What happens when you niece takes over the camera...

12 years 6 months ago #160985 by TheNissanMan
After the last couple of days I really don't need an outfit for Halloween, I am an absolute Zombie!

10 hours in the car in 48 hours and working in between!

After work yesterday I drove down to my sisters for Halloween but really could not move so gave my 13 year old NIece my camera to go and get some snaps after setting the camera up in manual to roughly match the light in the house and the flash...

Considering she doesn't have her own camera I'm impressed, a couple of her 'snaps'....













For some reason when shrinking the images down they aren't as sharp as full screen but full res on my screen all of the eyes are crystal and pop...


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12 years 6 months ago #160987 by Scotty

TheNissanMan wrote: After the last couple of days I really don't need an outfit for Halloween, I am an absolute Zombie!

10 hours in the car in 48 hours and working in between!

After work yesterday I drove down to my sisters for Halloween but really could not move so gave my 13 year old NIece my camera to go and get some snaps after setting the camera up in manual to roughly match the light in the house and the flash...

Considering she doesn't have her own camera I'm impressed, a couple of her 'snaps'....













For some reason when shrinking the images down they aren't as sharp as full screen but full res on my screen all of the eyes are crystal and pop...


Might be your hosting.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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12 years 6 months ago #161227 by Stealthy Ninja
how direct is the flash on these shots?
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12 years 6 months ago #161466 by rmeyer7
Very impressive for a kid with no real camera knowledge. That young lady needs a camera of her own :)


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12 years 6 months ago #161540 by icepics
Looks like she has a good eye for composition, and is creative too.

Sharon
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12 years 6 months ago #161549 by TheNissanMan
The camera was direct albeit with a Stofen stuck on it...

The compositions weren't to bad although alittle cropping might have been done here or there. In reality there wasn't too much PP needed on these at all which was surprising :)


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12 years 6 months ago #161583 by Baydream

rmeyer7 wrote: Very impressive for a kid with no real camera knowledge. That young lady needs a camera of her own :)

:agree:

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12 years 6 months ago #161617 by Stealthy Ninja

TheNissanMan wrote: The camera was direct albeit with a Stofen stuck on it...

The compositions weren't to bad although alittle cropping might have been done here or there. In reality there wasn't too much PP needed on these at all which was surprising :)


Ah, mate... the Stofen is designed to increase light scattering from bounced flash (45º up)... so many people use them for "softening" direct flash, but the size of the light source is the same so the hardness of the light is basically the same as if you used direct flash.

I assume you were using it tilted up 45º... right?! :whistle:

www.stofen.com/info/howitworks.asp
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12 years 6 months ago #161737 by TheNissanMan

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

TheNissanMan wrote: The camera was direct albeit with a Stofen stuck on it...

The compositions weren't to bad although alittle cropping might have been done here or there. In reality there wasn't too much PP needed on these at all which was surprising :)


Ah, mate... the Stofen is designed to increase light scattering from bounced flash (45º up)... so many people use them for "softening" direct flash, but the size of the light source is the same so the hardness of the light is basically the same as if you used direct flash.

I assume you were using it tilted up 45º... right?! :whistle:

www.stofen.com/info/howitworks.asp


I never knew that :)

To be honest I don't know, I just let her loose with the camera, was pointing all the way up when I gave it to her :)


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12 years 6 months ago #161742 by photobod
Your niece has a good eye well done to her and well done to you letting her use your precious camera.

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"A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective." - Irving Penn

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12 years 6 months ago #161745 by chasrich
It must be in the genes... When is she going to join up here. We can always use more talent. :woohoo:

“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
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12 years 6 months ago #161790 by 0567 gel

rmeyer7 wrote: Very impressive for a kid with no real camera knowledge. That young lady needs a camera of her own :)


:agree: A good Christmas present, that an uncle could get her. :)


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12 years 6 months ago #162076 by Stealthy Ninja

TheNissanMan wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

TheNissanMan wrote: The camera was direct albeit with a Stofen stuck on it...

The compositions weren't to bad although alittle cropping might have been done here or there. In reality there wasn't too much PP needed on these at all which was surprising :)


Ah, mate... the Stofen is designed to increase light scattering from bounced flash (45º up)... so many people use them for "softening" direct flash, but the size of the light source is the same so the hardness of the light is basically the same as if you used direct flash.

I assume you were using it tilted up 45º... right?! :whistle:

www.stofen.com/info/howitworks.asp


I never knew that :)

To be honest I don't know, I just let her loose with the camera, was pointing all the way up when I gave it to her :)


Well it worked. ;)
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12 years 6 months ago #162894 by ClickAPic
They are beautiful! How old is your niece? She must be learning by watching you!
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12 years 6 months ago #162924 by TheNissanMan
My niece is 13, unfortauntely I don't get to see them asoften as I would like due to work commitments lol.


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