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Photgraphy Lesson Thread
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11-23-2008, 05:42 AM
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Sinjin Kim is
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Photgraphy Lesson Thread
I am a rookie when it comes to photography and hopefully people can chime in with tips (especially compact digital camera shooting).
- I have been using a Canon SD400 for the last 5 years and recently got a Pentax Optio W60 and a Samsung TL34HD. So far I like both cameras but would like to learn how to pictures like folks such as James "corbinafly." If you have any suggestions (non-automatic mode tips), PLEASE help.
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11-23-2008, 09:04 AM
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I've also got the W60 and have tinkered with the settings but just can't seem to dial it in. Many of my pics have a "washed out" look. It's strange, because I have an old Kodak 4 megapixel but the pictures come out very sharp and crisp on this old POS.
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11-23-2008, 12:19 PM
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####. my post just got deleted, but i'll start again. first off, most cameras over 7 megapixels, and under 4 megapixels will not shoot that great of pictures.
in the case of lenses, ive also found out that the fixed lenses like the pentax w60, or most models of the nikon coolpix, tend to have crummy pictures, and i have proof of this, as i've gone through 4-5 cameras in the past 3-4 years. The cameras with the protruding lenses, like the Kodak C series, or the sony cybershot series tend to have better pictures because of the bigger lenses. so, so far; we've established your TL34HD, is going to be much better for scenery shots, seminar shots, blown up shots, and close ups. Your pentax will be better for, under water photography, random shots with friends, surf fishing, and etc. As far as settings go: Most cameras will have specific settings, like Sunset, text, portriat, High ISO, etc. Just basicially let it run on whatt it wants to, but if you know you'll be taking a specific picture of something, like a sunset, or a document, or a flower(my camera has a flower setting...i know right?) the setting will be ready to go, and will need no tweaking through photoshop. High ISO's are good for getting pictures of speeding cars going by, or planes, or things of that sort, im sure your camera has a landscape option, and snow and beach, i'd stick to beach on bright days, and landscape on not sunny days, it should take less tweaking in photoshop and the picture should come out better. my next post in 10 minutes will be different pictures taken with my camera on different settings. |
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11-23-2008, 12:30 PM
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As we can see here in the first picture,
 the picture looks clean and everything is readable, thats because the picture was taken on the "text" setting.While we take a look at this picture,  and we see that it's quite blurry, thats because it was taken on the beach setting, the beach setting usually tends to go on a higher brightness, and taken at a higher ISO for the camera to be able to actually capture the wave while its crashing. so with most cameras, you can look through the camera owners guide and see exactly what option does what as far as the picture quality, and settings go, you'll be able to fine tune and tweak in photoshop, but as far as everything else goes, it should be quite simple to do.Last edited by FromtheLBC; 11-23-2008 at 10:32 PM. |
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11-23-2008, 10:33 PM
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Flash, Use of flash, and when to use/not use flash.
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11-23-2008, 11:25 PM
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Flash, Use of flash, and when to use/not use flash.
Flash photography, at night time, its needed, during the day in the shade, its preferred, but over all, we all tend to end up having some sort of problem with flash photography. For this section of the tutorial, i'll be taking pictures in 6.1 megapixel, and down sizing them for a smaller size, but at no loss of picture quality.
ok, So first, we'll start what mode i selected, i chose flower, because it gives it a yellow tint to the picture, and because i was taking a picture of gold/yellow object. Most new cameras have autofocus, which will automatically focus the lense, as we can see, in this picture, the autofocus did its job wonderfully, ALSO REMOVED DUE TO SIZE ISSUES and the yellow filter did even better, making my calcutta 50 look vibrant. now on to the use flash. This first picture, has no flash, and my room light is on.  The next picture is the same mode, room light is on, and the flash is on too.  as you can see in the picture, the flash reflected off of the shiny-ness of the calcutta, and reflecting back into camera lense, causing a lighter area to show where the flash reflected, in times like this, no flash is better than flash. Flash will make your camera take the picture quicker, and with a steady hand in a darker areas, you can master it. heres another example, this time, we'll have no flash, room light on, flash with room light on, and lastly, flash with no room light.  As you can see, the picture came out quite well, extenuated yellows, and clear visibility on the calcutta, with medium to ok visibility on the back 2 reels. Now, lets take a look at the picture of the room light on, with the flash on.  next, is our flash on, with no room light. I took the picture down because of sizing issues, i'll put up during my next report. as we can see, the picture is darker in the corners, and the flash reflected back, so flash wasnt the right thing to use. For picking what you should use, just use best judgement, as far as text, beach, flash, no flash, etc... i'll put up a couple more tutorials later on this week about scenery shots, and what times are the best for scenery shots and different types and etc... Last edited by DementedFish; 11-25-2008 at 12:31 PM. Reason: Resized picture, too large. |
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11-25-2008, 12:10 PM
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As you know I used to be a photographer and know much about SLR cameras and taking pictures. I could write you a book on how to take pictures but unfortunately I don't have the time at the moment. When it comes to taking close up pictures of reels, or whatever, lighting is the key. The best and ideal way to do this is to set up 3 speedlights, two bouncing off of umbrellas and one master flash on the camera with a diffuser to soften the light. This will give you professional quality photos:
 Now most of us don't have this kind of equipment, so with a point and shoot camera (anything not an SLR is a point and shoot) you'll have to experiment with different lighting situations. I've found that sometimes natural lighting will in fact produce a good, clear photo, depending on the source of the light. Different light bulbs give off a different beam/color of light so this is something you need to be aware of. These are just tips for shooting close up items, such as reels and lures since thats what Sherwood was talking about. I'll provide more information on other items later. |
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