#25: Take lots of pictures. It’s digital, it’s free. If a shot didn’t work out, change the camera settings and re-take it right there and now.
Wouldent it be better to take fewer pics and compose rather than snap snap and snap some more...which is what i do, and i always look at them and say: "WHY IS IT SLANTED!?!? WHY IS THE SUBJECT WAYYYYY OVER THERE!?!?!?"
#41: Use higher ISO. Contrary to the things you might have read and heard, it’s not always best to use the lowest possible ISO. The reason is that some cameras can’t actually handle large contrast differences that well at lower ISOs, which can result in colour fringing, similar to chromatic aberration. Cranking the ISO up one step can help you overcome this problem.
(i'd have to see an example to believe this being more 'worthful' over noise).
#34: Don’t be too afraid of noise. In the good old days of film photography (well okay, it’s not entirely over yet), films with a high sensitivity used to produce a lot of gain, which in turn gave those images a moody look. Today’s DSLRs can get the same images virtually noise-less, which on the one hand is cool, but on the other hand lacks some of the mood from those good old days. In order to get that look back, crank up the ISO to its max, or add artificial noise to your images. This effect works best with black-and-white pictures.
I personally think the digital noise looks rather...sad. I think it would be better to scan real grain from a real film negative and overlay your image with it for the real look. ;-) ....or just use the ''add noise" in photoshop.
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#45: Your flash doesn’t reach far. I’ve seen people try taking pictures of bands on stage 100 ft away using the flash. Your camera’s built-in flash won’t reach that far. 10 ft is a good bet. 5 ft is more likely to work fine. For everything beyond, flash is a waste of battery, it simply will never arrive there.
...that's b/c your shutter will already be closed by the time the light from your flash reflects back.
101 Ways to Improve Your Digital Photographs.
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#25: Take lots of pictures. It’s digital, it’s free. If a shot didn’t work out, change the camera settings and re-take it right there and now.
Wouldent it be better to take fewer pics and compose rather than snap snap and snap some more...which is what i do, and i always look at them and say: "WHY IS IT SLANTED!?!? WHY IS THE SUBJECT WAYYYYY OVER THERE!?!?!?"
#41: Use higher ISO. Contrary to the things you might have read and heard, it’s not always best to use the lowest possible ISO. The reason is that some cameras can’t actually handle large contrast differences that well at lower ISOs, which can result in colour fringing, similar to chromatic aberration. Cranking the ISO up one step can help you overcome this problem.
(i'd have to see an example to believe this being more 'worthful' over noise).
#34: Don’t be too afraid of noise. In the good old days of film photography (well okay, it’s not entirely over yet), films with a high sensitivity used to produce a lot of gain, which in turn gave those images a moody look. Today’s DSLRs can get the same images virtually noise-less, which on the one hand is cool, but on the other hand lacks some of the mood from those good old days. In order to get that look back, crank up the ISO to its max, or add artificial noise to your images. This effect works best with black-and-white pictures.
I personally think the digital noise looks rather...sad. I think it would be better to scan real grain from a real film negative and overlay your image with it for the real look. ;-) ....or just use the ''add noise" in photoshop.
Here are the ones I love:
#45: Your flash doesn’t reach far. I’ve seen people try taking pictures of bands on stage 100 ft away using the flash. Your camera’s built-in flash won’t reach that far. 10 ft is a good bet. 5 ft is more likely to work fine. For everything beyond, flash is a waste of battery, it simply will never arrive there.
...that's b/c your shutter will already be closed by the time the light from your flash reflects back.
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