Cameras - Beginners Guide to Photograpy

The camera

1) The camera obscura its an effect that can only be achieved in a dark room with a hole in a wall where the light will come and it will focused and the outside scene will be projected on the opposite
wall  upside down

2) In the 17th century, the camera came one step closer to men when Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens did a perfection on the understanding of the optics and the process on making the high quality glass lenses

3) The parts of the first modern camera were glass lenses, a little dark box and, the film. (The film was the important missing piece)

4) Modern Digital Cameras differ from Niepce's camera because Digital Cameras are easy to use, it can focus, they point and shoot. While Niecpce's camera it would take hours to take a picture, and it wold come out blurry but both cameras work the same. They both have lenses, exposes the film and it needs light for it to pass through the lens and it still gives you a photograph.

5) Digital cameras need a electronic sensor called a CCD, an reusable memory card or storage to save the picture.

Camera modes

6) The difference from an Auto mode and Program mode is that Auto cameras control exposure and flash. Most of the cameras will have a label like ''Auto'' or ''A'' for short as Program mode has a smile ''p''. In program mode, you just point and shoot and get to control other camera settings as flash or focus.

7) The portrait mode is used to attempt to blur the background while the camera tries to use the fastest available lens setting (or aperture)

8)  The sports mode is used to freeze a motion and its required for the camera to use the highest shutter speed foible for perfect picture.

The Half Press

9) The half press is used for the camera to focus. When the camera is focusing, it will show some blinking dots (a green one usually) and it will make a beeping sound telling you that its ready to shoot the picture.(make sure the camera its in focus lock). when the camera is in focus lock it s ready to shoot the picture and be carful to not shake the camera. (it'll come out blurry).

Controlling flash

10) When taking a picture, theres gonna be a symbol on the camera with a circle, an zig-zag arrow and a line across it. This symbol represents or indicates they theres no flash because sometimes theres some pictures that look better without the flash. (It makes it more dramatic0.

11) Theres gonna be another symbol with an arrow (zig-zag) and the word "Auto" at the right of the arrow. This symbol indicates that flash mode is on and when taking a picture, it will tell if it needs more light. If it needs more light, it will use flash automatically.

Introduction to Exposure

12) If the picture has too much natural light, it will be washed out. (or ruined)

13) If the picture doesn't has too much light, it will be too dark to see the details.