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Post by Starry Eyes on Sept 4, 2011 18:20:04 GMT -6
Many of you have the photography down to a science ... and I know this has been discussed time and time again.. if so I can't locate it .. would someone mind posting a link please? I need all the help I can get in the photography department....
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Post by ira on Sept 4, 2011 22:56:08 GMT -6
Hi Chuck,
I have had a lot of cameras and they all worked fine. I have probably taken tens of thousands of photos in the last 20 years.
My advice is take alot photos, take several photos of each shot.
Try all the heights and angles, untill you see what you like. I usually shoot models at a very low angle.
Then pick the good ones when you download them in the computer and delete the rest.
Later,
Ira
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Post by badroadahead on Sept 5, 2011 10:23:43 GMT -6
Chuck,
Like Ira said, take lots of photos. Try to use direct sunlight. Take photos from all angles and several from the same angles. Low angle shots come out cool. If your camera has a macro setting then try that for real close ups.
You can lighten or darken the shots using Microsoft Office Picture Manager if you have it or any other photo editor program.
The key is to take more shots than you think you need and pick out the good ones.
One other tip, the camera photographs any dust on the model, so you may want to clean it real good. I seem to have this problem quite often. Actually the pics show the spots I miss cleaning!
Dave
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Post by Mysterion on Sept 5, 2011 12:08:42 GMT -6
I'm not an expert by any means, in fact I'm too cheap to replace my camera which has a broken LCD screen and can only guess at wh t I'm taking pics of.
Chances are your camera has plenty of built in features such as the previously mentioned Macro. Read up on your manual about setting such as Color Balance ( this can be used to alter the colors of the pics to compensate for incorrect colors thrown by the lighting. Florescents are famous for this.), Iso (This is used to compensate for the amount of light the subject is under, it also effects the graininess of your image), etc. If you don't understand them, Google them. in hopes of getting more of a laymans explanation of the functions.
Again, as said before, take a bunch of pics using different settings and compare them. Soon it will be second nature to you and you will know what you need to set your camera at before you shoot the pics.
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Post by Starry Eyes on Sept 5, 2011 19:38:24 GMT -6
Thanks for all the info fellas .. I've read up on my camera, it's functions and I think at this point lighting is my biggest obstacle.. I will take the aforementioned advice and move forward ... thanks again for everyone's input ..
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Post by DVS on Sept 5, 2011 19:48:49 GMT -6
I've been told that if you take pictures outside try to have the sun behind you and your subject in front of you.
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