Don't Forget Your Camera: Lessons Learned In Documentation

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Of all the once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, one of the easiest to prepare for is the creation of your next project. Like every such event, you should have lots of pictures of the process and your only chance is now. After making the novice mistakes of relying on fuzzy photographs of a (temporarily) working circuit with an iPhone 2G and arranging for people to demonstrate a piece without taking lighting into account, Elizabeth wants to spare you the same agonies. Learn why, what, and how to document your next great project. Elizabeth will share opportunities missed, lessons learned, specific tips for documenting your next great project. For a written summary of the presentation content, visit http://efuller.net/blog/dont-forget-your-camera.

Lessons Learned in Documentation
Elizabeth Fuller
elizabeth@efuller.net
@jumpingship
Don’t Forget Your Camera

I am not a professional photographer
[disclaimer]

Don't Forget Your Camera: Lessons Learned In Documentation

I can’t count on someone else for
documentation

The end of a project shouldn't be the
only time for documentation

Overview
Why document
What to document
How to document

Everything
You limiting factor should not be the amount of memory on
your SD card.

It's hard to predict what pictures will
be useful in the future

The core goal in digital photography
documentation is to maximize the amount and
range of data collected in an image by ﬁnding
the sweet spot between a collection of variables
Focus
Aperture
Exposure
ISO
Shutter Speed

Single lens reﬂex (SLR) cameras
Control over variables
Flexibility of lenses
Larger sensors and lenses = more data

Focus
Make sure your main subject is in focus. You'd be amazed how many
times the most important text is blurry because the focus is off.

Exposure
The amount of light exposed to a sensor

ISO
How sensitive your sensor is to light

Shutter speed
The period of time the shutter exposes the lense

Focal Length
angle of view and magniﬁcation

Long focal length, far away subjects.
Telephoto Lens

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of
the good.

Measure twice.
Cut once.
Photograph everything.

Thank You
Elizabeth Fuller
elizabeth@efuller.net
@jumpingship

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