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Photographer for Nicholasville and Lexington Kentucky www.sandradeesphotography.com sandrad600@yahoo.com
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Flashlight Photography Fun
This is a real hoot! Get into a dark room. Have your subject hold a flashlight. Set you camera to manual focus, aperture around 5.6, shutter speed at somewhere between 5 and 15 seconds. Since this is a very long shutter speed, you will need a tripod. Focus on your subject. You may to to have them flash the flashlight at his/her face to help with the focus. Press the button for a picture. Now, it the 5/15 seconds that follow, draw something with the flashlight. Hearts, flowers, frames, whatever! When the picture is finally taken, you will see a light drawing that was made with the flashlight. Kids love it!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunset Shots Photography lesson
This is one of the coolest shots! Everyone loves to see the sillouette shots. And they are so easy to do!
Put the subjects in a romantic or cool pose with the main light source (sunset) behind them. You will be shooting into the sun. Set your aperture pretty high, somewhere between 9-11. Shutterspeed should also be high, 250-400 depending upon the light. What you are doing is exposing to make the background look good. Take your shot, and see if you're getting the background colors that you want. If it's too bright, raise shutter speed until you have a nice, warm colored sunset. Now take your shot!
With more practice, you'll always get great sillouette shots!
Put the subjects in a romantic or cool pose with the main light source (sunset) behind them. You will be shooting into the sun. Set your aperture pretty high, somewhere between 9-11. Shutterspeed should also be high, 250-400 depending upon the light. What you are doing is exposing to make the background look good. Take your shot, and see if you're getting the background colors that you want. If it's too bright, raise shutter speed until you have a nice, warm colored sunset. Now take your shot!
With more practice, you'll always get great sillouette shots!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Photography Lesson: Beware of Auto!
I know that alot of people buy a nice DSLR, and then leave it on auto all the time. Well, if you're shooting mainly outside and in daylight, you're probably getting good results. But have you every tried to shoot inside or in low light and wondered why your pics are blurry? Most likely, the culprit is SHUTTER SPEED! The auto setting on your camera sets the aperture and shutter speed for you. If you don't have enough light, the camera will automatically lower your shutter speed to let enough light in.
Next time you shoot inside on auto, look at your shutter speed. The easy rule of thumb is, don't shoot hand held at a shutter speed lower twice than your lens zoom setting. Here's the easy example. Let's pretend that your lens is a 14-50mm. The largest zoom setting on this lens is 50mm. Double that is 100. You should not let your shutter speed go below 100 without risking blur when you are holding your camera. If you have a 50-200mm lens, then your shutter speed should be above 400 handheld.
Now other pros will probably say that there are alot more factors involved. They are right. But these are some simple rules to try to make your pictures turn out better, quickly!
Next time you shoot inside on auto, look at your shutter speed. The easy rule of thumb is, don't shoot hand held at a shutter speed lower twice than your lens zoom setting. Here's the easy example. Let's pretend that your lens is a 14-50mm. The largest zoom setting on this lens is 50mm. Double that is 100. You should not let your shutter speed go below 100 without risking blur when you are holding your camera. If you have a 50-200mm lens, then your shutter speed should be above 400 handheld.
Now other pros will probably say that there are alot more factors involved. They are right. But these are some simple rules to try to make your pictures turn out better, quickly!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Photography lesson: blur the background
Thought I'd try to give a little insight for any newbies wanting to learn a bit about photography. Seasoned pros will probably scoff a bit at my lessons, but my goal is to make this as easy as pie for anyone wanting to make beautiful pics quickly!
Okay. To blur a background easily, you need a zoom lens. Extend your zoom lens as far as possible (zoom in). Position yourself a distance away from the subject so that you get the shot that you want. Since blurred backgrounds are usually used in portraits, move so that you either have a full face or bust type shot. Now focus using your autofocus. You should see a blurred background! A good photographer can get a blurred background whenever they want it. Practice this until you feel that you can as well!
Okay. To blur a background easily, you need a zoom lens. Extend your zoom lens as far as possible (zoom in). Position yourself a distance away from the subject so that you get the shot that you want. Since blurred backgrounds are usually used in portraits, move so that you either have a full face or bust type shot. Now focus using your autofocus. You should see a blurred background! A good photographer can get a blurred background whenever they want it. Practice this until you feel that you can as well!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Welcome Comments!!
It's a beautiful Saturday morning, and I'm chilling out watching A Knight's Tale. Shopping is on the agenda, as well as dog sitting. The photography biz is a little slow right now during the fall and winter months, so I'm wanting business! Check out my sale going on at www.sandradeesphotography.com
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