Worst Digital Photography Suggestion/Tip?
Feb 12, 2018 14:06:08 #
Mine is when anyone ever says "always do...." , or "never do...." Every photo needs different settings, techniques, or whatever. If you "always" or "never" do something, then you "never" learn, and the pictures "always" look the same.
Feb 12, 2018 15:23:08 #
WessoJPEG wrote:
Shooting in auto.
I shoot in all modes depending on the situation. Usually A for macro, S for BIF, M for landscapes. I usually put it on Auto when I turn it off in the case I need to grab a quick shot like this one of a GBH trying to steal shrimp from between my feet while fishing. No time to be spinning dials.
Feb 12, 2018 15:26:03 #
bkyser wrote:
Mine is when anyone ever says "always do...." , or "never do...." Every photo needs different settings, techniques, or whatever. If you "always" or "never" do something, then you "never" learn, and the pictures "always" look the same.
Feb 12, 2018 15:26:45 #
bkyser wrote:
Mine is when anyone ever says "always do...." , or "never do...." Every photo needs different settings, techniques, or whatever. If you "always" or "never" do something, then you "never" learn, and the pictures "always" look the same.
That was going to be my worst suggestion....always follow "the rules." Whose rules? I don't want someone else dictating my style.
Feb 12, 2018 15:50:45 #
Feiertag wrote:
Mine was to shoot in Aperture Priority Mode. When I started taking photos of birds and becoming familiar with my Canon T3i, I was advised by the seasoned photographers, to do so.
As I look at my older shots, many very ruined by blur.
What was the worst suggest that you have been given?
As I look at my older shots, many very ruined by blur.
What was the worst suggest that you have been given?
Shoot RAW.😱😫🤐
Feb 12, 2018 21:09:06 #
Rick from NY
Loc: Sarasota FL
WessoJPEG wrote:
Shoot RAW.😱😫🤐
Care to elaborate on why you think this is poor advice? I suspect you are going to find a whole lot of photogs are going to disagree with you. In fact, I would argue that "shoot raw" was the single best piece of advice I ever received when I switched from film to digital.
Feb 12, 2018 21:26:41 #
Feiertag wrote:
Mine was to shoot in Aperture Priority Mode. When I started taking photos of birds and becoming familiar with my Canon T3i, I was advised by the seasoned photographers, to do so.
As I look at my older shots, many very ruined by blur.
What was the worst suggest that you have been given?
As I look at my older shots, many very ruined by blur.
What was the worst suggest that you have been given?
>>Worst Digital Photography Suggestion/Tip?
Forget it, it'll never catch on!
Feb 13, 2018 02:55:28 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
Aperture priority and continuous AF is how I shoot nearly all action and wildlife.
Feb 13, 2018 05:23:18 #
Rick from NY wrote:
Care to elaborate on why you think this is poor advice? I suspect you are going to find a whole lot of photogs are going to disagree with you. In fact, I would argue that "shoot raw" was the single best piece of advice I ever received when I switched from film to digital.
It's the worst advice for him :) He just wants to take a photograph and leave it at that. Why not, millions of people do exactly that everyday, it's just rare to see them on a photography forum where most other people want to take the best photos they can. Mostly its the social side of photography he enjoys.
Feb 13, 2018 05:50:00 #
Feb 13, 2018 06:06:46 #
The answer to all questions in the universe is: "IT DEPENDS"!
The answer to the question about settings is to learn what each setting does and learn how and when to use that setting... And practice, practice, practice!
The answer to the question about settings is to learn what each setting does and learn how and when to use that setting... And practice, practice, practice!
Feb 13, 2018 06:23:52 #
BebuLamar wrote:
If the beginner wants to learn about the technical... (show quote)
We need to define "beginner". A beginner is someone who got handed a camera put it in A mode and snapped some pics. A beginner is also someone who continues to pick up the camera, put it in A mode and snap some pics....for 10 straight years :-)
If you are still in A mode after a couple of weeks, of diligent playing and studying the manual and googling tips, then you will more than likely remain there as you do not have the requisite restlesseness of progression in response to the question you ask yourself when looking on flickr "how did they get that photo".
I was off Auto in about a 2 days of getting my first camera 4 yrs ago. I may be an outlier but probably still representative of the population of those who shoot manual. Its the real pros who can shoot in every mode and get high keeper rates. I am still full manual as i dont really trust the other modes (ie have not practiced/leveraged the other modes).
Auto is a distant vague memory...
Feb 13, 2018 06:30:02 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Feiertag wrote:
Mine was to shoot in Aperture Priority Mode. When I started taking photos of birds and becoming familiar with my Canon T3i, I was advised by the seasoned photographers, to do so.
As I look at my older shots, many very ruined by blur.
What was the worst suggest that you have been given?
As I look at my older shots, many very ruined by blur.
What was the worst suggest that you have been given?
As a young pup trying to go professional the local camera store tried to talk me into the Topcon Super D camera. I almost pulled the trigger but at the last minute went with the Nikon FTN body, and that's made all the difference.
Feb 13, 2018 06:31:46 #
The worst advice is when you read that the lens aperture should be stopped down a lot to f/16 or f/22 to obtain deep depth of field when doing landscape photography. It's past the sweet spot range of most lenses. Diffraction can also begin to soften fine detail.
If shooting with full frame, it would be better to switch to a cropped sensor camera. Since you will be using a shorter focal length to obtain the same field of view, the depth of field will be greater.
If shooting with full frame, it would be better to switch to a cropped sensor camera. Since you will be using a shorter focal length to obtain the same field of view, the depth of field will be greater.
Feb 13, 2018 06:34:54 #
r.grossner wrote:
I shoot in all modes depending on the situation. Usually A for macro, S for BIF, M for landscapes. I usually put it on Auto when I turn it off in the case I need to grab a quick shot like this one of a GBH trying to steal shrimp from between my feet while fishing. No time to be spinning dials.
If your camera has a flash, you wont have to deal with spinning dials but you will have to deal with the camera popping the flash up and taking those extra split seconds to charge and fire.
(I suppose you could disable it).
Point taken on grab and fire of Auto but another option would be to set your aperature to wide open, iso on auto and shutter to 1/400ish Grab and fire and ANY photo will be close enough including motion. (Exception would be low light where the ISO would range too high for the ss....)
You could program those settings into your C mode and that would be your new "Auto" :-)
(Hmmm....maybe I will do that...I think i should take my own advice before offering to others)
...anytime I let the camera decide i am usually dissappointed except for family stills indoors with no motion. Does a decent job in that situation.
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