I'm teaching Entry level ICT & am willing share resources I've created... just wondering if there's any kind teachers or computer/multimedia buffs out there who don't mind sharing some fun things to do that have an educational element in them. I'm not really a buff-just picked up things in the last couple of years. what sort of camera - good question! didnt think of that one - not at the school now so cant remember - I know we've got the digital blue little video camer with its own software which is fun & we also have a camera where it takes a floppy disk & stores about 3/4 photos straight onto it. mmm.... there's another camera that takes a memory card of some sort but I've not ever used that one. Perhaps if you just give a few general pointers - its not just digital cameras - its anything that you know of in the multimedia world thats simple, educ & fun that involves a computer...sorry to sound so vague - I dont want to be too specific so the responses I get will be varied and inspirational. Thank you very much for taking the time! Below are 2 entries you can try (Photographing fireworks and Panoramas). If you would like more, let me know.
Most digital cameras are slower than film cameras which make photographing fireworks with a digital camera more challenging. If the digital camera is an inexpensive model with auto focus only, you may not be able to photograph fireworks. But shooting fireworks can be accomplished if your camera permits manual settings.
A Use a tripod. It is impossible to hold a camera perfectly still for the length if time required for a long exposure.
B Use a triggering device such as a cable release or a remote triggering device to prevent moving the camera.
C Turn your mode dial to landscape to take care of focusing issues. Your manual should have instructions for this.
D Take pictures on the highest quality setting鈥攔educed quality settings will cause some digital information to be lost. Again, your manual should explain all that.
There is a wonderful site from the New York Institute of Photography, written by Jim Barthman. It also includes links to other fireworks photography sites.
http://www.nyip.com/tips/current/digfire...
Panoramic pictures: When viewing a photo on this site, you can double-click a photo to enlarge it.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammen/pnhtml/pnhom...
Shooting a panoramic view: This free shareware can help you put your pictures together
A The download for Windows:
AutoStitch makes a panoramic scene out of overlapping photos by removing the overlapped portions of the scene.
This free program comes with a sample set of photos on which to experiment. To use AutoStitch, you will have to select the whole set of photos. AutoStitch opens them simultaneously and puts them together and automatically saves the finished photo. It even opens your picture viewer to show you the result.
AutoStitch does not handle fish-eye lens photos very well. AutoStitch requires Windows 98, 2000, or XP.
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/...
B The download for Macs:
Hugin assembles a panoramic scene from overlapping photos on a Mac. With Hugin, you will need to select control points for each of your photos鈥攖hese are points that overlap with one or more of the other photos.
Hugin is another free program from SourceForge. Hugin requires OS X 10.3, or 10.4
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin what type of digital cam do you have? there are tones of stuff on the net, but if I could help you with ponters Id be glad to,
ADDED: we did an experiment (dont know if this will interest you or not) where we gave 20 kids disposable cameras to go to the zoo, and some had digital cameras, but honestly,.when we developed the disposables, the kids (9 - 14) had put so much effort in and it was obvious Lots of info here. |
