Evan

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USING A DIGITAL CAMERA

 * **What is meant by pixel resolution and how does this affect the resolution of the image?**
 * Pixel resolution effects how clear your image will be – the higher the resolution the higher the detail.

The data of the image usually can’t be transferred to the memory card as fast as the shots are being taken. Having said that, the more RAM and the higher the speed of your SD card – the more shots you will be able to take in a sequence.
 * **Why is the RAM capacity of a digital camera relevant?**
 * Depending on the type of camera you use, it becomes relevant when taking a series of shots over a short course of time.

Certain focal lengths help to focus on specific objects in the frame, whether it be a scenic shot of a mountain in the distance or a portrait shot of somebody, the focal lenghs are required to focus and capture a clean non-blurry image. Shutter speeds are important because the environment in which you are shooting more than often changes.
 * **Why are shutter speed and focal lengths important to check when capturing a digital image?**
 * Unless you want blurry photos that are too light or dark, shutter speed and focal lengths are a very important factor when capturing that perfect image.

Taking photos inside would require a lower shutter speed to let the image capture more light and brighten up the photo. If you were to go outside from there, you would have to increase the shutter speed of your camera to ensure the amount of light let through wasn’t too much otherwise you will end up with a photo that is too bright.


 * **What are the safety requirements for handling and storing lithium batteries?**
 * Batteries should be stored in a cool, well ventilated, secure dry environment in temperatures below 25 degrees.

UPLOADING AND PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGES USING A COMPUTER
With a USB cable that goes directly from your computer to your camera, you can copy/cut and paste the image(s) into a directory that you can access later. The memory card reader works in a similar way, accept it requires you to take the memory card out of the camera and insert it into the reader.
 * **How are digital images uploaded to a computer from the computer card interface / disk?**
 * Digital images can be uploaded in a number of different ways these days. The most common way of doing this though is usually via USB cable or by using a memory card reader.


 * **What is the process for filing and creating photographic image files on the computer?**
 * Images should be stored into folders – similar to file cabinets, the best way to organise your images is to name them when saving the image. Categorize those named images into separate sub folders of genre. For example - having a separate folder for all your black and white images, then another for landscape images, then another for portraits, and so on. This makes finding certain photos a whole lot easier in the future, especially when you’ve captures hundreds, or even thousands of images.


 * **What is required to enhance, crop and alter photographic images electronically?**
 * There are a number of different programs, the pioneer being photoshop. There are many free downloadable programs, such as Picnik or GIMP that can do similar things just without going into as much detail.


 * **What considerations need to be made to assess a digital photograph suitable for a newspaper, glossy brochure and web page?**
 * Considering the audience that will be reading it should be one of the first – you don’t want something that may be offensive to the reader(s). For a glossy magazine you would want to consider the aspect ratio to ensure the image fits perfectly on the page with no blank spaces and pixel resolution so the image is nice and clear. Considering the size of the image that is being used for the web page can also be helpful, giving an image a high compression can allow the website to load quicker.


 * **Which slideshow software do you prefer: Slideflickr; Photobucket; Slide?**
 * **Did you find all/any easy to use and easy to place your slideshows on your Wiki page or in your Blog?**


 * I prefer Photobucket because I've used it before so I'm familiar with using that.
 * It was fairly simple, I didn't have too many issues placing them onto my blog page.


 * **Did you find it easy or hard to join Flickr and Photobucket?**
 * **Was it easy to upload photos to those sites?**
 * **Was it easy to find followers/friends?**
 * **Would you use either of these sites outside of TAFE as a way of sharing photos with family and friends?**


 * Joining both websites was easy.
 * Uploading photos on both websites is simple, easy to navigate around and there are step by step instructions explaining how to upload your photos/videos and add tags and descriptions about them.
 * Both have their own 'friends' tab that is easy to find on the main homepage of each site.
 * I think I'll continue to use one of the two, not because I prefer one to the other but because I don't see any point in using both to host photos it's just twice as much uploading/organising that would have to be done.


 * ======**What do you like/dislike about Wikis and Blogs?**======
 * ======**What did you find easy/hard when using Wikispaces and Blogger?**======
 * ======**Would you use either of these outside of TAFE?**======


 * I like being able to check my homework and other things people in my class have done on Wikispaces.com, I also enjoy being able to customize the way my Blog looks.
 * I found most of it pretty straight forward they're just a little difficult to navigate around.
 * Yes they're surprisingly handy. :)

Great - like the new image - Linda