Photography Thead

[The Champ]

Just go ahead and shoot some pictures and see what happens.

Auto will turn on the built in flash as needed. Personally I never use the built in flash as it's not powerful enough for anything but a snapshot. Better results with a separate, more powerful flash.

I rarely use the "Auto" mode.

Once you learn a little more about photography, you'll probably migrate to the Program/Shutter/Aperture modes.

Shutter speed allows you to "stop" action or create motion blurs. The photo below shows a compromise of shutter speed - fast enough to make the car sharp - slow enough to show the faster speed of the tires - hence the blur...



Now in the next photo - I used a slower shutter speed. The car that is getting serviced in the pits is sharp while the car exiting the pits is blurred...



Now this photo shows how a real fast shutter speed can stop the blades on a helicopter...



This all takes practice and experience to figure out...

Once you have that down pat, we call progress to depth of field, which is controlled by your aperture.

 

[Preloader]

Awesome! Thanks for the shutter speed examples. I'm slowly starting to understand the different concepts and uses of ISO, Aperture, and Shutter speed. It was all completely foreign to me at first glance, but it's starting to sink in.

I can't wait for next years caterpillar/butterfly season. I don't have natural artistic creativity when it comes to subjects to photograph. So Lepidoptery gives me a clear objective, to "focus" on.

 

[cndctrdj]

 

[The Champ]

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Here are a couple of examples of depth of field. To get the blurry background like the photo of my daughter's cat at Christmas - use a bigger aperture (lower numerically).



To have more (if not all) of the image in focus, use a smaller aperture (higher numerically) like in the photo of my toy box.



Once again - practice makes perfect.

 

[cndctrdj]

Those bikes were never on the road together, we are actually wearing the same jacket too. Just swapped out for each ride

 

[Foxbox]

Had a Christmas shoot the other day.


Merry christmas ya filthy animal by Mikel Novack, on Flickr