There are two rules (other than the golden rule) that stick out from readings I have done on photograpy... Like all rules they are general and not the end all be all..
Animals:
Make sure the eyes are in focus! I have seen were this can make the difference from an animal looking "real" or not.
Landscapes:
Keep your horizon level. Many people find it unsettling if you have a beautiful landscape but the horizon is off.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Light...
All three pictures were taken from overlook park in South Burlington. All were using the P setting on my D40. The dark one was with the bright spot (the sun.. :) ) as the point of focus.. This created a dark foreground as expected. The first image was done by pressing the shutter release half way, thus focusing and doing a meter reading from away from the sun.. I used the trees on the left. This allowed the forground to be exposed better.
The Last picture was focused (metered) on the trees again, but making sure the sun was not fully in frame..
My favorite time for pictures is near sunset.. without a flash. I MUCH prefer natural light.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Compare/contrast assignment
These are from Jasmine's dance recital today.. She was great.. but I am a bit biased. :)
So.. The differences are many.. Landscape vs portrait as well as different shutter speeds and zooms. I have learned a valuable lesson today.. Light decides everything.. and knowing what there are a number of ways to deal with it is key.. These pictures are darker than I would have liked.. what I realized after the fact is that I had not changed the ISO back from 200. ISO rating is the sensor's sensitivity to light.. So I had the right aperture, and was able to use a flash.. but with the lower ISO I was not getting the results I wanted.. I should have been at at least 400. Live and learn.. I suppose I could have set it back to AUTO for ISO..
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