Photography Tips & Tricks

[Tuffdisc]

What you say makes sense.

But how about those of us who are practicing and wanna make sure we wanna get a good shot?? As @ times we're not so sure yet as to what we're doing and are not able to see well from the shots thru LCD what is good composition, exposure or what not until uploaded on a computer ?? :unsure:

Advises of photography workshop facilitators is to always carry an extra memory card. Another advise is to get as much pictures that one can after pre- setting composition, aperture, ISO, shutter speed settings- compare all the shots so given the chance next time to do similar shots, one knows already in mind what works well.

Well I can sense your concern that I am putting pressure unto you. I don't want to do that. I don't want to purvey that I am showing off (that is the not what you call professionalism) or to demoralise you or say what you've been told is wrong (there is no rights or wrongs in photography). As for learning its better to learn what you want out of your photography.

The best thing as this video says about photography is the attitude and not about the ability to take photos

[video=youtube;awuFSWRjoI0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awuFSWRjoI0&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Tuffdisc]

I have taken from a subject sometimes many pictures but know excactly when I press the button that is the one.Very seldom do I discover afterwards the right pic on a pc.

Taking photos in this sense isn't photography diarrhoea its making sure that you have what you want in photographing the subject

 

[purpledove]

Well I can sense your concern that I am putting pressure unto you. I don't want to do that. I don't want to purvey that I am showing off (that is the not what you call professionalism) or to demoralise you or say what you've been told is wrong (there is no rights or wrongs in photography). As for learning its better to learn what you want out of your photography.

The best thing as this video says about photography is the attitude and not about the ability to take photos

[video=youtube;awuFSWRjoI0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awuFSWRjoI0&feature=youtu.be[/video]

:24: huh? where did the demoralization & showing off come from?

I don't get pressured at all....I enjoy photography at my 'own pace' & open minded to learn from experiences of others.

The speaker in that video is very right- ATTITUDE makes a difference in photography. Speaking of attitude- I think it comes to play the respect for whatever brand other photographer's use too. Canon user's snobbery should stop. Don't you think?

 

[Tuffdisc]

:24: huh? where did the demoralization & showing off come from?

I don't get pressured at all....I enjoy photography at my 'own pace' & open minded to learn from experiences of others.

The speaker in that video is very right- ATTITUDE makes a difference in photography. Speaking of attitude- I think it comes to play the respect for whatever brand other photographer's use too. Canon user's snobbery should stop. Don't you think?

There is no snobbery between Canon and Noink users

 

[skyblue]

nikon users are the worst for it

 

[freakofnature]

nikon users are the worst for it

One could say the same thing about Canon users.

 

[Tuffdisc]

One can mention Ken Rockwell....enough said

 

[freakofnature]

None of the Nikon users in this forum stoop to such pettiness as camera brand snobbery. That's more than I can say for others.

 

[Tuffdisc]

The funniest thing I rarely see Noink users post anything compared to Canon users

 

[freakofnature]

The funniest thing I rarely see Noink users post anything compared to Canon users

That's probably because there are no Noink users.

 

[HK]

Who gives a fuck? If you can take a good picture, I don't care what you took it on

 

[Tuffdisc]

Who gives a fuck? If you can take a good picture, I don't care what you took it on

Yup, its the photographer, not the equipment

 

[banned]

My whole 35 plus carreer I have been using Nikon for 35 mm,raised my family on it and it paid for college degree of my kids.
(also used Hasselblad and Sinar in medium and big format) I never gave a F....about any camera...it was a tool to do my job and like a butcher with a knife or a carpeter with a hammer if it does not work for you and that counts for a hobby also, than buy something else what works.

 

[Tuffdisc]

My whole 35 plus carreer I have been using Nikon for 35 mm,raised my family on it and it paid for college degree of my kids.
(also used Hasselblad and Sinar in medium and big format) I never gave a F....about any camera...it was a tool to do my job and like a butcher with a knife or a carpeter with a hammer if it does not work for you and that counts for a hobby also, than buy something else what works.

y'know this Noink thing between Canon and the *cough*dark side *cough* is just really friendly banter, so I wouldn't look into it too much

 

[fuel1316]

nikon user here thanks for the read

great info thread guys

 

[Siphorous]

Brand snobbery makes me roll my eyes. I've always said a good picture depends a lot on who is shooting it and not just the camera.

On the subject of brands - I doubt there's another Sony user around these parts :nod:

 

[Siphorous]

Regarding the conversation in the league round three thread, as far as I am concerned - I don't mind minimal adjustment (light etc).

To my mind, one can spend their time adjusting various settings on the camera to get the picture (on the small camera LCD) to reflect what the photographer is seeing with his/her eyes. I have done this on many an occasion.

Time does not always allow for such care and consideration when taking your shot. You may be with other people, there may be only one chance to grab a certain type of shot.

This is where packages like Lightroom come in (that's one I use). It can help my workflow process such that I spend more time composing and capturing - and then I can quickly go through the set of photos taken on the day, adjusting lighting to match what I saw. Basically, I can spend more of my time doing the bits of photography that I enjoy most - e.g. nailing that shot and then fixing the light afterwards.

As long as the photographer knows and understands how to use all their settings to achieve the end result via the camera as well as via a software package after the event, then I don't mind some editing. Where I would be put off is if the photographer hasn't a clue about their camera settings and edits the pictures afterwards. As long as they are learning or willing to learn - it's all good.

The type of editing I have started to go off (that I used to like) is HDR. Too much of it these days exaggerates detail far too much than would be possible - it just looks unreal (and not in a good way). That's my personal opinion anyway.

 

[HK]

You basically said what I think about it, Siph - I often don't have the time to spend in one spot fiddling with settings as more often than not, if I'm out of the house then I'm with other people. A lot of the time I go for what I think makes sense, and then do some minimal adjusting later on.


Occasionally I'll do more than just adjust the light, I have a couple of pretty sunset pictures that looked even better with some colour tweaking - but the effect there is meant to be obviously fake. It's nice to look at, that's all, and not the sort of thing I'd enter in one of these competitions due to the minimal photoshopping rule.


Hell, I don't even use photoshop that often - I use the basic tools like crop and adjust contrast in iphoto I don't see anything wrong in improving a photo, if you're still keeping the original elements.