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One liner photo tips – please add yours
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one i heard recently “the viewfinder didn’t show the all of the image area”
Oh and what did Fintan say
:shock: :D “the shutter lag on this is terrible!”
Pit… I think you are posting in the wrong thread… this is the “tips” thread… think you’re looking for the “Best Excuses for Bad Photos” thread :wink:
- Your elbow resting on your knee makes a good mono-pod.
Squeeze the trigger, not press.
Take photo only after fully inhaling/exhaling, not during.Always check ISO when starting a new shoot, could be at 1600 from last night!
Be careful changing lens’ at the seaside, Load of sea mist went into my camera last time!
Be careful shooting directly into the sun, the UV filter will NOT protect your eyes.Always frame correctly so you never have to crop later and lose part of the photo.
Don’t let your camera add saturation to your photos, it adds and causes noise during processing.
Same for ‘in camera’ sharpening ^^.Shoot RAW even if you don’t use it now, you will in the future and can convert them to jpg until then.
Enable the ‘burnout warning’ on your camera if it has it.The difference between a photographer and a guy with a camera: Photographer has one eye on the subject, two eyes on the background.
This may be obvious ( to some) or in fact not the case at all (except maybe me & my Olympus), but anyway, in my considered opinion, if you are trying to take a photo in low light (as in nearly dark!), set the focus to manual and focus on the subject thataway.
What about:
1. Use AP for 90% of your shots, TP for another 9%. For the remaining 1%, do what you like!
2. Learn how to use FEC to your benefit.
3. When using a flash, only shoot in landscape to avoid a shadow appearing to side of the subject.
4. Always bring a camera. A shot on a compact is better than no shot at all.
5. Nearly every digital photo can be improved by processing. Get used to this fact – and learn your software.
6. Everyone is learning. Some are behind, some are ahead.
7. Critique and study other peoples’ photos. You will learn a lot.
8. If you have a vision in your head of a shot, you’re more likely to produce something like it. No vision means your more likely just to have a snapshot.
9. In crowds or place with a restriction on tripods, a monopod is you friend.
10. Put some protection on all your lenses – much cheaper to replace!
11. Buy a modular filter system rather than dedicated sizes. You’ll save money in the long run.
12. Everyone can pull out a knockout shot – the only difference is that a good photographer will do this more often (a bit like golf).
13. Most SLRs give histrogram info – learn how what it means and how to use it.
14. When processing, sharpen last.
15. Get over the Canon/Nikon arguements! Get out there and use what you’ve got!2. Learn how to use FEC to your benefit.
I use FEC a lot…
“FEC that sun is too bright”
“FEC wrong settings”
“FEC.. I wish that gobshÃte would move out of the way”
You can’t beat FEC.
nfl-fan wrote:
You can’t beat FEC.
Never heard of FEC.
How will it improve my photography?j
FEC means ‘Fellowship of Emergency Composition’, a crack team of eagle eyed artistes from Mountrath who strive for good photography through violent interventions and photographic sabotage.
I think you guys might migth be thinking of “FECK”. This is a special custom function on higher end cameras where, despite having good gear, you still end up with an embaressingly crap picture and can’t think of an excuse.
FEC – Flash Exposure Compensation
Do you guys not use Google?? Probably not worth a FEC to you…
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