Please inform the basic adjustments one should keep in mind while operating with a Digital SLR. More specifically for potraiats and landscapes.
2006-12-28 04:40:15 · 5 answers · asked by buddiga 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
well for any photography there are two basic adjustments that is shuter speed and the apparture. Shutter speed is the length of time the shutter is opened for the light to hit the film or the ccd element of the camera, on the other hand the apparture is the amount of shutter which opens. these two things go hand in hand. Let me explain you this taking an example of a tap. Here the knob of the tap can be the apparture where in the more you open the more amount of water flows out, and the shutter speed can be related to the amount of time you leave the tap opend. Now suppose you need to fill in a bucket of watter you wait for x amount of time (shutter speed) at full open position of tap (apparture), now when you half close the tap you will require double the time 2x for filling the same bucket. Photography is just that, here insted of water it is light, if the amount of light on the subject is less than either you need to increase the opening of the shutter by lowering the f- stop, or increasing the time of shutter speed. now knowing this try shooting the subject in various speed and apparture and note them down for you later reference. As you are having a digital slr camera you can take advantage of shooting the subject n-number of times in different setting and geting the results immediately on the view finder. keep experimenting and fine tune you skill - this is the only way you can lear photography
2006-12-31 22:04:48 · answer #1 · answered by gireesh k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "basic adjustments" would be your aperture and shutter speed and learning how to adjust them to adapt to the available light. Captsnuf said a mouthful when he said "practice". You might also check betterphoto.com. They offer online courses on many cameras. I learned more through them with my Nikon D50 than with the manual, but it is good to refer to the manual also. The main thing is practice. If it doesn't turn out good, just delete it and try again after making some adjustments.
2006-12-28 07:55:21 · answer #2 · answered by Patrick_T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
practice and play with it...you'll mess up some shots totally, but you will learn, keep the instruction manual handy...and just use the camera and in time you will become familiar with it and get some really good shots
we just got one and i take it out frequently and just take pictures with it...the good thing is i can erase, and don't waste film...that is sooooo cooooollll!!!!
2006-12-28 05:41:00 · answer #3 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By remembering digital is not film.
2006-12-28 11:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by Kaliyug Ka Plato 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to control light:
shutter speed
aperture
exposure compensation
if you get shutter speed and aperture all perfect, you won't have to compensate a different exposure setting. go google those things if you don't already know about them.
and please, please please don't zoom out too much. never take a centered picture of your cat/dog laying on the ground from a normal standing position.
never. lol
2006-12-28 13:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by Isaac 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋