Department of Plant Sciences                                                                               Schedule/Calendar
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Lectures

  • Photographic techniques:
    Composition; Viewpoint; Focusing and Depth of Field; Metering; Light; Back-lighting; Flash

  • Photographic equipment:
    The 35mm Camera; Digital Cameras; Lenses; Tripods; Filters; Reflectors; printers; computer monitors; LCD projectors

  • Plants versus Gardens:
    Plant Portraits and Close-ups; Vistas; Panoramas

  • Weather:
    Rain; Mist and Fog; Snow and Frost; Temperature

  • The Changing Seasons:
    Spring; Summer; Fall; Winter

  • Using Your Work:
    Presentations; Selling Your Work; Working with Publishers; Organizing Your Work

  • Organizing and storing your images:
    Moving images from camera to computer
    File storage and backup
    Making hard copies of photos

  • Using photo imaging software to adjust images:
    Adobe Photoshop and Elements
    Cropping; sizing; color balance; light adjustments; selections; layers; optimizing (gif vs jpg); smoothing; feathering; special effects (filters); etc.

  • Time lapse photography and short videos (if time allows)

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