TIPS on Photography (Digital/Manual)

[kimpOy]

mga bihasa sa photography, tip naman on how to take night shot, landscape, fireworks, so far macro shot lang ang nagagawa ko...

also can you explain it to me like im a 5 year old
1. ISO
2. Shutter speed
what is best at what ISO or Shutter speed level?

TIA

[Psylocke]

night shots, use tripod! then use night shot setting on camera.

landscape, just shoot, use auto. you can stitch them together later with autostitch to create very wide panoramas.

fireworks, use fireworks setting on camera :D

ISO, same with film, higher ISO more noise (grain on film), but allows faster shutter speed.

Shutter speed. length of time that the shutter is open to allow light to enter. Too fast, dim photos. Too slow, overexposed.

ISO and shutter speed must be matched. If you use low ISO you must have slow shutter speed, you get low noise photos, BUT you risk blurring due to subject and/or camera movement. If you use high ISO you can use faster shutter and you avoid blurring BUT you get noisy photos. The trick is to get the right balance.

[niwde11]

kimps; punta ka kameraderie.com

[chua_riwap]

mga bihasa sa photography, tip naman on how to take night shot, landscape, fireworks, so far macro shot lang ang nagagawa ko...

also can you explain it to me like im a 5 year old
1. ISO
2. Shutter speed
what is best at what ISO or Shutter speed level?

TIA

Naku, magaling diyan Sir, si Nicolodeon.

Paging Nicolodeon (Kameraderie.com)

[CtrlAltDel]

mga bihasa sa photography, tip naman on how to take night shot, landscape, fireworks, so far macro shot lang ang nagagawa ko...

also can you explain it to me like im a 5 year old
1. ISO
2. Shutter speed
what is best at what ISO or Shutter speed level?
TIA

sir kimpoy, if you have a digital camera my tip is just experiment to your heart's content. you waste no film or money in case you make a mistake. But if you have a manual camera with manual focus lens, I have one tip for landscape shots: hyperfocal distance.

You can manually focus on infinity on a small aperture that matches the shutter speed for the correct exposure- (for example, f16, 1/30) and shot. But if your objective is to get the most area in front of you to be in focus all the way to the horizon, use the principle of hyperfocal distance. The Web has info on it. Although it sounds technical, believe me it's easier done than said. Whenever I shot scenes outdoors I often use that principle and get satisfying results. I rarely focus on infinity. However you cannot control this manually unless your lens have a distance and focusing scale.

I think that if your camera has an auto-landscape mode, switching to it would set your camera to either infinity focus or hyperfocal distance without you being aware of it.

[nicolodeon]

Hi Fafa Kimps. ISO is simply the speed of the film. There are three ISO films that are currently available to casual photogs (available at your friendly neighborhood photo store: 100, 200 and 400. ISO 100 is a slow film while ISO 400 is the faster film. For added info, you can go here:

Kameraderie: Different ISO film speeds.

Shutter speed means is simply the time in which a shutter would be held open when taking a photography to allow light to reach the film (for digital cameras, the imaging sensor). The slower the shutter speed, the more light would come through the lens when taking a picture. The faster the shutter speed, the less light would go through the lens. Shutter speed is measured in seconds. So if you see a 1/125 shutter speed rating, it means that your shutter would be open for 1/125th of a second. 1/2 shutter speed means that your shutter would be open for half a second, which is already a long time in photography. Fast shutter speeds are usually used to freeze fast action shots, while slower shutter speeds can be used in cases where you have low/poor light or in cases where you want to be a bit artistic - putting some motion blur on your pic. Shutter speeds are used in conjuction with apperture settings.

As for the best ISO and aperture level, there is no best really. Everything depends on the conditions behind your photoshoot.

If you have a DSLR, you can set it to auto all the time for best results. However, I recommend that you be creative a play with the seetings of your cam and take lots pics since you don't have the worry of developing the pictures.

For a good reading material on how to become familar with your DSLR, you might want to check out this book:

Masterting Digital SLR photography

I have this book it it is an excellent read.

[kimpOy]

thanks guys,
i bought a table tripod yesterday and experimented on night shots

nic may 50 ISO sa camera ko

btw hindi ako natuloy sa DSLR, daming ogags sa HK although mura dun nasa 31K lang ang 350D

Coolpix S2 ang gamit ko

[nicolodeon]

Uyz! Ganda naman pala DSC mo Fafa Kimps. Well, ang kagadahan sa digital cams pag dating sa ISO setting eh naga-auto adjust yung imaging sensor depende sa shot. Bili ka ng slave flash Fafa Kimps para may flexibility ka sa lighting. BTW, ogags talaga ang maraming tindahan sa HK (from personal experience).

[onedayoldchick]

mga boss question lang., ano ginagamit na cam para sa billboard? ilan megapixel mga yun? papagawa kasi ako malaki tarpaulin. kailangan maganda resolution. kapag malaki na ang pics. kung di magsquare square kundi maganda cam. please give suggestions. ty

[GerardTagayty]

ganon ba yon? kase last time nagpaprint ako ng tarp for my gym maliit lang yun pic na ginamit ko ok naman sa printers.. yun pic was like 200 something by 300 something lang sa comp ko... tapos na print namin ng 6ft by 4 ft....

[oldblue]

mga bihasa sa photography, tip naman on how to take night shot, landscape, fireworks, so far macro shot lang ang nagagawa ko...

also can you explain it to me like im a 5 year old
1. ISO
2. Shutter speed
what is best at what ISO or Shutter speed level?

TIA

like a 5 yrs. old?

basically there are 3 gateways of light. aperture, shutter, ISO

picture a faucet filling a glass of water.

-water is light.

- faucet handle is aperture. the more you open the faucet (aperture), more water (light) will come in to the glass. the more you close the faucet, the less water (less light) will come in.

- the length of time the faucet is opened, is shutter speed. the longer (shutter speed) it is opened, means more water (light) coming in. the shorter (shutter speed) it is opened, means less water (light) coming in.

- the ISO is the size/diameter of the glass. the bigger (ISO) the glass, the more volume of water (light) the glass can accomodate, the smaller (ISO) the glass, the less volume of water (light) the glas can accomodate.

hope this helps. got this from canon tutorial.


what is the best ISO & Shutter speed level?

it really depends. if you want to freeze the action, set a faster Shutter speed 1/500 of a second or less. if you want to blur motion or if you want to capture more light (as in dark places), set a slower shutter speed 1/5 of a second or more (1 second & above) -> but you'll definitely need a tripod on these bec. it's highly affected by camera shake.

ISO 800 above best for dark places bec. of its high sensitivity to light coming into the lens. ISO 100 best for beaches, snow and 12noon light bec. it's already very bright. ISO 200 - 400 best for shade, indoor with ambient/diffused light.

[oldblue]

mga boss question lang., ano ginagamit na cam para sa billboard? ilan megapixel mga yun? papagawa kasi ako malaki tarpaulin. kailangan maganda resolution. kapag malaki na ang pics. kung di magsquare square kundi maganda cam. please give suggestions. ty

acceptable quality for a billboard must be 100dpi but the pixel dimension must be equal in inches/feet to the billboard dimension.

smaller posters like tarpaulins must have a minimum of 300dpi bec. of its close proximity to our eyes.

6 megapixels will be fine for a large billboard in EDSA.

[kimpOy]

tagal na neto ah...

oh btw naka Canon A710IS na ako he..he

[oldblue]

matagal na nga. edit post

[XTO]

Sa manual film slr ko, I use ISO/ASA (sensitivity) 400 for majority
of indoor shots but lower 300 to 100 is also good. depende na lang
sa opening or the aperture, this way co-relation na sila with the shutter
speed.


Sa coolpix 4100 ko I just rely on the auto mode most of the time or sometimes
the sport mode produces more nicely than that of auto mode.
Fireworks setting? I tried it but only show minimal diff than the
auto settings.

[kimpOy]

tagal na talaga nito...

naka canon 300D na ako he..he

check out some pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimpoy/

[Memphis Raines]

Sir Kimps, very nice photos of the kids especially the ones in black and white.

I plan to get a 400D for Christmas (from me for me hehe) will this get similar results like your 300D? Sabi kasi ng friend ko magkaiba na raw ang shots.

[GmZ]

tagal na talaga nito...

naka canon 300D na ako he..he

check out some pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimpoy/

kimps, paano kung gusto ko gawin black and white lang yung photo? meron ba settings sa canon300d?

[karlbo]

kimps, paano kung gusto ko gawin black and white lang yung photo? meron ba settings sa canon300d?

chnage the setting to monochrome... pero direct shot ito lalabas na as BW.

[Cult Zero]

san may gumagawa ng contact print sa may paranaque?