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W E L C O M E !

• I f y o u c a n s e e t h i s , y o u h a v e s u c c e s s f u l l y s i g n e d o n t o D i g i t a l P h o t o 1 0 1 ! Y i p p e e ! !

• R e m e m b e r t o c a l l i n t o 8 8 8 - 8 5 8 -2 1 4 4 , p a s s c o d e : 1 6 6 4 5 4 6 # a f e w m i n u t e s b e f o r e 2 : 0 0 p . m . E T f o r t h e a u d i o p o r t i o n .

• C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s ! Yo u a r e n o w a L i v e M e e t i n g w i z a r d

D I G I T A L P H O T O G R A P H Y 1 0 1 - S A N D Y F R O S T

Jus t fo r Beg inners…

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY 101


B u c k W i l l o u g h b y

• F S e m p l o y e e f o r n e a r l y 3 0 - y e a r s .

• W i s c o n s i n k i d , b u t h a v e l i v e d a n d w o r k e d i n A l a s k a , M o n t a n a , D C a n d G e o r g i a .

• P a r t n e r s h i p L i a i s o n w i t h W O - W F W A R P.

• W o r k v i r t u a l l y f r o m n o r t h G e o r g i a ( h u b b y i s i n R 8 R O ) .

• L O V E p h o t o g r a p h y a n d I a m a p a s s i o n a t e h o b b i e s t !

HOWDY Y’ALL!


THANKS!• Nat iona l Na tu reWatch

P rog ram• K i m W i n t e r

• k a w i n t e r @ f s . f e d . u s

• Ch i l d ren ’s Fo res t Commun i t y o f P rac t i ce• M i k e H i l l

• m a h i l l @ f s . f e d . u s

• S t e p h a n i e Va l e n t i n e

• s j v a l e n t i n e @ f s . f e d . u s


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HOW WE’LL SPEND OUR TIME…


• Dig i ta l Pho tog raphy Bas ics• H o w t h e m a g i c w o r k s .

• Yo u r c a m e r a - y o u r f r i e n d .

• S t r a n g e w o r d s , s t r a n g e r m e a n i n g s .

• What Makes a Good Pho to?• R u l e s o f c o m p o s i t i o n .

• T i p s a n d t r i c k s .

HOW WE’LL SPEND OUR TIME…


• Mak ing the FS Happy !• M o d e l r e l e a s e & C o p y r i g h t – o r n o t !• U n i f o r m s & S a f e t y

• Play ing w i th Your Pho tos• O p t i m i z i n g p h o t o s i n M S O f f i c e P i c t u r e M a n a g e r .• O r g a n i z i n g a n d a r c h i v i n g .

• Prac t i ce , P rac t i ce ! Share , Share !• S o c i a l M e d i a ; p u b l i c d o m a i n w e b s i t e s

VOODOO MAGIC- IT ’S ALL ABOUT LIGHT

• The essence o f pho tog raphy i s cap tu r ing l i gh t .

• Trad i t i ona l l y, l i gh t i s cap tu red on sens i t i ve f i lm .

• Today l i gh t i s cap tu red on compute r e lements .


G E T T I N G T O K N O W Y O U R C A M E R A


Your manual is your friend! Read it! (and keep it handy)

TWO THREE KINDS OF CAMERAS

• E a s y t o u s e .

• 2 - 6 + M e g a p i x e l s .

• L i t t l e u s e r c o n t r o l o r f l e x i b i l i t y .

• F i x e d l e n s – o p t i c a l z o o m p r e f e r a b l e t o d i g i t a l z o o m .

• $ 1 0 0 - $ 4 0 0 .


Point & Shoot S t e e p l e a r n i n g

c u r v e f o r n e w S L R u s e r s .

6 - 2 4 M e g a p i x e l s . L e n s a n d

a c c e s s o r i e s c a n b e c h o s e n

M a x i m u m u s e r c o n t r o l .

$ 6 0 0 - $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 .

Digital SLR E v e r y o n e h a s

o n e ! 1 - 4 1 M e g a p i x e l s L i m i t e d c o n t r o l

o v e r p i c t u r e s . M a n y a p p s

a v a i l a b l e . $ $ ? ?

Mobile Phones

YOUR CAMERA BAG!

• S o f t , s m a l l c a s e .

• H a r d c a s e ( e g . P e l i k a n ) .

• C a m e r a b a c k p a c k .


E x t r a b a t t e r i e s . L e n s c l o t h a n d c l e a n e r. N o t e p a d . C a m e r a i n s t r u c t i o n

m a n u a l . I d e n t i f i c a t i o n . P l a s t i c b a g g i e s . B e a n b a g , m o n o p o d .

Goodies

Choices


Trace Frost

WHAT’S THAT?!?! – F ILM WORDS


• ISO (or ASA)• Measurement of the ‘speed’ of the film (sensitivity to light). The

higher the ISO, the ‘faster’, or more sensitive to light the film is. EG Kodachrome 64, 200, 400

• F-Stop • Size of lens opening or aperture – the smaller the number, the

larger the ‘hole’; EG F 3.2, 8, 16

• Shut ter Speed• Speed at which shutter opens and closes. Measured in 1/100 ths

of a second. A combination of shutter speed and F-Stop determine exposure.

WHAT’S THAT?!?! – DIGITAL TERMS


• Pixe l (P ic ture E lement )• Smallest element of a digitized image.

• Megapixe l • One million pixels

• Resolu t ion• Number of pixels in an image—higher the resolution, the better

the image.

• PPI (P ixe ls Per Inch)• Used to describe resolution. 72 ppi for monitors, at least 150

ppi for realistic prints.

WHAT’S THAT?!?! – DIGITAL TERMS


• Ki lobyte (KB)• Amount of computer information consisting of 1,000 bytes.

• Megabyte -Terabyte (MB, GB, TB)• Amount of computer information consisting of about 1 million

bytes, and up to Terabyte consisting of 1 trillion bytes.

• LCD – L iqu id Crysta l D isp lay• Full-color display screen used to preview pictures.

OF JPEGS, TIFFS AND RAW…


• J P E G – J o i n t P h o t o g r a p h i c E x p e r t s G r o u p• Most common photo format.

• Compresses image—lossy.

• Low, medium or high quality.

• T I F F – • Higher quality, larger file size.

• R AW – f o r m a t v a r i e s b y b r a n d• Highest quality, largest file size (13+MB)

• Can only be viewed and edited with special software from manufacturer.

RESOLUTION – A KEY TO DIGITAL UNDERSTANDING!


Resolut ion is the amount of in format ion in an image. I t i s measured in p ixe ls / inch.

RESOLUTION – A KEY TO DIGITAL UNDERSTANDING!


You can a lways SUBTRACT in fo ; you can neve r add i t !

FOR EXAMPLE…


Low Resolution High Resolution

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT


Largest Print Size

Megapixels Resolution/Picture Quality

Wallet Size <1 MP E-mail or web

4” x 6” 1 MP 800x600 Low

5” x 7” 2 MP 1024x768 OK

8” x 10” 3 MP 1600x1200 Avg.

11” x 14” 4-5 MP 2272x1704 High

13” x 19” + 6+ MP Very High

SOOOOOO…..


• A l w a y s t a k e y o u r p i c t u r e s a t t h e h i g h e s t r e s o l u t i o n t h a t y o u r c a m e r a a n d m e m o r y s t o r a g e w i l l a l l o w.

• Yo u c a n a l w a y s m a k e y o u r i m a g e s m a l l e r ; y o u c a n n e v e r m a k e i t l a r g e r !

• I n v e s t i n m o r e s t o r a g e m e d i a !

• U s e y o u r i m a g e m a n i p u l a t i o n s o f t w a r e t o o p t i m i z e y o u r p i c t u r e s .


T r a c e F r o s t

WHAT MAKES A PHOTO COMPELLING?


RULES OF COMPOSITION

• Rule o f Th i rds

• Move in C lose

• Ki l l t he C lu t te r

• Look Your Sub jec t i n the Eye

• Framing and Lead ing L ines


Follow rules until you know when to break them…

D a r l e n e S e a r s

RULE OF THIRDS


Place subject and horizon at intersections

RULE OF THIRDS


K i p T y l e r

RULE OF THIRDS


MOVE IN CLOSE


U . S . F o r e s t S e r v i c e p h o t o ; A s h l e y A t k i n s o n

MOVE IN CLOSE


T o m I r a c i

KILL THE CLUTTER


T r a c e F r o s t

• T h i n k a b o u t y o u r b a c k g r o u n d .

• O p e n y o u r F -s t o p t o c r e a t e ‘ d e p t h o f f i e l d ’ .

KILL THE CLUTTER


LOOK YOUR SUBJECT IN THE EYE


M i l o B u r c h a m

FRAMING AND LEADING LINES


T o m I r a c i

FRAMING AND LEADING LINES


K i p T y l e r

PHOTO TIPS & TRICKS-LIGHT• L e a r n t o se e

‘ i n t e r e s t i n g ’ l i g h t . • S h o o t i n mo r n i n g o r

e v e n i n g s f o r b e s t l i g h t ( a vo i d m i d - d a y, b r i g h t s u n ! ) .

• Us e a v a i l a b l e l i g h t wh e n p o s s i b l e .

• L o o k f o r l i g h t - d a r k c o n t r a s t s .

• Co n s i d e r s i l h o u e t t e s .


PHOTO TIPS & TRICKS- COLOR!• Us e c o l o r t o yo u r

a d v a n ta g e . • Dr e s s yo u r ‘ m o d e l s ’ i n

r e d f o r wo n d e r f u l ‘ p e o p l e - i n - n a tu r e ’ p h o to s .

• Co n s i d e r mo n o c h r o m e p i c t u r e s .

• F i x c o l o r s a tu r a t i o n a n d b a l a n c e i n s o f twa re .


PHOTO TIPS & TRICKS-COMPOSITION

• Recogn i ze “S ” cu rves and use them.

• Recogn i ze l i nes and pa t te rns .

• Move the ho r i zon l i ne .

• F ind d iagona l s and i nco rpo ra te t hem.

• Pho tog raph f r om d i f f e ren t po in t s o f v i ew.


PHOTO TIPS & TRICKS-TELL A STORY

• Te l l a s t o r y w i t h y o u r p h o to g r a p h .

• Ca p tu re t h e h u m a n i n t e r e s t e l e m e n t .

• P r e -v i su a l i z e y o u r p i c t u r e s .

• S h o w m o t i o n .

• I l l u s t r a te s c a l e .

• S e a r c h f o r c o n t r a s t s .


SMART TIPS FOR SMARTPHONE PICS!• C o n s i d e r c o m p o s i t i o n .

• N e v e r u s e t h e p h o n e c a m e r a z o o m !

• S h o o t i n p o r t r a i t m o d e .

• M a k e s u r e l i g h t s o u r c e i s s h i n i n g i n s u b j e c t ’ s f a c e .

• H o l d y o u r p h o n e s t e a d y – t a k e a d e e p b r e a t h .

• C l e a n y o u r l e n s .


• A p p s a r e g r e a t !• E d i t , e d i t , e d i t .• S h a r e , s h a r e , s h a r e .

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

• Ta k e L O T S o f p i c t u r e s ! B y t e s a r e c h e a p !

• S h o o t t h e s a m e s u b j e c t f r o m m a n y d i f f e r e n t p e r s p e c t i v e s – h i , l o w, z o o m i n a n d o u t .

• B r a c k e t y o u r e x p o s u r e ( i f y o u r c a m e r a a l l o w s ) .

• S h o o t , s h o o t , s h o o t ! ( i f y o u g e t 1 g o o d p i c t u r e / 1 0 0 y o u ’ r e d o i n g w e l l ! )

• T h r o w, t h r o w, t h r o w !



STAYING LEGAL IN THE FS


• Copyr ight?• I f y o u t a k e p h o t o s d u r i n g w o r k t i m e w i t h w o r k

e q u i p m e n t , t h e r e i s N O c o p y r i g h t .• I m a g e s a r e i n t h e ‘ p u b l i c d o m a i n ’ • A n y o n e c a n u s e t h e i m a g e s a s t h e y w i s h .

• I f y o u t a k e p i c t u r e s o n y o u r o w n t i m e w i t h y o u r o w n e q u i p m e n t – A N D – y o u g i v e t h e m t o t h e F S , t h e y ’ r e i n t h e p u b l i c d o m a i n .

• I f y o u w a n t t o c o p y r i g h t y o u r p h o t o s , b e c a r e f u l t o n o t m i x w o r k a n d p l a y. T h e w a t e r s g e t m u d d y !

• C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s a n d o t h e r c o p y r i g h t t h o u g h t s …



• Photo Re lease?• I f a p e r s o n h a s a r e a s o n a b l e e x p e c t a t i o n o f

p r i v a c y, w e c a n n o t u s e a p h o t o i n o u r w o r k u n l e s s w e h a v e a p h o t o r e l e a s e .

• I f p e r s o n i s i n a c r o w d i n a p u b l i c p l a c e , w e c a n u s e t h e p h o t o .

• A l w a y s n e e d r e l e a s e f o r u s e o f p h o t o s o f c h i l d r e n , s i g n e d b y p a r e n t / g u a r d i a n .

• To b e s a f e , i f t h e p e r s o n i s r e c o g n i z a b l e , w e s h o u l d h a v e a r e l e a s e .



• P h o t o R e l e a s e ?

• I f y o u t h i n k y o u ’ v e g o t a g r e a t p i c t u r e , p l e a s e g e t a r e l e a s e .

• K e e p i t , a n d t u r n i t i n t o t h e p u b l i c a f f a i r s p r o g r a m w i t h t h e p h o t o , a n d m a i n t a i n a c o p y f o r y o u r f i l e s .

• U s e y o u r f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s a s m o d e l s

FULL UNIFORM!

• I f y o u t a k e a p i c t u r e o f a n u n i f o r m e d F S e m p l o y e e , i t s h o u l d b e t h e F U L L u n i f o r m !

• B a s e b a l l c a p s , j e a n s , H e l l y H a n s o n s w o n ’ t w o r k .

• B e t t e r n o u n i f o r m t h a n o n e w o r n i n c o r r e c t l y.

• Tr y t o g e t s h i e l d i n p h o t o .

• C a r r y u n i f o r m c o m p o n e n t s w i t h y o u .


SAFETY!! !

• B e s a f e w h e n p h o t o g r a p h i n g .

• W h e n i n t h e f i e l d , y o u s h o u l d h a v e y o u r p r o p e r s a f e t y g e a r – a n d y o u r p h o t o s s h o u l d r e f l e c t t h a t .

• P h o t o s o f u n s a f e e m p l o y e e s w i l l n o t b e u s e d .

• Yo u a n d t h e e m p l o y e e w i l l l i k e l y b e “ c o u n s e l e d . ”


ETHICS? JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD!• D i g i t a l p h o t o g r a p h y g i v e s

u s t o o l s t o d i s t o r t r e a l i t y.

• T h i n k a b o u t …• In what context is the photo being

used?

• Is the photo a fair and accurate representation of the information being presented?

• Does this photo deceive the reader?

• E t h i c s a r e p e r s o n a l c h o i c e s .


• B r i g h t n e s s / c o n t r a s t c o n t r o l .

• B u r n i n g & d o d g i n g .• C o l o r c o r r e c t i o n .• C r o p p i n g t o f i t l a y o u t .• R e t o u c h i n g f o r d u s t &

s c r a t c h e s

• A d d i n g , m o v i n g o r r e m o v i n g o b j e c t s w i t h i n t h e f r a m e .

• C o l o r c h a n g e o t h e r t h a n t o r e s t o r e w h a t t h e s u b j e c t l o o k e d l i k e .

• C r o p p i n g t o a l t e r m e a n i n g .

• F l o p p i n g ( l e f t / r i g h t r e v e r s a l ) .

“MY” ETHICAL BOUNDARIES…


Generally Allowed!

Never Allowed!


T r a c e F r o s t

OPTIMIZING YOUR PHOTOS


• You o f ten need to op t im ize your ‘ r aw ’ d ig i ta l pho to fo r e -ma i l s o r repor t s .• To o l a r g e .

• P o o r c o m p o s i t i o n .

• P o o r e x p o s u r e .

• Always save your o r ig ina l image – use “ save as ” to c rea te your work ing copy.

FS IMAGE TOOLS*

• M i c r o s o f t O f f i c e P i c t u r e M a n a g e r ( u n d e r “ M S O f f i c e 2 0 1 0 To o l s ” )

• M S O f f i c e — m o s t p r o g r a m s h a v e i m a g e e d i t i n g c a p a b i l i t y

• P a i n t ( y u c k )


*So r ry—they ’ re no t so good !

• Google Picassa• ACDSee• Perfect Photo Suite

• Adobe PhotoShop• Adobe Photo Elements• Adobe Lightroom

E x p e d i t e d TA S o f t w a r e s ! h t t p : / /f s w e b . w o . f s . f e d . u s /i r m / a s s e t / t e c h -a p p r o v a l / c o m p u t e r -s o f t w a r e . p h p

OPTIMIZING PHOTOS IN MS OFFICE PICTURE MANAGER

• C h a n g e r e s o l u t i o n a n d p h y s i c a l s i z e o f i m a g e .

• C r o p .

• A d j u s t c o l o r b a l a n c e a n d c o n t r a s t ( a u t o b a l a n c e ) .

• R o t a t e a n d F l i p


Most Common Tweaks!



Changing physical size and resolution = fi le size

• C h o o s e “ R e s i z e ” .

• Yo u c a n a d j u s t q u i c k l y w i t h “ P r e d e f i n e d ” p a r a m e t e r s .

• Yo u c a n s e t t h e p i x e l s i z e y o u w a n t .

• Yo u c a n c h a n g e % .

• B e s u r e t o u s e “ S AV E A S ” !

This image went from 8 MB, to 225 Kb

when saved as “large email” size!



Compress Pictures• C h o o s e “ C o m p r e s s ” .

• C h o s e t h e i n t e n d e d p u r p o s e o f y o u r p h o t o • Documents (1024 x 768 pixels)

• Web Pages (448 x 336 pixels)

• E-mail messages (160 x 160 pixels)

• B e s u r e t o u s e “ S AV E A S ” !

This image went from 7 MB, to 80 Kb when saved as “web page”

size!



Batch Renaming!• C h o o s e t h e i m a g e s y o u

w a n t t o r e n a m e .

• Yo u c a n “ r e p l a c e ” , “ p r e c e d e ” , o r “ f o l l o w ” t h e o r i g i n a l n a m e .

• Yo u c a n a d d s e q u e n t i a l n u m b e r s , b e f o r e o r a f t e r f i l e n a m e !

• R e m e m b e r t o i n c l u d e “ - ” a n d N O s p a c e s !

• C o o l ! !


A n d r e a B e d e l l - L o u c k s

ORGANIZING AND ARCHIVING


• P 2 3 0 1 9 3 8 4 9 ? ? ? W h a t ’ s i n a n a m e ?• M o s t c a m e r a s a s s i g n a n u n i n t e l l i g i b l e n a m e t o

y o u r i m a g e . • C h e c k t o s e e i f y o u c a n ‘ b a t c h ’ r e n a m e i m a g e s

( p o s s i b l e i n s o m e s o f t w a r e s a n d w i t h O f f i c e P i c t u r e M a n a g e r )

• I f n o t , y o u ’ l l h a v e t o m a n u a l l y r e n a m e t h e m o r l i v e w i t h u s e l e s s n a m e s .

• I f y o u d o r e n a m e t h e m , t r y f o r c o n s i s t e n c y !

What to do with Gigabytes of Images??

ORGANIZING AND ARCHIVING


• D e v e l o p s o m e f i l i n g s y s t e m t h a t m a k e s s e n s e t o y o u — b y t o p i c , b y d a t e , e t c .

• S a v e y o u r o r i g i n a l f i l e s — w h e n y o u m o d i f y t h e m , ‘ s a v e a s ’ . Yo u c a n a l w a y s g o b a c k t o y o u r o r i g i n a l !

• B e r u t h l e s s a n d t o s s y o u r s u b s t a n d a r d p i c s .• S a v e y o u r i m a g e s t o a H a r d D r i v e , o r b u r n t h e m

t o a C D ( 6 5 0 M B ) o r a D V D ( 4 . 7 G B )• Make sure you can access them with the new OS!!

What to do with Gigabytes of Images??

FS RECORDS MANAGEMENT


• D i g i t a l i m a g e s c a n b e o f f i c i a l F S r e c o r d s ! • O f f i c i a l r e c o r d s n e e d t o f o l l o w N A R A

g u i d e l i n e s ( > 6 M B , o r i g i n a l r e s . , m e t a d a t a … )

• P r o j e c t P h o t o s : P r i n t a n d f i l e i n p r o j e c t f o l d e r .

• “ S i g n i f i c a n t ” P h o t o s : c o n s i d e r c o n t r i b u t i n g t o n a t i o n a l D i g i t a l A s s e t M a n a g e m e n t ( W O - O C ; K a r l P e r r y ) .

• F S H a n d b o o k 6 2 0 9 . 11 , C h a p t e r 4 0 ( s o o n t o b e u p d a t e d ! )

• E a c h R / S / A h a s R e c o r d s M a n a g e r ; e a c h N F & G u n i t h a s R e c o r d s L i a i s o n .

• T h i n g s a r e e v o l v i n g ! ! K e e p y o u r p i c s s a f e , o r g a n i z e d a n d i d e n t i f i e d !

TELL YOUR STORY! SOCIAL MEDIA

• M a n y n e w s o c i a l m e d i a p l a t f o r m s !

• F o r e s t S e r v i c e s u s e s m a n y, b u t t h e r e a r e r e s t r i c t i o n s …• Facebook – through One USDA• Blogs – through One USDA• Flickr – through One USDA• Twitter – Units can have their own

Twitter accounts!

• Wo r k w i t h y o u r P u b l i c A f f a i r s s t a f f t o g e t y o u r s t o r i e s o u t !


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