Welcome to Photo 400
Digital Imaging
Fall 2011
(course codes:
21652 and 21654)
Instructor Betty Sederquist has published her photos in books, magazines, brochures and many other publications for more than 30 years. She has been teaching photography at Folsom Lake College (formerly a part of Cosumnes River College) off and on since 1989. She leads photo tours to Alaska and Ecuador (Amazon/Galapagos) and is leading trips to Alaska in the summer of 2011 and to Alaska and Africa in the summer of 2012. She also teaches private workshops. Although she has been using Adobe Photoshop almost since the inception of this software, she finally went all-digital with her photography in 2003 and has hardly looked back.
Above: Capturing that special moment takes lots of work and some luck. This Native American dancer was dancing for his family and friends in the village of Kake, Alaska. Post processing in Photoshop took care of the distracting background.
The perfect bicycling shoes, photographed in Seattle. The red was added later.
Here are some handouts that were the beginnings for an early outdoor photography class manual, Outdoor Photography, One Road to Better Images. The book is now out of print and precedes the digital age, but there are lots of good ideas here anyway.
- Camera (definition)
- Equipment and other camera basics
- Bracing your camera for sharper images
- Exposure: depth of field and shutter speed
- Glossary
- Lenses basics
- Film basics
- Filter Basics
- Landscapes: some philosophies and techniques from great photographers
- Portraiture
- Flash
- Flower and Close-Up Photography (newly revised)
- Night and Low Light Photography
- Wildlife Photography
- Some Slide Show Tips
- Publishing Your Photographs
Here are some links to all kinds of photography web sites you might enjoy. Originally developed for this class several years ago, this huge page has gained world-wide attention on the Web. Much information is here, from mini-courses and sources of supplies and equipment to workshops and portfolios.
For digital photographers, here are many important resources and fun ideas!