Wanting to get into photography, young but want to know!?

Question

Hello, I am a 7th grader, and I want to do horses/action photos. I know people say practice makes perfect but what should I look for in a good picture? I do have horses to practice, but I need a better answer than practice. For you, what is a good or bad picture? And...How to make it better?

I have a Polaroid Digital Camera. i733.
3 times optical zoom lens

Answer 1

Hi.... I photograph horseshows almost every week, during the show season...

If you have a sports setting on your camera, that will help a lot, to capture action shots of the horses.

Or if you have control of your shutter speed, you can set it to about 1/850, and an aperture of about 5.6f or less.. you will want to adjust your ISO to keep the settings at that, 400 ISO usually works for me

Make sure you are not shooting in the direction of the sun, it's best to shoot, when the sun is behind you or to your left or right... Try to get some shots of the horses, from different angles, to see which you find more appealing, I generally like a slight angle, for jumper shots.. but a full side shot, for trotting or walking horses. (assuming you are shooting equestrians) If you are shooting western competitions, like barrel racing... make sure you stand where the dust will not blow in your direction. and use your rapid sequence capabilities, to shoot a burst of shots, to capture the action.

Try to fill the frame, with your subject, as best you can.

Good luck :) and practice, practice, practice.

Answer 2

There are two parts to photography: 1) the mechanics of the camera and 2) the composition/framing of an image.

Item #2 is far more important than item #1. Yes, you need some good technique (#1) to create an acceptable quality image, but even a perfectly exposed image is pretty meaningless with out content and composition (#2).

The good news is that there is a lot of material available for learning how to put together an attractive and meaningful image. Any 2-dimensional art - painting, for example - faces the same challenge and practically all of the concepts that make for a good painting make for a good photo. So get out there and start learning about how to put together a good composition - forms, colors, placement, balance,...

Also, go out and find a book about action photography. That should help you learn about techniques that will be helpful in photographing horses and riders in action.

Then get clicking that shutter. Go out with a specific ojective. Think about what you want to photgraph. What do you want to convey to someone who sees that photo? Then go try to do exactly that. Take notes! The camera might (or might not) remember the settings that were used, but your will still need to take notes of things such as illumination direction, camera height, technique (such as panning during exposure) and other variables.

When you are done taking the pictures, look at each one, including the ones that you don't think are any good. Look at each one and, remembering your objective, ask what worked and what didn't work. When you get a crappy picture, remember what happened that made it crappy and don't do that any more.

As far as the camera goes, read the manual and find out how to change all of the settings. Then go out and take a number of pictures, each with different settings. Take notes! Again, the camera might remember its settings, but many point-and-shoot cameras don't remember everything. View the images and note how the picture changed as you changed settings. You might even want to create either an electronic or printed notebook that catalogs the changes.

Some effects may be subtle or may not show up in all cases. Turning long exposure noise reduction on or off, for example, will have no effect if all of your photos are in bright sunlight.

Experiment, experiment, experiment. This is so much easier now that you don't have to worry about film costs or darkroom time. But don't just blast away. Think about what you are trying to accomplish with a photo and then review the results to see how effective you were at accomplishing that goal.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Use your knowledge of horses and the type of action that is most interesting to other riders to figure out the best types of shots. Pay attention to what shows the "action" (turns, jumps, etc.) and experiment with those. But always remember that safety of the rider & horse comes FIRST!!! (No flash in the horse's face that might startle horse or rider, stay out of the way, etc.). And safety of the photographer comes next!

After that review your photos and only save/show people the VERY BEST shots.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 5

Well, I love snapshots. These capture "action". In order to get into photography you need a camera and you need to learn to use it.

I also like artistic photos (photos taken to capture flowers, animals or part of nature).

But, you should photograph what you like.

Answer 6

Do some photography courses, practice is pointless unless you are practicing new skills or techniques.