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title: Digital Photography 101 - Skillswap Brighton
date: 2007/11/20 12:46:00 -0800
tags: [{"name":"brighton","id":3772243},{"name":"event","id":3772242},{"name":"photography","id":3774211}]
author: Jane Dallaway
alias: /digital-photography-101-skillswap-brighton
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<br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janed/2050911084/">Setting up</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/janed/">Jane Dallaway</a> </span></div>
<p>When <a href="http://yandleblog.com/">Danny</a> was planning the week of <a href="http://www.skillswap-brighton.org/skillswap/">Skillswap</a>s during the <a href="http://www.brightondigitalfestival.co.uk/">Brighton Digital Festival</a> he asked me if I would be prepared to do a Photography 101 to go along with the other events he had planned. I decided that I'd give it go, and so last night saw me presenting on "Digital Photography 101". I initially wrote this talk for <a href="http://www.barcampbrighton.org/">Barcamp Brighton</a> but didn't have an opportunity to present it. <p />A pdf of my slides can be downloaded <a href="http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_AkC4ZdTI9tYWY1ZTgxOWYtMTUxOS00ODFkLTlhYmYtMTIwNTIyMzdjNzVh&hl=en_GB">here</a> (warning: it's 32MB in size which is the only reason it isn't on <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">slideshare</a>) and my accompanying notes can be found <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AfAkC4ZdTI9tZGNwc3d4amNfN2M2OWptMmY2&hl=en_GB">here</a>. <p />I felt the presentation went well and I was glad that I'd done a quick around the room to find out experience levels to gauge what level to aim at. I enjoyed the discussion at the end - some of the topics raised were watermarking, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_watermarking">digital watermarking</a>, multiple exposures/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracketing">exposure bracketing</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging">HDR</a>.<p />We then moved on to considering whether a "Geek Camera Club" or something would be worthwhile, and there certainly seemed to be some people who thought they'd be interested in a monthly meetup. The preferred format seemed to be based around photographic challenges - things like: taking photos using only a fixed aperture, a fixed focal distance, in black and white, etc. Certainly I find that having other people issuing me a challenge makes me think more. If you're interested in a "Geek Camera Club" or similar (based in Brighton probably), then leave me a comment and I'll try and see if I can get something organised.<p />As is typical for a skillswap, we continued the conversation in the Victory.</p>