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Permalink Reply by Leanne on May 18, 2010 at 11:02pm

I'd recommend experimenting with your camera's controls for aperture. (Usually its AV on your dial) This will add more creativity with an object being in focus while the background or foreground is blurred. It really adds something to photos. I once took a photo of a child about to blow out the candles on her cake, I focused the point on the numbered candle and the child's expression was more blurred yet could clearly still see her. Controlling your aperture levels can allow you more control over the image you want.

Permalink Reply by Douglas Brown on March 31, 2011 at 5:41pm

If you have a Digital Camera don't be afraid to take the same photo over many times varying your aperture, shutter speed and ISO to learn what your camera.   Find the combination that you feel best highlights certain common photo situations you like to shoot.  For example I find that I use a totally different set of settings for wildflowers and waterfalls yet when shooting each of those scenarios I've learned where to default to to achieve the effect I like to achieve.  It takes me less time to get my camera set up for the situation than finding the optimal setting from scratch each time and gives me much more flexibility and control than just using Auto. 

 

Second don't be afraid to take too many pictures in the field but be aggressive with your deletes when you get back home.  If you are avid you will shoot 10s of thousands of photos over time but learn to keep the best of the best in a seperate file location so you can go to them when you want them really helps.

Permalink Reply by kathryn elich on September 4, 2011 at 8:32am

Douglas Brown said:

If you have a Digital Camera don't be afraid to take the same photo over many times varying your aperture, shutter speed and ISO to learn what your camera.   Find the combination that you feel best highlights certain common photo situations you like to shoot.  For example I find that I use a totally different set of settings for wildflowers and waterfalls yet when shooting each of those scenarios I've learned where to default to to achieve the effect I like to achieve.  It takes me less time to get my camera set up for the situation than finding the optimal setting from scratch each time and gives me much more flexibility and control than just using Auto. 

 

Second don't be afraid to take too many pictures in the field but be aggressive with your deletes when you get back home.  If you are avid you will shoot 10s of thousands of photos over time but learn to keep the best of the best in a seperate file location so you can go to them when you want them really helps.

Permalink Reply by kathryn elich on September 4, 2011 at 8:41am

I am not used to my camera having a different eye than I do. It can be better or way off but it's different than mine. Digital is looking for different things than I am - and is far nicer to nature and buildings than it is to faces and bodies.. Close ups are good but medium shots are flat for people. Loss of character. But it's what I have and it's time for me to figure our what My Kodak Easy share really can do. I would like suggestions for an affordable camera that doesn't act so much on it's own but lets the vibrance of the person or truth of a body language be seen. Like the old film cameras did. Does it just take getting used to my camera to make it my very eye?

kathryn elich said:

Douglas Brown said:

If you have a Digital Camera don't be afraid to take the same photo over many times varying your aperture, shutter speed and ISO to learn what your camera.   Find the combination that you feel best highlights certain common photo situations you like to shoot.  For example I find that I use a totally different set of settings for wildflowers and waterfalls yet when shooting each of those scenarios I've learned where to default to to achieve the effect I like to achieve.  It takes me less time to get my camera set up for the situation than finding the optimal setting from scratch each time and gives me much more flexibility and control than just using Auto. 

 

Second don't be afraid to take too many pictures in the field but be aggressive with your deletes when you get back home.  If you are avid you will shoot 10s of thousands of photos over time but learn to keep the best of the best in a seperate file location so you can go to them when you want them really helps.