photo2k said:Need advice,
Can someone recommend me a good workshop for beginner ?
I want to learn what kind of setting (shutter speed, exposure, compensation etc) to use at different occassions for good pictures.
Thanks
nickmak said:i just got a good book... its national geographic's field guide to taking great photos... there are all the explanations and stuff in there to help u and it really works!! u can get it at around $50 ish from kinokuniya... anybody else agree?
tom_lim said:goto the national library and borrow. have been doing that for years and still its only a trickle of wat they have .......... a newbie's advice ......tOm
drummercow said:Hmm hello hello...
New guy around here. a bit like walking into the old western saloon and everyone looks at you funny.. =)
Haha.. but I agree that it would be nice to attend a workshop kind of thing.=) am now currently fully dependent on the Auto everything function on my SLR.. So would be good to be able to take control!
Anyhows, my take on the books thing is that its ok in the sense that it does help a bit about the technical stuff, but without someone who's more experienced, seems like im just taking pic after pic and they all look the same to me...
Help anyone?
justarius said:hehe, howdy stranger!
You want pictures that look different? Try experimenting with different viewpoints and playing around with shutter speed and aperture. For a given subject, walk around it for a few times. Try visualising it from different angles, low shots, high shots, shots from the side, shots from the top, using different lighting etc. Try to articulate to yourself why you want to take ap picture of the subject and be as specific as possible., e.g I am taking a picture of the rabbit because it looks cute with the fluffy ears. If so, you might want to concentrate on the fluffy ears and use a shallow DOF to get a nice abstract.
Are you using a digicam? If so, experimenting would be much cheaper.
drummercow said:Hi Justarius...
Am currently in possesion of a Canon A70 and a 2nd hand minolta SLR. Am shooting on both and I definitely agree that shooting with digital is cheaper... but quite ma fan... cos of the shutter lag and the toggle zoom as opposed to the instant shutter release and the ring on the lens on the SLR..=)
Which brings me to the point which i understand is being hotly debated upon in another forum- whether i should try the DSLR...=) Ahh... the can opener set firmly on the can of worms.=)
But thanks for the tip on moving around the subject and thinking about what statement u wanna make..=) currently my compositional skills are... hmm maybe about 6/10? hit and miss one..=)