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February 20th '11, 06:31 PM
Iv been out doing shoots recently and realised that i keep forgetting things i know, and finding new things that are rather interesting while i'm out, but these things are usually forgotten as quickly as i come up with them, so i thought it would be quite nice to have a place where we talk about the basic ways we use our cams. we can mix and mach techniques and opinions.

1) i use my camera on Aperture Priority most of the time as its a steep learning curve and teaches you how to deal with different light levels and which apertures and times usually go together, for a new photographer this is very important probably far more important than ISO

2) turn autofocus off, i cannot stress this enough, especially in dimly lit areas autofocus is not your friend, will not do what you want and will ruin carefully designed shots

Karbon
February 20th '11, 06:40 PM
If it's night time, turn on the flash.
That's about all I'll ever need to know.

Karbon
February 20th '11, 06:40 PM
EDIT: I'm editing this post to make it look as if I actually meant to double post instead of accidentally clicking the 'post' button twice and having my previous post posted twice.

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February 20th '11, 07:04 PM
haha, i like your style

Duvets
February 20th '11, 09:10 PM
I keep reading this as 'Pornographic Hints & Tips'.

Sadly I don't have any hints or tips for porn or photos so I guess I'll just leave now.

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February 20th '11, 09:18 PM
ha ha i will also allow these, when taking a picture of a naked form remember the built in flash on your camera will be too harsh either use a diffuser or a flashgun with a built in diffuser and reflective screen, this will help in not over exposing skin

mikedistras
April 3rd '11, 06:02 PM
If shooting on a white background - get an EASY "studio" looking shot by having a flash on full power on the background and burn it out!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4845064748_f99865ca2f_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_distras/4845064748/)DSC_3391 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_distras/4845064748/) by Mike_Distras (http://www.flickr.com/people/mike_distras/), on Flickr

Shane
April 3rd '11, 06:04 PM
Here we go, Photography 101, in one image. ;)

http://i.imgur.com/Nz7v5.jpg

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April 3rd '11, 06:54 PM
101 was a bit too basic for what i had in mind just different uses of certain techniques

like underexposing the sky for more colour detail