{"id":75,"date":"2013-12-12T10:14:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/?p=75"},"modified":"2013-12-12T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:14:34","slug":"takng-better-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/2013\/12\/12\/takng-better-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Takng Better Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the technology of digital cameras many youth and adults now enjoy photography as a hobby.\u00a0 Many of today\u2019s youth do not remember taking pictures with film and then having rolls of undeveloped film in a kitchen drawer or sending a roll in to have it developed only to realize then you paid for the photos that many were blurred or out of focus.\u00a0 Digital photography allows the photographer the opportunity to review the photo instantly.\u00a0 Even with the technology of semi-auto focus cameras not all photos are magazine quality.\u00a0 Youth who participate in the Tech Wizards program offered at the Fairfield Public Library have learned some ways to increase the quality of the photos they take. \u00a0\u00a0A few simple steps and you too can improve your photography skills.\"Tech<\/a><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Learn the parts of your camera and how it works.\u00a0 Be able to set the time and date if you want that to appear on your photos.\u00a0 Simple point and shoot cameras may have only a few very simple settings while more advanced models may have many settings. Get to know your camera.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Once you are familiar with your camera practice, take a lot of photos.\u00a0 Decide what you want your focal point to be of the photo. \u00a0Youth learned that very simple things could be creative focal points.\u00a02.\u00a0 Take a good look at the area that will be to the side and in the background \u2013 is itcluttered<\/p>\n

are there overhanging wires, can you improve the background by moving to one side and changing the angel of the shot.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Lighting\u00a0 –\u00a0 experiment with lighting and the time of day you try to take your photos \u2013 many professional photographers who work outside prefer early morning or early evening light for the best color.\"IMG_0342\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Students experimented with different types of photography, landscape, portrait, self-portrait, action, and pets.\u00a0 The youth brainstormed career opportunities that include photography.\u00a0 Some of the ideas that they shared included, free-lance photographer, news photographer, portrait photographer, and \u00a0wedding or event photographer.\u00a0 The youth enjoyed sharing their photos with the group, families, and with the public by putting them on a digital photo frame that was on display at the library. Some of the youth also exhibited at the local fair.\u00a0 We also downloaded a free version of Picas, from http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that allowed the youth to experiment with digital photography enhancement and manipulation.\u00a0 This technology allowed to youth to be creative while exploring the various options.<\/p>\n

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If you would like to learn more about 4-H photography and the photography curriculum go to:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.4-h.org\/resource-library\/curriculum\/4-h-photography\/mastering-photography\/<\/a> to check out the available curriculum or contact your local 4-H Educator to explore resources available for youth interested in photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the technology of digital cameras many youth and adults now enjoy photography as a hobby.\u00a0 Many of today\u2019s youth do not remember taking pictures with film and then having rolls of undeveloped film in a kitchen drawer or sending a roll in to have it developed only to realize then you paid for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1500,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1500"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/wizards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}