Photography Basics

Photography Basics is intended for optometric and ophthalmic assistants of beginning and intermediate levels.

After completing this section the student should be able to do the following:

• Describe the makeup of film
• Discuss the basic difference in the make up of color versus black and white film
• Identify fast versus slow film from f stop numbers
• Describe exposure density and how it relates silver halide crystals
• List common shutter speeds and identify the faster speed versus the slower speed
• Discuss how the amount of light present affects the needed shutter speed
• Define f-stop and describe how a change in the f stop number affects the amount of light that passes to the film
• Describe depth of field as it relates to photography
• Discuss how resolution is affected by the number of grains on the film
• Identify which focal length would be telephoto versus panoramic
• Identify what is being photographed in fundus photography
• Describe the function of the following parts of the fundus camera: Ocular, Joystick, Magnification lever, focus knob, chin rest height adjuster, shutter release button, pupil size selector
• List main steps in performing fundus photography
• Describe how to load and rewind film properly in a 35 mm camera back
• Describe what types of photos should be taken for each of the following situations: Glaucoma, Diabetes, Choroidal nevus, Fluorescein angiography
• Identify what causes specific artifacts on fundus photos

This course should take approximately 1 hour to complete.

This course has been approved by the AOA Commission on Paraoptometric Certification (CPC) for continuing education credit for use toward paraoptometric certification renewal.