Photography

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Photography Merit Badge requirement resources include the Merit Badge Worksheet

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lesson video links, and links to related Merit Badges and Boy Scout Awards.
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Photography requires prior counselor approval for requirements #4a, 4b.

Photography Merit Badge

	Field of study:	Communications
	Status:	Elective	BSA Advancement ID:	083
	Created:	1911	Requirements Revision:	2006
	Discontinued:	N/A	Pamphlet Revision:	2008

1 Photography Requirements
2 Notes
3 Requirement resources
4 Related awards
5 See also
6 External links

Photography Requirements

Explain how the following elements and terms affect the quality of a picture:
a. Light-natural light/ambient, flash
b. Exposure-aperture (f-stops), shutter speed, depth of field
c. Composition-rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, depth
d. Angle of view
e. Stopping action
Explain the basic parts and operation of a film camera or digital camera. Explain how an exposure is made when you take a picture.
Discuss with your counselor the differences between a film camera and a digital camera. List at least five advantages and five disadvantages of using a digital camera versus using a film camera.
Do ONE of the following:
a. Produce a picture story using the photojournalistic technique of documenting an event. Share your plan with your counselor and get your counselor's input and approval before you proceed. Then, using either a film camera or a digital camera, produce your approved picture story. Process your images and select eight to 12 images that best tell your story. Arrange your images in order, then mount the prints on a poster board. If you are using digital images, you may create a slide show on your computer or produce printouts for your poster board. Share your picture story with your counselor.
b. Choose a topic that interests you to photograph for an exhibit or display. Get your counselor's approval, then photograph (digital or film) your topic. Process your images. Choose 20 of your favorite images and mount them on poster board. Share your display with your counselor. If you are using digital images, you may create a slide show on your computer or produce printouts for your poster board.
Discuss with your counselor the career opportunities in photography. Pick one that interests you and explain how to prepare for such a career. Discuss with your counselor the education and training such a career would require.

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Boy Scout Requirements, 2009 Edition (BSA Supply No. 33216)

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Notes

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Requirement resources

1. Lesson Videos: Beginning Photography - How to Use a Digital Camera - Taking Better Pictures - How a Camera Works - Intermediate Photography - Rule of Thirds

Glossary of Photography Terms - How Shutter Speed, Aperture, and Film Speed Affect Your Picture

1a.How to Use Light & Flash - Taking Better Photos: Framing and Lighting
1b. Great examples of shutter speed and aperture - Shutter speed - Exposure - Exposure & Shutter Speed - Aperture - Depth of field - Depth of focus
1c. Basic Photography: Rule of Thirds - Wikipedia:Rule of thirds - Leading Lines - Framing - Depth
1d. Angle of View - Angle of view
1e. Stopping Action
2. The diagrams you need are included in the Photography Worksheet.

How Cameras Work - Beginner's Guide

3. How Digital Cameras Work - Film vs. Digital - Digital versus film photography
4. The Citizenship in the Community #8 public presentation...of your community
could be given as a Communications #3 five-minute speech
using the techniques from Photography #4b to produce a picture story
and Art #1 to tell a story with...pictures
which could be developed into the Computers #6e short presentation.
5. Careers in Photography