Id like to see the photo spread of you robbing a bank..LOL
Could show pictures of you scouting it out, pic with you getting read :P
Id like to see the photo spread of you robbing a bank..LOL
Could show pictures of you scouting it out, pic with you getting read :P
Proud partner with @Pokemon Trainer Sarah
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So I was planning to upload some photos tonight. However when do things ever go to plan?
I went to Church to do some work and arrived there and noticed that I was smack bang in the middle of the Golden Hour. It bathed the grounds in this beautiful golden light. I had my camera in the car for a moment like this, so spent about half an hour taking photos, as I remembered @Neo Emolga being curious as to what my Church looked like, and honestly the place looked beautiful. Then I got home and looked at them on my PC and realised very quickly that it wasn't my best work, and why.
When working with a camera there are six main settings/elements I adjust.
White Balance: White Balance basically tells the camera what colour the light is. For example the light is a different colour if you go from a sunny day to a room with white LED lighting. If you don't tell the camera what colour light you are in, it won't capture the colours as well as it could. It is something I tend to forget about until the last minute.
Shutter speed: Shutter speed is how long the shutter stays open and reveals the sensor. This affects the shot in two main ways. Firstly is motion blur. In some shots you want a little bit of blur for effect so you let the shutter stay open a little longer. In others you want it crisp and perfect, like an action shot. The other way it affect the shot is the amount of light that gets let in. The quicker the shutter speed the less time there is for the sensor to detect light so if it is too quick and you don't adjust the other settings to compensate, it will be too dark. Or the other way around. If you leave it open too long and don't adjust the other settings it'll be washed out and white.
Aperture: The aperture is basically a hole that can be adjusted in size (referred to as F stops). Basically, the wider the hole is the more light gets let in and that's it. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out it does something else as well. The wider the aperture is, the shallower the depth of field is. Basically if you take two shots that are exactly the same, one with the widest aperture and the other settings compensating, and one with the smallest aperture with the other settings compensating, the first one (wide) will have much more blur on the stuff that isn't the subject than one with the smaller aperture.
ISO: I am not 100% sure about how to use ISO properly yet. I see it as a last resort to affect the light. My camera has the settings for ISO as 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 and 6400. Each one of these lets more light into the shot (somehow). However there is an unfortunate side effect, which is that the photos become grainy if the ISO is too high. Because of this I tend to leave it on 100, only increasing it when necessary.
Focal Length: Focal Length is basically how zoomed in the lense is. It is measured in mm. The higher the focal length, the shallower the depth of field. The lower the focal length the wider the shot.
Focal distance: How far away the subject of focus is. If I am focusing the camera on a subject five meters away, the focal distance will be five meters.
My way of using the camera tends to be this. I pick the white balance setting best suited for what I want to do. Or I forget and do that last. I frame the shot and focus it to get the right wideness and depth of field, and take a test shot with the fairly quick shutter speed (as I rarely use slow shutter speed) to see how I need to adjust the other settings. Basically, I keep the ISO at 100 and widen the aperture until I have enough light. If the aperture is as wide as it goes but it's still too dark, I lower the shutter speed gradually until I reach the maximum I am willing to use. Then I start pulling up the ISO.
Basically I had that mentality today for the shots I did. I was using a fixed 40mm lense that has a wider aperture then my others. I would have usually been using my 18-55mm lense for this, but decided I hadn't used my 40mm enough since I got it. Long story short, instead of slowing down the shutter speed and increasing the ISO, I widened the aperture too much when I wanted more light. The result of this was a bunch of images that were crisp and clear on the focal point, which was one small part of the shot, but blurry as f*** everywhere else because the wide aperture made the depth of field really shallow. Lesson learnt. Don't hate the ISO. If you use it right, it stops s*** like this from happening.
On a side note, tomorrow looks fairly clear and sunny. The way I drive home from church has an amazing view of the sunset (It was perfect last week but I didn't have my camera...) so maybe if I'm lucky I can get a few nice shots then.
That all sounds so complex, but good to know. Whenever I take photos, I just use auto xD
Shame the photos didn't work out this time. I hope it goes well today, and that everything's fine!
So I have been taking a lot of photos recently! Unfortunately, they are all for youth events. On the plus side, I am getting better and more confident at taking shots with people. On the negative side, I can't show 99% of those shots here for legal reasons.
Apollo Bay
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New Lens
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@Pokemon Trainer Sarah @Neo Emolga @Suicune's Fire @Rival Max
I wanna King parrot now! They look really cool.
Those are awesome shots! And yeah, your brother needs to quit stealing hoodies.
Trying to be creative
So tonight I had a friend's birthday dinner. I asked her if I should bring my camera along, and she said I could if I want. I wanted to as I wanted an excuse to test out my new lens. Unfortunately, I didn't know many people at the party so wasn't comfortable taking photos of people. However one of my mates and I got a little bored and decided to try and be creative with the things on our table.
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That's it! See you next time around!
@Neo Emolga @Suicune's Fire @Pokemon Trainer Sarah @Rival Max
Last time I tag you guys for a while! I just really like these shots haha
These are definitely great. Like you said, working with focus and depth of field can be tricky, but these still look neat.
That's definitely a unique light in that second picture.
I looked at all these and then forgot to comment haha. I love the rainforest boardwalk one. It looks really great and the lighting came out just right!
I like your creative shots too! You should do more of them! The phone one and the lens have some pretty cool lighting going on. :)
Do you do any editing after you take the photos?
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