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photomom101 : Snow Day

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:17:16 +0000

Edit: I added the settings.

photomom101 : Composition: Off-Center

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:25:08 +0000

Hey Marsha, check out this post: http://photomom101.blogspot.com/2009/07/aperture-...

tylerstanton.com : The Weekly Six - 1.8.10

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:22:19 +0000

"I thought black would be a little scary" Really? You didn't go with black because you thought it would be scary? Did you apply that same reasoning to the decision making process that led to TATTOOING THE WHITES OF YOUR EYES?

photomom101 : Picture of the Week

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:53:28 +0000

Yes.

photomom101 : Practical Tip: Rapid Fire

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:52:35 +0000

Sara, The settings didn't change.

photomom101 : Histograms Part 5

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:40:12 +0000

Lindsey, that's a good question. I've never considered it. Anybody else know? I'll try to look for some patterns.

photomom101 : Histograms Part 5

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:39:10 +0000

Lindsey, changing the shutter in shutter priority mode (or the aperture in aperture priority mode) will not change the overall exposure. Instead, the camera will change the aperture when you change the shutter speed so that you will end up with the same exposure. So exposure compensation is the way to go.

photomom101 : Histograms Part 4

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:04:42 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Carisa. I'm glad you are enjoying it.

photomom101 : First Week with a DSLR: Part 5

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:21:09 +0000

Thanks Lindsey. It's fixed now.

photomom101 : How to Focus Your Camera Part One

Tue, 8 Sep 2009 18:33:03 +0000

If you are handing your camera to someone else, switch to auto mode. Then the camera will make all the decisions and you are more likely to end up with a good shot. If your picture is focused on the wrong place, you can't make it look good. Maybe better with some sharpening and masking in Photoshop, depending on how far off it is, but never good. Sorry.

tylerstanton.com : The Phone Rules

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 19:53:18 +0000

I totally agree that a missed call is nothing. On that note, if you have a missed call from me and a new message, don't call me back without listening to the message. I spent my time listening to your annoying, long, attempt to be funny in order to be able to leave it, so you'd better listen before calling me back.

osborn mission : Play Dough

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 13:43:08 +0000

Belle usually calls it "tomato"

photomom101 : Picture of the Week

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:43:52 +0000

Lindsey, I find that cloudy typically works best for window light. Sometimes I have to fine tune it to get what I want. Part of the reason it looks like there is a lot of light is that the ISO was 1000. At a lower ISO the picture would look darker. I chose f4 intentionally with this shot, and didn't want to go slower than 1/60, so ISO 1000 was needed for a proper exposure. The light is pretty even in the shot thanks to a big window, but it wasn't very bright.

photomom101 : How to Choose a Shutter Speed Part One

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:06:02 +0000

Good question. I would only use shutter priority mode if I wanted to be intentional about choosing a shutter speed. So probably not when photographing people standing still. However, it's good to know a standard like 1/60 so can you can pay attention to what your camera is choosing. If I were taking pictures of people posing and noticed that my shutter speed was slower than 1/60, I might switch to shutter priority mode and set it to 1/60 to get sharp images. Also, imagine you are taking pictures of people in front of moving cars or a train or something. If you want to capture motion blur in the moving object in the background you would want to set your shutter speed as slow as possible without blurring the people (so 1/60 would be a good starting point.)

photomom101 : How to Control Aperture

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:59:39 +0000

Emily, thanks for the question. Lens advice is coming soon.

photomom101 : How to Control Aperture

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:58:39 +0000

The "P" is probably program mode. It's one step away from auto mode, but not a lot different (depending on the camera.) You probably can control the aperture on your point and shoot, but the bad news is, it won't matter. The sensors on those cameras are so small, that it is pretty much impossible to get the blurry background effect. Sorry