Official Photography Thread: Vol. ICan'tFindTheLastOne

[ebayologist]

^ Yeah, thats where Mike is from... The photograph makes a compositional allusion the painting Venus of Urbino hence Mike of Yonkers, but yes, as in Yonkers, NY... but the photograph was taken in Chicago.

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When you were talking about shooting in color, then converting to black and white, would it have a big difference if i just kept shooting in jpg rather than raw?

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Well, yes and no. Yes, in the sense that editing jpg's (even basic stuff like resizing) you degrade the image so if you want to edit your photos and for them to last then shoot raw. But i still think Photoshop has better contrast management so it will do a better job of converting value (color) to contrast (b/w)..

 

[bayest]

yeah cause i've been trying to do it into photoshop, it reads the photo as a tiff image...

so after i'm done doing everything, what's the safest way to turn it into jpeg (as far as keeping the quality)...

thanks, man...i hella appreciate the help...
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[ebayologist]

tiff is a lossless file format, i.e. raw.

Well personally i'd just keep it a tiff. obivously that limits the number of photos you can store but I wouldn't keep every single photograph I take...

With film its alittle different because I have binders full of film and I probably print or scan 2-3 images from a roll of 12 but I still keep all 12. I don't know, end of the day how you decide what to keep and how to keep it is up to you, but I suppose you could just save as a jpg if you really want..

 

[retroshoes98]

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[hamez3]

just some things i did with my new canon sd1000

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[irpstakid]

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[hlf man hlf amzng]

I really want to start making photography a hobby, and just invested in a Canon PowerShot A710 IS.

Here are a few test pictures that I took around the house. I've been playing with the ZoomBrowser EX program that came with the camera, so most of the pictures have been slightly post processed.

Any constructive criticism and advice would be very much appreciated.

 

[kdwallace]

^ most of those are okay - nothing hugely exciting but like you said you were just testing out the camera. I would try some different viewpoints - get down on the floor. I've been doing that a lot recently - gives you a different viewpoint and can help things - especially if you are taking pictures of kids.

The only one that jumps out is this:

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[hlf man hlf amzng]

thanks for the input. very much appreciated.

 

[ebayologist]

Just alittle side project persay that matte'd today still need to get the frame. probably will do that tomorrow. they're 2.25" polaroids shot with my hassy's polaroid back about a month ago, probably will give it to my mom for her bday...

 

[j2o]

Sup_

^ Very nice.

And yes you need a digital camera so you can take better pics of your pics!

Since HDRs are the new panoramics I decided to test it out.

I didn't take this picture but used it for practice since I was looking at cool beach cruisers

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[airjordanjack]

How much is photoshop. Dont have it but i really need it. Thanks. any good places to buy it?

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[ebayologist]

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^ Very nice.

And yes you need a digital camera so you can take better pics of your pics!

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How much is photoshop. Dont have it but i really need it. Thanks. any good places to buy it?

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www.adobe.com/education/purchasing/education_pricing.html

Thats the whole educational price list, photoshop cs3 is normally $649 and educational discount is $299, great deal. But I'd look into Photoshop elements if you dont want to spend basically $300, its only $69 with student discount and it will do most of the basics...

Adobe's educational pricing is without doubt the best deal you'll find for legit software... they have whole CS3 package normally $1599 for $599, thats @#%$ $1k off the orginal price, it's ridiculous deal and you get the real non-bootleg thing...

 

[chr1scross]

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How much is photoshop. Dont have it but i really need it. Thanks. any good places to buy it?

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[spaceman45]

hey guys, i absolutely love this thread. probably one of my favorites.
everyone has amazing pictures.

i do have a quick question though:
i must admit, i recently began not shooting in auto.

trying to figure out just how to use all of the different settings on my camera and stuff.
so, i shot a few pictures on the "P" setting.

totally embarrassed that i forgot what that stood for.

well, since i don't yet know exactly what i'm doing, i set the iso for as high as possible (1600) instead of "auto", i thought that was okay. eh, i get home and i upload them onto my laptop, just to see all of this noise in all of my pictures. i was so upset.
so, i guess after that novel, my question is: what do you recommend i set the iso on when shooting in "P"? btw, it was bright and shiny today...

i apologize if that wasn't exactly clear.

thanks for any help though.


ps. i'll put some of my stuff up later...too lazy right now.

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[ebayologist]

^Well I don't know what "P" for sure, but I'd be willing to bet its portrait... I could guess what exactly that does and probably for the most part right but again, would just be guess seeing as how I don't even know what kinda camera you have let alone have that camera myself...

ISO works like this... its becomes much more obvious using film and a light meter so anyhow... The higher the iso the more grain or noise in the case of digital. Lower the iso the less noise or grain, but more light is required for lower iso or either smaller f-stop or slower shutter speed. Taking grainy shots works relatively well with b/w film but not so much with color film or really at all with digital because noise looks terrible grain is more an aesthetic... So ideally you want the lowest iso to give you an approipriate shutter speed and exposure...

Photography is a balancing act of three things: Shutter Speed, Film Speed (iso), Aperture (f-stop).

Shutter Speed and Aperture work inversely, and Film Speed (iso) affects the both Shutter Speed and Aperture inversely...

If you anybody really enjoys photography even a basic photography class would probably quite helpful. You'll learn alot of this stuff and it becomes second nature...

 

[spaceman45]

^ word.
thanks a lot, ebayologist.
lots of help.
for some reason, i thought that if i turned to low iso, that the pictures might be blurry. but i guess not, if i stay still. haha

aaand nawh, i have a seperate portrait setting on here. so, i guess that'll be a photography thread mystery.

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[chr1scross]

Or "P" could be part of the creative zone of the mode dial, like my camera (Canon 400D). The "P" on my camera means Program AE and is a fully automatic but shiftable mode. Shiftable means that you can change programmed exposer by changing or shifting the shutter speed or aperture. When you shift one exposure element, the camera automatically adjusts other settings to maintain the same or equivalent exposure.

P mode is handy when you want to control depth of field and shutter speed with a minimum of adjustment. For example, the camera may set the aperture at 4/8, but you may want to soften the background using a wide aperture. In this situation you can turn the main dial to shift the programmed exposure settings to a wider aperture. The camera then automatically adjusts the shutter speed to maintain the same overall exposure. P mode is very similar to using Av mode aka Aperture - priority mode.

I personally have no recommended ISO..

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even a basic photography class would probably quite helpful.

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[ebayologist]

I looked it up cause I was curious. P setting makes shots hand holdable. i.e. it keeps the shutter speed faster than 1/60 or more likely 1/125. How P equals that is beyond me but thats apparently what it means...

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When you shift one exposure element, the camera automatically adjusts other settings to maintain the same or equivalent exposure.

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[travisjmu]

I am in the market for a new Digital Camera and have been looking around at a few places and have yet to find a good website/resouce to look at. I've got the July 2007 Consumer Report that talks about Digital Cameras and certain types, the only problem is the Best Buy, Coscto, Walmart, and Sam's Club around here carry NONE of the models that consumer reports list, they carry the same brand and normally the models are off by 1 or 2 numbers, but not the same thing, so its hard to use that as a guide.

I was wondering if anyone had bought one recently and if so where did they buy it, and how much research did they do and what were the websites used for researching and buying the camera?

I want a "sub-compact" model or a very small compact model. Something that fits in my pocket, comes with pretty good software, Zooms well enough that is is on the higher end of the zoom and picture quality of cameras (doesn't have to be the best, above average is what I am looking for) and prefarable a black phone.

 

[j2o]

Sup_

I posted this in another post because someone was asking about ISO.

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ISO.
What ISO denotes is how sensitive the image sensor is to the
amount of light present. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the
image sensor and therefore the possibility to take pictures in
low-light situations.

So when taking pictures outside or with sun the ISO should be
relativity around 50-200. When in dark light situations then thats when
your ISO should be higher so more light will be going into your lens.

For my outdoor settings I set it around 100-200. So actually CRIS
1600-1800 would be too much for outdoor (well lit) settings and will
make your pics blownout. Also the higher the ISO the "grainier" the
pic will be.

ISO 100: Great for bright sunny days, at the beach or on the snow.
Produces clean images that are great for enlargements.

ISO 200: Great for overcast daylight pictures (noise levels may
increase, but in most cases not noticeably)

ISO 400: Great for lower lighting conditions (indoors, night time) or
when you need to capture faster moving subjects in lower lighting
conditions. In many consumer cameras, ISO 400 can make photos
look very noisy in dark areas of the picture. The reason a higher
speed ISO helps you capture fast moving subjects is because a
higher ISO makes the image sensor of the camera more light
sensitive. This forces the camera to use a higher shutter speed to
compensate for the extra brightness, which in turn helps to "freeze"
movement in the captured frame.

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[chr1scross]

Nice, understandable & valuable info there j2o

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[purple face]

Saweeet. Thanks for that ISO guide j20. I'll be studying it
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[liquid sword chamber]

what's noise levels?

 

[j2o]

Sup_

No problems, I am glad it is informative.

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btw, good job doing what you did with AirAdam from ISS... (lets not derail this thread though!)

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