An aside to real photographers out there.. how do you get pictures in this sort of lighting? Do I need a tripod? Should I just give up?
Monday, January 5, 2009
Ornaments
An aside to real photographers out there.. how do you get pictures in this sort of lighting? Do I need a tripod? Should I just give up?
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Those are really lovely, and I rather like the tone of the photo. I can't help you with techniques--I'm struggling as well.
ReplyDeleteFirst RTFM! for your camera.
ReplyDeletei have a tripod, but a table or something to rest your hands/arms on it good too.
when there is back light the use of flash helps.. but I learned tons just reading the camera manual..
(not that i have reached the ranks of a great photographer.. or even a good one.. but slowing i am moving away from awful!)
Oh my, I have a mood photo, and that ain't bad. Whew! Thank you Panehandle Jane. I think I'm happier already. Yes, those ornaments are such beauties. There are silver threads in the openings.
ReplyDeleteOfTroy, well I did RTFM! about three times. lol
It's time for the old 70's Fujica to come out of the drawer and be fired up. I have a couple of tripods and do use "triangulation" for stability but if I could set everything manually, I'd be a lot happier. I take pictures with both film and digital but the deep experience is with 35mm. My bro kept all of his gear and still doesn't have a digital camera. There might be something to that tack, eh?
I'd try losing the backlighting, and have them just lit from the front.
ReplyDeleteThe thing about digital is that you can try 200 shots, and hopefully learn. I'm just going back to film after two years of big time burning through pixels. My problem with film right now is that I'm used to being able to print myself, and I don't like these fancy computer balanced prints. There is a real photo lab up north. I might go back to getting proof sheets done.
And Hi! of Troy.
I love those ornaments! Hmm.. I have an embroidery machine, too.
ReplyDelete(no time to try it out, but I have one!)
And I wish I knew the best about photography, too, but I just keep trying to work with what I have.
Your photo is good!
(((hugs)))
k, I know what you mean about wanting to do your own developing and printing. Most of the camera shops around here don't do their own dev or printing anymore either though you'd never know it unless you asked. We have one here that still might, that's where I bought the digital camera. lol It's been in business for eons.
ReplyDeleteAdding another "art" to the mix, I mean besides B&W film, gets expensive really fast, dark room or no. My bro is thinking of digital only for that reason.
The only backlighting in that pic is the tree lights, so I'll get rid of that. What I see and what the camera's eye sees is totally different. I was fudging a little in focus to try to ignore the wires all over, but I'll keep working on this.. darn it. Thanks for your tips. You guys have helped me. tytytyty! :)
KnitNana, thanks for your compliment about the photo, and like you, I will keep on trying. There's a lot to like about digital. As K says, you can shoot 200 digipics if you have to. I have to get my head out of the 35mm freeze lock.
ReplyDeleteOooooo, you actually HAVE an embroidery machine? You could set it up to stitch out, and stay there with your knitting, to clip threads and restart it. hehe. Lucky.
I just think of all the do-re-me that could be sunk into supplies, and shudder. It would mean less money for yarn and the toys for it. But, I agree, it's a beautiful craft.