KNOWING AND LOVING YOUR CAMERA

INTRODUCTION:
The following resources from our Knowing and Loving your Camera short course that we presented for many years at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne, are offered in support of our other workshops, as well as anyone who might benefit from them.

CAMERA CRAFT RESOURCES:
All the resources can be downloaded together via our Complete Digital Printing Resources Package. Or they can also be individually downloaded as needed.

Complete Digital Printing Resources Package:
•  Complete Knowing and Loving your Camera Resources Package (44 mb)

Syllabus and Course Summaries
•  Knowing and Loving your Camera Syllabus (38 kb)
•  README_First – Weekly Class Summaries (172 kb)

Introduction to Camera Craft
•  Capture Factors (49 kb)
•  What sort of a Photographer are you? (16 kb)

•  Finding the Image in the Scene (57 kb)
•  Basic Camera Craft Exercises (56 kb)
•  Basic Camera Craft Examples (3.5 mb)
•  Camera Perspective (1 mb)

Fundamental Camera Craft Skills
•  Exposure – Shutter Speeds & F Stops (409 kb)
•  ISO & Shutter Speed Combinations (79 kb)
•  ISO & F Stop Combinations (79 kb)
•  F Stop & Shutter Speed Combinations (74 kb)

•  Capture Factors in Action (20 kb)
•  Auto versus Manual Exposure (700 kb)
•  Equivalent Exposures Movie download (33.1 mb)

Advanced Camera Craft Distinctions
•  Depth of Field Principles (31 kb)
•  Depth of Field with Changing Aperture – sequence (162 kb)
•  Depth of Field with Changing Focal Length – sequence (162 kb)
•  Depth of Field with Changing Focus Distance – sequence (162 kb)

•  Dynamic Range (638 kb)
•  Histograms (749 kb)
•  Camera Formats and Lens Selection (1.2 mb)

Extending Camera Craft through Post Production
•  Lightroom Workflow (86 kb)
•  Famous Five Image Processing Questions (828 kb)

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