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storytime -> RE: Tips for taking GOOD photos (2/28/2007 6:49:03 AM)
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Photography is just like this hobby in the sense that your gear makes a big difference. It's my expensive hobby, but this is starting to add up. [:D]
Some quick tips for shooting with a digicam
1) You can control 3 variables in your camera with a given amount of light - shutter speed, aperture (aka f/stop) and ISO. Use a larger aperture number (like f/8) and a slow shutter speed if you can find a tripod or table top (you usually can't handhold it slower than 1/60th of a second). If handheld, up the ISO, but ideally keep it low if possible. The larger the aperture number, the more of the picture will be in focus, and vice versa. The closer the camera to your subject, the more important a large aperture number is (why landscapes are all in focus and shots of your face with your hand out tend to be blurry).
2) Add more light: go outside, next to a window, or turn on lights.
3) Flash - Ideally don't use it, but if you have to use the camera's flash, put something in front to diffuse it (or else you get that bright reflection), even a kleenex, anything that will disperse the light.
4) Experiment - It's free, try some different settings and see what happens!
This is simplified...and as with cars, the more capable (expensive) the gear, the better the results (in proper hands of course). [:D]
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