Borrowing Cameras:
We have a limited number of Sony Cyber-shot digital cameras to loan out to students.
The cameras have USB cords and plug directly into lab computers.
They use Sony Memory sticks.
Please email me at mcv2@psu.edu to set up a camera pick-up with me.
Camera loans will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Cameras may be kept by students from 1-3 days depending on the demand.
Also, some students may have cameras they would be willing to loan to other group members, maybe later in the semester, if there is a need, and they are comfortable doing so.

All cameras are different, using the camera manual is most helpful.

I suggest pictures be taken on highest or next to the highest quality -- and resaved to lower quality for the Web later. Saving higher quality pictures uses more of their memory space but you never know if you may want a picture for printing purpurses someday.

Purchasing Cameras:
For this class, our purposes of posting images to the web, cameras with 1-2 megapixel resolutiona are sufficient. Students interested in printing larger prints, may consider cameras with more megapixels 3-5.

Tips For Sucessful Digital Photographs:

When possible, turn off the flash. The flash tends to flatten the images and often leaves bright spots

Jerry Maddox's teaches Images for the Web at University Park.
According to Jerry:
"Two kinds of images do work well on the computer screen -- if you are using photographic images in you web work look for ones to use that have these particular qualities or a combination of them: rich texture and all over pattern or bold, simple shapes and little reliance on detail for effect."

He has posted some beautiful examples of sucessful digital photographs that adhere to these ideas:

Click here to view examples of Jerry's images with rich textures

Click here to view examples of Jerry's images with simple shapes and high contrast

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Masters-of-Photography