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motherface
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 Posted: 03/15/06 - 03:37 Post subject: How do you take good pictures?
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I got this camera, and it has all these modes, and it also has the green "full auto" mode that makes it so all you have to do is push the shutter. But I want to know what settings to use to get which effects. In the manual it was talking about using a larger aperture to make the subject focused while the background is blurry. What's a good resource for learning that kind of crap?
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atarom
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Posted: 03/15/06 - 04:33 Post subject:
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photography for dummies.
aperture = the width of the opening letting light on to the film.
if you have more light, you can close the aperture down and get a larger depth of field (read: everything in focus.)
when you are low on light, the aperture needs to be wide open, exposing the film as quickly as possible to prevent the image from being too dark. As a result (OF OPTICS!) you end up with a more shallow depth of field (read: focal point in focus, everything else blurry.)
google google google.
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Frostkiss
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Posted: 03/15/06 - 04:38 Post subject:
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Focus on something, both eyes open, make sure the object is far away and you have to make an effort to have a sharp image of it. Now close one eye and focus with the other at the same object, only this time, you focus through a little hole you punched in some paper or something. That's what you get with using the shutter, straight forward: what you see is what you get. Wide or focussed
Suppose you'd like to take something that has direct sun exposure. Obviously, one side of your object will be much more lit. If you make your camera (auto)measure the light it will take the average of 5 points in your frame - which isn't what you want. Than, you manually have to balance it out. Light is everything in a picture, I know it sounds silly but it makes *all* the difference
You're in front on a statue and want to snap a pic of your friend. Your camera will automatically focus on the statue - and not on your friend. To create that blurry thing, you first focus on the statue, do the light/shutter time, then refocus and have your friend be on the right hand side of the picture, but still where you originally focused on the statue. tadaaaa...
Do some sort of a photography course, they're kind of fun I heard... And get a decent SRL, no digital!
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Gethy
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Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Posted: 03/15/06 - 04:40 Post subject:
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simon, why are ytou having **** with your computer?
BECAUSE I CAN
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motherface
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Occulis
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Posted: 03/15/06 - 10:09 Post subject:
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how about u stop bein a p***y & put up sum pics of ur d**k
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Xieroth
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Posted: 03/15/06 - 11:53 Post subject:
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| Frostkiss wrote: | | And get a decent SRL, no digital! |
Concidering with small format film, and even some medium format film digital simply takes a better pictures I wouldn't even worry if his SLR camera was digital or not.
Digital is the medium of the film
SLR is a type of camera
If you havn't noticed almost all professional photographers have gone digital, of course they use very expensive cameras.
But even the cheap SLRs take great pictures. The particular camera that motherface has is an awesome camera. I wish I had one. 
I personally own a Nikon N55, which is 35mm. I do black and white photography with it, mostly because I like to develop my own film. However, if I had an extra 500 dollars at the time of purchase I would have bought a digital SLR.
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Frehya
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Posted: 03/15/06 - 13:16 Post subject:
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Put it on manual and struggle your way through learning how cameras really work. You will be glad you did.
When I have tough lighting or want to be really picky, I set my $4500 camera body that can practically do the dishes for me, to manual where I can control everything.
When I am shooting stuff that is moving, I know I have to keep my shutter speed up to a certain level to freeze the action....like 1/1000 sec. I set the camera to TV (shutter priority so that it stays at 1/1000 but meters off the subject and adjusts for the available light)
after I have gauged the light and set the ISO. I use evaluative metering alot.
If I am shooting something stationary but with possibly changing or tricky light, I set my f stop (often to 5.6 if outdoors) and set the camera to AV (apeture priority) then it selects its own shutter speed.
But I learned how to feel all of this by using a manual camera. You cheat yourself if you dont learn it in manual first.
Learn to read a histogram. Its just one more tool to help you. Digital cameras like to blow out highlights in photos, so the sooner you learn the fine points of exposure, the better your images will be . Digital is pickier than film about exposure.
and read the operators manual.. carry it with you always.
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Luturb
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Posted: 03/15/06 - 13:44 Post subject:
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| Frehya wrote: | | When I have tough lighting or want to be really picky, I set my $4500 camera body that can practically do the dishes for me, to manual where I can control everything. |
I want that camera. I hate doing dishes.
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Jukas
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Posted: 03/15/06 - 14:22 Post subject:
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| Frostkiss wrote: |
Do some sort of a photography course, they're kind of fun I heard... And get a decent SRL, no digital!
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Uhm, why?
I use both a film and a digital SLR and find that once you are familiar with the fundamentals and graps how and when to use Av, Tv or Manual and how to properly handle exposure it's pretty interchangable.
Digital however has the nifty advantage of instant feedback. Not sure if you nailed the exposure correctly? Check the histogram and you instantly know if you got it right or where you went wrong. No shooting the entire roll, then driving to the lab, or even worse Walmart/Drugstore developers and waiting to get the results back.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE shooting film, and there's just something extremely satisfying about putting a Velvia or Provia slide under a loupe.
For the general masses, that like taking casual snap shots and instant gratification a good digital SLR is a god send. In fact rather than telling him not to buy a digital SLR, I'd suggest staying away from the bottom dollar consumer grade lenses (although the Canon 50 1.8 mkII gives very good results for the $70ish price tag) and buy better glass.
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motherface
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Posted: 03/17/06 - 20:38 Post subject:
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One thing I'd like to know how to do specifically is take a picture indoors with the subject lit only by a 75 watt bulb and have it not look like crap.
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atarom
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Posted: 03/17/06 - 20:44 Post subject:
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ISO up, exposure down
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shinja mayoke
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Posted: 03/18/06 - 21:48 Post subject:
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| atarom wrote: | | Skirt up, roofies down |
fixed
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