The *Official Photography Thread*

if i may make a suggestion.

Just shoot in aperture priority. Your camera has a meter built in. Just ask yourself how much bokeh you want/ how sharp you want your photo to be. (generally the higher the F number the sharper the lens....in MOST cases.) If your shutter speed ends up being too slow for the aperture you want, just bump up the iso.

You're shooting a D7000, that thing can have usable photos at iso 6400. That camera is a low light beast.

 

was that too much info for one breath?

 

I suppose you could say that.

 

ahh. one could always go back if they dont quite understand. or ask more questions

 

Thanks!

 

Basically on the D7000 you can limit your upper and lower ISO limits and not exceed them with the cameras auto ISO.

 

you'd always want to use the lowest iso possible to retain picture quality. you would want a minimum shutter speed before the auto iso function kicks in

 

Well. I have a pretty good grasp of photography and technique and I'm having some difficulty making sense of what you wrote.

I can elaborate if you want.

 

sure. I have a decent grasp myself, but I'd like to hear what you have to say. would be good for the group.

 

Your explanation of 1/focal_length. It's got nothing to do with compensation or boundaries. Some photographers are capable of shooting 1/60 with a 300. Others can't shoot 1/125 with a 35. It's a guideline that gives you a starting point for hand holding the camera at lower shutter speeds. And while there are differences between crop/non-crop bodies, it's not as relevant in this instance.

There are three components to exposure. Shutter speed, Aperture and ISO. Saying you should limit ISO indoors or out is misleading. If you want to choose, then your choice for the upper end should be limited by noise at high ISO (and if you're shooting for publication, you might even push ISO to get a properly exposed image). The guideline would be to use a lower ISO in brighter light and a higher ISO in darker conditions.

A better way to approach settings is to evaluate your requirements and adjust accordingly. That means if you're shooting hockey in a dark rink, you need high shutter speed. To get high shutter speed, you need to work with aperture and ISO. If you want a fast shutter speed and greater depth of field, you only have ISO to work with. If you want a nice bokeh, then you can work with shutter and ISO. This is true whether you're working with any automatic or manual modes.

While you have the ability to set limits for the automatic modes, if you're shooting with a zoom lens, this probably isn't practical. It would be much better to gain an understanding of how the modes work and how settings change when you use the various modes (like sports mode which tries to give you the fastest shutter speed).

Lastly, most EV adjustments are best made in 1/3 stop increments. Not whole stops. If you are shooting in the snow, you might go 1 full stop over. If you were making an HDR image, you might use EV to go 2-3 stops over or under to make each of the images for your HDR. For most images, 2/3 is going to be about the maximum in a well exposed scene.

 

not knocking your knowledge, because what you just posted is truth. I know it, you know it, but maybe others don't.

my tangent was directed towards medic2230, as the exif info on the duck was f13 iso800 1/50s at 300mm, and probably a tad overexposed, but that is moot since it was blurry. I was simply trying to give him some suggestions on how to understand how his camera works, given the results of that one picture, so that maybe he could improve in the future and understand why the shots come out a certain way, instead of "I was just messing about and here's what I got."

in the end, I'm not saying I'm a bad ass behind the camera, just simply trying to learn others. but if I do come out that way, let me know.

 

That's cool.

 

Nikon is the shit with respect to high ISO performance. I'm sure there'll be a change but they just kinda strolled by then took off past Canon. Right around the D3-phenominal camera (as are the bodies that have come after).

 

Cool.

 

Couple Ive taken recently.

 

That's a cool shot Pete. Nice job on exposure. About the only thing I'd do a bit differently is take a step or two back so as to not cut off the bow.

And your fill looks pretty good too!

 

I like it a lot Pete! Agree with Ian as well about the bow, but other than that I like it and the fill light looks great!

 

So the place I'm moving into here has 2 bedrooms. I was thinking of keeping the second one pretty much empty to use as a small studio. It's about an 8x10 room with vaulted ceilings and carpet. I feel I will be able to get a lot out of it.

Any setup ideas? Recommendations from experience?

 

just an a shot from class. assignment was "lighting spaces and things and people....people just had to be in the shot...i like the shot just havent gotten around to editing the one i really like...since this one had people in it so i had to use it. what do ya think? this is only my second time shooting architecture.