Digital Photography Essentials (Download)

Photography is an essential tool for genealogists—not only for capturing family memories now, but also for preserving old documents and heirlooms. This course will help you master the basics of using digital cameras, photo editing software and scanners in your genealogy work.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Basic digital photography terms and settings
• How to select a digital camera that's right for you
• How to fix underexposed photos
• How best to photograph people, places and things
• Tricks for photographing and scanning old documents and photos
• How to create and share photo slide shows

Check out this video from the course to get an idea of what you'll learn:

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

• Anyone new to digital photography
• Amateur photographers who'd like to learn about digital photo manipulation
• People with heirlooms and documents they'd like to preserve digitally

WHAT YOU'LL NEED: REQUIREMENTS & SUPPLIES

• A digital camera
• A free photo editing software such as PhotoScape
• A scanner (optional)