Crash Course In Digital Photography

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Crash Course In Digital Photography

Postby Marcus » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:03 pm

Got this from another forum I post on, excellent starting guide :D

[quote="ukaskew"]I see lots of requests for some basic camera advice when people are getting started with slightly more advanced models (here and at work whenever people look at photos and say “how did you do that?â€Â
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Postby Marcus » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:05 pm

[quote="ukaskew"]Techniques:

The main thing to remember here is that rules are there to be broken, and secondly these are just techniques that I use personally, there is more than one way to crash a 172 Cup, after all.

Rule of Thirds

Not a rule at all, but more of a guideline that can often result in a more pleasing photograph. Essentially you need to imagine seeing the world through the following pane of glass (some cameras even display this in the viewfinder for you):


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Important elements of the scene could then be placed near where the lines intersect. In the following example the subject (cyclist) intersects two lines and the horizon follows the upper horizontal. Due to the cyclist being on the left intersection it also shows space for him to cycle in to, had he been on the right hand side the photo would not have been effective.


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Horizons sometimes work centrally but more often than not the composition is more pleasing with it near one of the horizontal lines, subjects can also be central but again it’s worth composing a shot with the subject at an intersection as more often than not it results in a better composition.


Panning

There are various methods of panning, but here are some basics to get you started, you will probably find you then adapt this to suit your own style….

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[*]Set the shutter speed to 1/320 as an absolute maximum, any faster and you won’t get the blurred effect.
[*]Change the focus mode to “AF-Câ€Â
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Postby Marcus » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:06 pm

ukaskew wrote:A useful tool if you see a pic you like on the web and want to know more about it...

http://regex.info/exif.cgi

Just paste the URL in and see what information still exists for it. It can be pretty detailed if the pic is in a reasonably original state.

Here is an example from my site

http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/photos/104265512-O.jpg

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and the info...

http://regex.info/exif.cgi?dummy=on&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchrisharrison.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F104265512-O.jpg

To summarize...

Camera: Nikon D50
Mode: Shutter Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/320
Aperture: f 9.0
Focal Length: 150mm
Edited in: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0


Pretty neat little tool to play around with.
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Postby ben306 » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:07 pm

Can admin make this a sticky, defo a good starter guide
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Postby Sy » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:43 pm

Stickied and editied as the lover of men can't quote properly :no: :lol:

All in all a good basic starters guide. Nice find turd.
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Postby Marcus » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:44 am

Sy wrote:Stickied and editied as the lover of men can't quote properly :no: :lol:

All in all a good basic starters guide. Nice find turd.


I did look at it for a few seconds and then thought nah the other white Astra owning geek will sort it :lol:
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Postby simon justin nixon » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:53 pm

:wub: Feel the love in the Astra family. Top find though Marcus. Good read. :tu:
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Postby LM » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:32 pm

Know a few things now that i didn't, good find :tu:
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