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07/20/2003 04:41:24 AM · #1 |
I'm new to this site, and photography. I've never taken a class, but I love taking pictures, so I recently bought a digital camera. I've learned a little about apeture, shutter speed, and ISO, and how they work together, but still need advice on how to use them in harmony. The following is a link to many of my pictures. Please take a look at them (just ignore the car albums, unless you like Ferrari) and tell me how you think they could be better, and how to accomplish that. Thank you.
//www.imagestation.com/members/maranelloboy
I'm especially proud of the rose on the cover page of my "Roses" album. I took that just a couple days after I got my camera. |
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07/20/2003 05:44:43 AM · #2 |
Firstly, welcome to DPChallenge.
One thing I would say relating to aperture/shutter/ISO/etc is that you don't need to jump in and start using them all straight away. The A70 has a number of preset modes, such as landscape, action shot, and so on, that will allow you take technically good photos. By learning the camera in stages you can achieve some good results as you're learning all the features.
I've had a look through your Roses album. It looks like the photos were taken in low light levels (evening/dawn?). They've come out pretty well. They nicely fill the image and you've got a nice depth of field. Unfortunately I think because of lighting the camera had to choose a slow shutter, meaning some of the photos were a little blurred because you were moving your hands very slightly. Watching out for the camera shake icon (two hands and a square) in the very bottom-left of the screen. I find taking my time, and taking a firm hold of the camera helps, for hand-held shots.
Composition is a big part of producing a nice image. I highly recommend checking our Setzler's tutorial here:
//www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=5
I hope you enjoy DPChallenge and your A70 as much as I do.
Cheers, Paul. |
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07/20/2003 02:21:07 PM · #3 |
| Thanks for taking a look. It was indeed evening when I decided to wander around the yard, and realize that some were a little fuzzy. I have since discovered our tripod we got years ago for our camcorder, so I'll be using that more often when I can. |
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