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husband & wife taking turns with the camera!!
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Hi Fiona, a couple of things strike me about these two shots,
firstly using flash has caused “hot” spots, when there is ambient light
available it might be an idea to use fill flash and not get too close to the subject,
or if you have a flash with an angled head to bounce the light off the ceiling or
wall, also watch the background, keep it uncluttered, it is a good habit to get into
to pause before pressing the shutter and checking all corners of the frame before
taking a shot. Best of luck and keep submitting :)Hi
hum don’t have one of them flashes just the one that pops up on the camera, I set the camera to monotone and I have noticed when you set it to that the flash seems to pop up most times, if you want to make a photo black and white are you better off waiting until your in your photo software to make the change??
Fi
Yes.
For two reasons.
1. You should make a better job of it with the software than the camera will manage
2. If you dont like the resulting B&W then you still have the colour version!
Dont know what sort of camera you are using, but most of them should have
some sort of adjustment for flash control, maybe flash compensation where you
can reduce the amount of flash, and as mentioned before fill flash, you can make
up a homemade diffuser with a small piece of muslin held on with a rubber band, or
a small piece of tracing paper held over the flash, believe me you learn to be
inventive :) The beauty of digital is that you can practise to your hearts content and
it doesnt cost you a penny, just the time.I have an Olympus E520. Just checked the manual there and yes I have fill in flash function (you learn something new everyday, ok maybe I should have finished the manual before I posted my pics :oops: )
Fi
Sometimes it is easier to post first and get feedback, believe me you will still be
learning new things about your camera in a years time!! :)I tip that can be useful for portraits is to either zoom or step forward so that the image fills the frame more. For example, your first shot has way too many distractions in the background – zooming in alone would remove a large part of this.
fionawysecrilly wrote:
I have noticed when you set it to that the flash seems to pop up most times
Fi
I’m not familar with the Olympus cameras, but if the flash is popping up by itself then you are most likely shooting in “Auto” mode. Shooting in full auto means that if the camera decides it is too dark it will automatically pop up the flash. If you want to still retain automatic settings (i.e. the camera correctly exposes the scene by working out the aperture/shutter speed for you) but want to have control over the flash then look and see if your camera has a “Program” mode. It might be called something different on the Olympus but on my Canon it is designated as a “P” on the mode dial. Then you can pop the flash up when you want it, or keep it down if you just want to use some natural light instead.
Posting photos is a great way to learn, camera manuals can be fairly hard to understand, especially when you don’t have a context so keep shooting and posting :)
Hi monkey
Yeah I had it on auto, checked the manual, there is an auto pop off button so I can use that to stop it popping up when I am shooting in auto :wink:
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