Tigger N. Bennie
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ORIGINAL: Taylor Shaw
G Tigger N bennie is a photographer. He will have some input here for sure
Thanks; however, my input probably isn't that relevant since I hardly ever use a point and shoot camera for R/C anymore and I almost never take any photos of R/Cs standing still. My P&S camera just has too much shutter lag for any type of action photos. This also means I don't use a macro mode though my point and shoot shines in this area.
To me, "quality" lighting is the key. When outdoors, this also means trying to take photos just after sunrise and/or just before sunset. The colors are just so much better.
As a result, I may not take photos at the track during the peak hours of the day or if I do, odds are I'll probably pick a different photo later on anyway because of the lighting. Not always, but many times. I also don't use any of the so-called automatic pre-set scene modes, especially sport modes (the camera I usually use now doesn't even have those modes). One reason being is that the "automatic" or "sport" mode usually freezes everything (or at least tries to freeze everything).
Myself, I usually use shutter priority and try to show a little motion by letting the tires spin or props spin--this basically means that I slow the shutter down enough to show movement, yet not too much so I keep the R/C in focus. I'm also usually "panning" or following the R/C as it running or soaring by and usually continue to follow through even after I've pressed the shutter button. When lighting gets really bad, I may shoot in aperature priority or in manual mode. I may also have to increase the ISO--still shots as low as possible, at the outdoor track I may start at ISO 400, and at night, I tried to keep it at ISO 1000 and below though I have shot at higher ISOs (2500 Max).
Someone also mentioned breathing. Myself, I don't even think about it since it comes natural to me. LOL. But if I were to take a long exposure, I'd use a tripod and set the timer on my camera. I very seldom use either my monopod or my tripod, but I usually use a very fast camera and have some fast lenses. That's also where good equipment helps. Last, I also shot in RAW for two reasons: More precise control (though this does require post processing or at least conversion) and some mags want RAW or tiff files, not jpeg files.
There are also a few composition techniques like the "Rule of Thirds" and "Leading Lines".
A few sample photos:
Not my favorite heli-photo (my favorite (indoors-low level lighting) made the cover of one of the mags), but this heli photo still shows the motion I refer too.
< Message edited by Tigger N. Bennie -- 8/19/2007 9:13:04 AM >
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