Digital Photography 101: Managing Cameras, Lighting, and Workstations for Specimen Imaging
Workshop Venue
The venue for the workshop is in the collections facility of the Florida Museum of Natural History, located in Dickinson Hall on Museum Road (details to follow).
Walking directions from the Holiday Inn to Dickinson Hall:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Holiday+Inn+Gainesville-University+Ctr,+1250+W+University+Ave,+Gainesville,+FL+32601/Dickinson+Hall+-+Florida+Museum+Of+Natural+History,+Research+%26+Collections,+Museum+Road,+Gainesville,+FL/@29.6485867,-82.3455851,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x88e8a3846bb2291b:0xe3a9b91cc92c5bb8!2m2!1d-82.338596!2d29.652657!1m5!1m1!1s0x88e8a39d92d53e03:0x891d9e673a025213!2m2!1d-82.3438233!2d29.6445166!3e2.
Hotel Information
For those traveling, the nearest hotel is the Holiday Inn University Center. We have reserved a block of rooms for our group for 1-4 May at a
rate of $109.00/night, plus tax. Dickinson Hall is about a 15 minute walk from the Holiday Inn (see map link above).
You may call the Holiday Inn directly at (352) 376-1661, using the code IDB for our group. Or, you may make reservations using the following link:
https://www.holidayinn.com/redirect?path=hd&brandCode=hi&localeCode=en®ionCode=1&hotelCode=GNVUC&_PMID=99801505&GPC=IDB&viewfullsite=true.
PLEASE NOTE: Reservation deadline is 3 April to ensure availability at the room block pricing.
Agenda: Day 1: Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Day One | ||
Time | Topic | Presenter(s)/Leader(s) |
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7:00-8:00 | Coffee, Tea, OJ, Water, Pastries | |
8:00-8:10 | Welcome & Logistics | Gil Nelson |
8:10-8:40 | Introductions | All (lightning PPT) |
8:40-9:00 | Camera Basics 1.0 - Introduction to the camera body
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Joanna McCaffrey, Zach Randall |
9:00-9:10 | Camera Basics 1.0 Lab - Mastering the camera software settings With camera manual in hand, walk thru the software in the camera: find the copyright text, timezone, set the image quality, where is sharpness set, (Handouts) |
Gil/ZR/JM |
9:10-9:20 | Camera Basics 2.0 - Intermediate Camera Body
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Joanna McCaffrey, Zach Randall |
9:20-9:30 | Camera Basics 2.0 Lab Mastering the camera software settings: With camera manual in hand, practice moving the f/stop and speed around with the ISO setting to see how the images |
Zach Randall |
9:30-10:00 | Camera Basics 3.0 - Advanced Camera Body
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Joanna McCaffrey, Zach Randall |
10:00-10:20 | Camera Basics 3.0 Lab - Composition Filling the frame: nothing more, nothing less; cropping images in post-processing, composition, what is important? Which lenses to use, using different lenses. |
Gil/ZR/JM |
10:20-10:40 | Break | |
10:40-11:00 | Camera Image Basics 1.0
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Jeff Gage, Zach Randall |
11:00-11:20 | Camera Image Basics 1.0 Discussion |
Jeff Gage, Zach Randall |
11:20-11:40 | Imaging Workstations 1.0
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Gil Nelson & Stephanie Leon |
11:40-12:10 | Imaging Workstations 1.0 Lab Discussion |
Gil/ZR/JM |
12:10-12:15 | Q&A, Discussion, Morning Wrap-up | |
12:15-1:00 | Lunch (catered) | |
Afternoon Imaging Station Tours | ||
1:00-4:00 |
There is flexibility in what tours you take; there is time tomorrow for in-depth interactions.
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4:00-4:45 | Afternoon Snacks, Q&A, Discussion, Afternoon Wrap-up | |
5-6:30 | Field trip to Sweetwater Wetlands Park | |
7:00 | Dinner: Tall Paul's / The Social at Midtown (pizza provided) |
Day 2: Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Day Two | ||
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Time | Topic | Presenter(s)/Leader(s) |
7:00-8:00 | Coffee, Tea, OJ, Water, Pastries | |
8:00-8:45 | Software and Post-processing
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Gil Nelson |
8:45-9:15 | Image Metadata
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Kristen Grace |
9:15-9:45 | Discussion from previous day, directions for the day | |
9:45-10:00 | Break | |
10:00-11:30 | Lab & Field
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Gil/ZR/JM |
11:30-12:00+ | Q&A, Discussion, Workshop Wrap-up |
Possible eating venues:
- The Social at Midtown http://thesocialgnv.com/menu/ (352-373-7383), 1728 West University Ave
- Tall Paul's, (352) 505-0990) 10 SE 2nd Ave, no food, order pizza across the street