MULTIMEDIA TECHNIQUES

CAPTIONS - Include the 5 W’s and how - Captions clarify what you’re seeing - Captions are mini-stories - Captions should be accurate

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney poses for photographs with students of Fairfield Elementary School, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Fairfield, Va.

CAPTIONS- Don’t state the obvious! - Write like its happening now (Present tense) - Never assume what’s happening

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) points at President Barack Obama after he arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on Wednesday. (Haraz N. Ghanbari - AP)

METADATA

• “Data about data”

• Technical information as well as caption information

HISTOGRAM

- Represents the brightness and darkness of an image !- The histogram graphs how many pixels are at each level between black and white. !- All images record a histogram !- The most useful tool in digital photography

HISTOGRAM

!!- Black tones are shown on the left side. White is on the right. !- Lighter images move the graph to the right. Darker ones move it to the left. !

HISTOGRAM

Overexposed

HISTOGRAM

Underexposed

HISTOGRAM

Proper Exposure

HISTOGRAMAlso graphs RGB color channels

(Red, Green, Blue)

LEVELS Adjusts histogram for image correction

LEVELSDrag the sliders to increase/decrease

brightness and darkness

iPhoto and Histogram editing

Windows Photo Gallery and Histogram editing

Picasa and Histogram editing

HDR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE

- Blends multiple exposures for tough lighting conditions

LIGHT SOURCE AND DIRECTION

FRAMING

COLOR

MOMENT

USING FLASH

• Never use it, unless taking a group photo or using "fill flash" to light a dark subject against a bright background.

USING FLASH

• Direct flash does not provide directional light

• Creates “kiss of death” or point and shoot effect

• Always use natural or available light first!

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