color and aesthetics. Class will consist...

THIS IS AN ARCHIVED POST from a class from last year. This two-hour “quick-start” presentation will introduce the basics of digital SLR photography and help steer you in the right direction if you are new to digital photography or are interested in upgrading your camera. Although we will not have time to cover topics in-depth, we will briefly address the following with an emphasis on the seven bolded core concepts composition and design exposure and metering shutter speed and its relation to stopping motion aperture and its relation to depth of field lens differences from telephoto to wide...

I was looking through my photo archives and found this old photo from  April 2004 taken at the Chicago Children’s Museum. I captured it with my wife’s 4 megapixel Canon Powershot G2. (I did not buy my first serious DSLR until December 2004.) See bottom of post page for larger images. Unfortunately, the image, as captured, did not convey the awe that I felt standing in front of that awesome rack of bones. There are a host of problems with the original image: poor contrast lots of distracting lights and a extension cord plugged into the floor in the foreground generally a flat look;...