I took these in my living room at around 5:00 in the evening. The light was coming from the right of the picture, not Adam.
I was shooting in AV.
My ISO was set at 400.
My Aperature was at 5.6. (It wouldn't go lower.)
I'm not sure what else to tell you as it chooses the shutter speed itself.
These were all take from the same distance.
The last two look alright to me but some of the others are blurry. Do I need to change settings when I zoom in with my lens? Could this be why closeups are blurrier?
Let me know.
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I'm photographically impaired but wanted to just peek in and gush over your little guy's cuteness :o)
Hope you get some helpful tips!
Heather
Well, any blurriness that you may get would deffinately be from the 5.6 aperature causing slow shutter speeds.. You may have heard us through the years talking about low aperature lenses, these lenses go down a low 1.4 - 1.8 depending on how much you spend.. There is a 1.2 canon L-series for $1400 or the 1.8 50mm for $70-$80.. There are alot of different factors to sharp pics but the low aperature alows more light and thus faster shutter speeds with less blur.. And of coarse, the nicer the glass of the lens also effects this... The canon 50mm 1.4 runs about $350 but the glass is nicer than the 1.8. All of that to say, I would invest in at least the 1.8... That is my take in alot of confused words..
Chad.
Ditto what Chad said. You can still post the Shutter speed even if you shoot in AV, that way we know how the other settings are affecting the ss set by the camera.
I don't think the zoom effects the blurriness much. Blurriness can happen when you aren't steady or low ss as Chad said.
So when I shoot in AV I am still watching the ss so it doesn't fall below 150-250. If it does, you need to change fstop/iso to help increase the ss.
When in Av I also use exposure compensation. You should be able to look it up in the manual or google. But basically it sets the meter not in the middle, but wherever you tell it to meter. I usually set it to meter 2-3 hash marks to the right(lighter). The middle point just seems too dark for my liking.
My guess is that the bottom ones are in better focus because it was zoomed back, letting in more light... creating a better exposure overall. The first few seem a bit darker, not as much light... which also effects the sharpness greatly. (but these don't look too bad!) If he had turned his head towards the light source, and you also moved...that may have helped.
My 50mm 1.8 changed everything for me. Although I don't often shoot at 1.8 because the depth of field is so shallow.(not as much in focus) The way it helped me was that it was a fixed lens. I put it at fwhatever and no matter what I did it stayed at that fstop. My kit lens ticked me off royally because I would set it to f4 and when I would zoom it would shift on me.(that is what cheap lenses do) It basically made it so I was the zoom, but forced me to learn the lens and camera. Now that I have a zoom....ahhhh the love. But I am not so sure I would have understood/appreciated that then. So if you do ever get a zoom make sure it doesn't shift aperture on you.
This was the only way I learned, sharing with Staci Bailey, and the folks in my class the good, the bad, and the ugly... These pics are definitely NOT the ugly!
Keep them coming Heidi! :)
Yes. Terah set the hash marks for me the other night and it helps enormously I think. They sure aren't as dark as they were.
Arrrrrrrgh! I don't know anything. What's the f-stop again? I did learn that a long time ago but have forgotten. And how do you change it?
I love the advice but I don't know half of what you guys are talking about. =)
Well keep asking, I promise I have been EXACTLY where you are at. The book Understanding Exposure by Brian Peterson really helped me alot. I don't own it or I would loan it to you.
I can't even tell you how many times I went back to the book and manual before it started clicking. That and hashing it out with friends.
And shooting like a crazy woman helped too. I would go outside take 20, come load them... swear at myself :), go back out reposition the kid in differently, come back in reload... ect... over and over and over again!
Fstop is how big the opening is inside the lens. F1.8 is called wide open, lets in more light, and gives you a very small depth of field(not as much in focus), but great background blur. Something like F22 makes the opening tiny, but more of your picture is in focus.
Hope that helps.... I don't have my rebel here at the moment but your manual should tell you where to change the aperture(Fstop). When you are shooting AV you choose the iso, and fstop...the cam chooses the ss.
I know NOTHING about photography, but why didn't you order a lens like last week? $80 will change your entire experience - not anywhere close to the cost of the cars, trucks, shops, 4-wheelers, and snowmobiles that your hubby has bought. :) Seriously though, maybe it won't make you a professional overnight, but I think it is a waste of time to get the pictures you are looking for with that lens. That lens predates digital cameras! ;)
Okay. Okay. I know I need a new lens but money doesn't grow on trees, not even $80. Not to mention I think I'll be spending more like $120 or $300 depending on which one I can con my hubby into. Maybe it'll be an early birthday gift?
Regardless, I still need to know what I'm doing with the camera.
Yeah, the fixed lens will be a huge help and frustration at the same time. If you can swing mid priced zoom lens that DOES NOT SHIFT APERTURE(not sure but maybe the Tameron version of the 24-70 2.8, you won't want to curse your camera. Zooming on your feet isn't fun at first. You really do get used to it though. Just depends on what you are willing to sacrifice.
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