Book on MANUAL Shooting?? IS there such a thing??
Gary Trent photography wrote: If you own a DSLR ..... never, EVER shoot in auto! ......
Why did you buy such a camera when you could have bought
an inexpensive point-and-shoot?
Manual shooting is total control over your camera and the image before you.
Setting the aperture and shutter speeds is what photo'y is all about.
Your camera settings are your "personal" touch.
Two things:
1) go to web-sites that instruct manual-shooting.
2) bracket a shot and see what image you like best.
As with the photo you take and the attitude towards it,
my rule is KISS
I would never say NEVER EVER shoot in Auto, because sometimes Auto can come in handy, hence why it's there, but I agree, if you own a DSLR do most of your shooting off Auto.
LovePhotography wrote:
Gary Trent photography wrote: If you own a DSLR ..... never, EVER shoot in auto! ......
Why did you buy such a camera when you could have bought
an inexpensive point-and-shoot?
Manual shooting is total control over your camera and the image before you.
Setting the aperture and shutter speeds is what photo'y is all about.
Your camera settings are your "personal" touch.
Two things:
1) go to web-sites that instruct manual-shooting.
2) bracket a shot and see what image you like best.
As with the photo you take and the attitude towards it,
my rule is KISS
Yes I have TWO DSLR camera's and YES with both I shoot in Auto - I have tried other setting but Don't really know who to work them -
I know that Manual is you are in control but if you have no clue what you are doing it makes it very hard to understand.
I get it but I have no clue what works with what - If I want to shoot a bird - I need to know what the best setting is and right now i have no clue - that is why I use Auto - and some of it works & some of it doesn't...
Good Advice - Thanks..
If you do not understand manual, that is open. remember practice makes perfect. Shooting birds you can set the camera on aperture mode, choose your aperture and let the camera choose your shutter speed.
Yes .... "think & calm down" .... lol ....
Lets keep this simple.
First :
Shutter speed .... very self explainitory.
Aperature ..... now here's the real tool to work with.
The larger the number ie: f16 the more depth of field (DOF).
That is, the more focus between foreground & background.
The smaller the number ie F5.6 the less DOF.
Now, when you look at your subject determine first the shutter speed.
If the action is moving choose a faster shutter speed but this
will mean you loose DOF or (f-stop).
IE: f16 @ 60sec. (landscape) = f5.6 @ 1/250sec (horse race)
These settings will be basically the same (correct) exposure.
In manual your camera will show you this.
Say you have a landscape .... nothing moving.
Choose a slower shutter speed.
Then choose a greater DOF ie: f16 where most everything in
fore/background will be in focus.
Do the opposite for the horse race.
(while I'm here, you may increase the ISO for more shutter
speed and/or DOF if needed)
Every photo'er may do this different in manual,
but here's what I basically do.
Set the shutter to around 1/125 sec with ISO at 100.
Now your ready to choose your DOF.
If you want the fore/background in focus then use f8. (slower shutter)
If you want your fore/background out of focus choose f5.6
and a faster shutter speed.
Now, with most DSLRs ..... your camera will show you this
along with a DOF preview button.
The preview button will show how much DOF you have.
It should be on your lens barrel ..... use it !
I suggest you Google web-sites on the subjects of DOF
and SHUTTER speeds. There are lots of them.
If your not happy with all that (
) think of yourcamera's lens as your own eye.
The brighter the light your pupil will contract (more DOF)
The darker the light your pupil will expand (less DOF)
Once you learn this control you will NEVER go back to Auto.
Trust me and hope this helps.
GT
GaryTrent photography (Canada)
Owner of
Art Effects Gallery,
Grand Forks, B.C. Canada
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boriqua latina wrote: If u have a DSLR shoot manual all the time, 24/7....you will have control of the exposure and lighting...and u are in control of the tool which is the camera..the p for program and other modes read many lighting around then u wonder y u have bad exposures..to be professional u gotta train ur mind and study, read, do internships, manual is not hard, if u think its hard then u set ur mind that it is hard....u can learn this in school..if you got the love for photography push urself and do manual like I do..
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john_m wrote:
boriqua latina wrote: If u have a DSLR shoot manual all the time, 24/7....you will have control of the exposure and lighting...and u are in control of the tool which is the camera..the p for program and other modes read many lighting around then u wonder y u have bad exposures..to be professional u gotta train ur mind and study, read, do internships, manual is not hard, if u think its hard then u set ur mind that it is hard....u can learn this in school..if you got the love for photography push urself and do manual like I do..
Its your mind thats telling you its hard, digital is cheap, take as much time over it as you need, practice makes perfect, costing you nothing, then you will be wondering why it was so hard in the first place when you get the results. Dont really need books, lot of useful info on this thread. Practical practice is what you need.
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