Sydney's friend, Rugger, is over for a sleepover tonight! My friend Kim's heart is broken, so her and her dog came to spend the night in our warm house.
*EDIT: Kim's HEAT was broken, not her heart. However, had her heart been broken, I would have invited her over in that instance as well. ;-)
Kim's heart is broken! oh no! ;-) cute picture, those dogs are crazy!
ReplyDeleteHahaha that was actually a great typo. I love this picture silly dogs.
ReplyDeletei just love this picture... Ruggy looks so handsome and Sydney looks so beautiful.
ReplyDeletehi there! i had some blogger issues and disappeared for a while!
ReplyDeletei meant to ask you - what WB are you using on your camera and are you shooting RAW or JPG?
i remember saying i would offer tidbits of photographic advice but i ah - dont want to do it if you want me to shut up! keep up your good work :) the fencepost shot was amazing!
by WB i mean white balance :) you can pre-set it or do it after in RAW mode. Sometimes photos shot in flourescent/incandescent lights can have a blue or yellow cast to them and once removed - the photo looks more natural. i dont know much about nikon digital but since youre a dirty nikon shooter (smile) - did your camera come with photo software? that will have a RAW editor on it. I encourage you to play around! You can adjust exposure and white balance and the like. More like a digital negative. The files are HUGE and you can convert them to smaller when you convert to .jpg. If you are using photoshop CS3 or later, it can read your RAW files as well.
ReplyDeleteShooting automatic is the way to learn your camera, but try adjusting the controls a bit in Av or Tv. Av will let you control the aperature (how much light is let in) and it will set the shutter appropirately - the lower the aperature number, the more light. its backwards sounding, i know! in Tv, its your shutter control (how long the camera sees the light). Set that to at least 1/100 - 1/125 if you are unstable in hand holding a bit - just to start and it will pick the aperature for you.
Just learning how much light - for how long - is a great start. Play with it, you'll see the relativity.
Keep your ISO within reason. I dont go above 200 on a decent outdoor shoot unless i HAVE TO. WHat lens are you using and what is its max aperature (lowest number) - most zooms can get down to 3.5-4.0 aperature openings. have you tried primes at all? they dont zoom but can affordably get down to about 1.8 and that is a TON of light! ton of light = no flash and beautiful naturual looking photographs indoors... and will give you that blur everyone loves in the background.
sorry to type so much - omg. im sorry!
you have great composition ideas and are on the right track. just dont give up when it gets frustrating! that when you learn the most.