Presented by Jerry DeWitt on June 8, 2009 in Des Moines at the ACE-NETC annual conference. Jerry DeWitt is one of the most passionate and experienced voices in sustainable agriculture. He directs the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and coordinates the Iowa Learning Farm at Iowa State University. An entomologist by training, he is an accomplished photographer whose images have been published in two books: People Sustaining the Land (Vagnetti and DeWitt, 2002), and Renewing the Countryside – Iowa (RTC II, 2003). DeWitt will share techniques, photographs and stories about his work with farmers around the world. "These are the people who have sustained their land, their lives and ultimately me," he says. Participants will receive a copy of Renewing the Countryside - Iowa.

1. Seeing is Believing: Using the Power of Photography to Tell the Story of Sustainable Agriculture Jerry DeWitt Iowa State University [email_address]

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5. Can you tell the difference?

6. Can you tell the difference? SLR slide film digital

9. Its not the camera that makes a good photo…..its YOU! Leslie Durham

10. Film Speed? ASA 50-100-200-400….800…1600 Print Slide Digital

11. ASA Speed Difference

12. ASA Speed Difference 200 400 800 1600

15. Pixels and Print Size Resolution Maximum print size 1 megapixel 5 x 7 inches 2 megapixels 8 x 10 inches 3 megapixels 11 x 14 inches 4 megapixels 20 x 30 inches

16. The number of horizontal pixels is 2,160 The number of vertical pixels is 1,440 2,160 X 1,440 = 3,110,400 pixels Or 3.1 megapixels. Calculating megapixels

17. Save as jpegs 640 x 480 1600 x 1200 2080 x 1560 2560 x 1920 3264 x 2176 3264 x 2448

18. Save as jpegs 640 x 480 1600 x 1200 2080 x 1560 2560 x 1920 3264 x 2176 3264 x 2448

19. Composing Your Photographs

20. Composition and Balance

21. Composition “Rule of the Thirds” X X X X

22. Repetition

26. S-Curves

30. Tension

31. Movement

32. Tips for you

33. #1 Fill the frame

36. #2 Get Close

37. reference

41. #3 Watch the heads and hats

44. #4 Pose them

46. #5 Use a flash in the day Fill flash

48. #6 Take several shots

49. #7 Change the angle

55. #8 Saturate the image Polarizer filter or 1/3 f-stop down

56. #9 watch for magic light Early morning or evening

58. Add clouds

59. # 10 Use a zoom or close up lens 300 mm 28 mm

62. # 11Back off from the wall Bad shadows

63. # 12 Don’t shoot towards the sun?

65. # 13 Remember extra batteries and digital memory cards Compact Flash Sundisk Secure Digital

66. # 13 Remember the batteries or this is what you will get!

67. # 14 Aperture choice for focus f 2.8 f 22

68. Lets look at some images

69. Frame it

73. Use red!

76. Low light

78. Focus, point to light and hold down AE, and shoot

80. Night photography

81. The eyes

82. Back lighting

85. Backlight water

86. Signage

87. Be ready

91. Take a series of photos

97. reflections

105. solarization

107. Jerry DeWitt Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture