Photo Tips For My Granddaughter on a Spring Break Trip To DC (Page 2): You must be the "cool" grandpa. And she sounds not only talented but smart too. Great choice on the camera. Tip:...

Jcmarino

You must be the "cool" grandpa. And she sounds not only talented but smart too. Great choice on the camera. Tip: Its all about the light. Find it.

RLSeipleSr Loc: North of Boston

bsprague wrote:

... enjoy(ed) watching her sing it solo ...

Thanks for sharing ... the video is a "keeper" for sure ...

... and thank you Brother, for your service ...

Bob S

Corsica fox

Tell her to go to some of the monuments after dark and they are illuminated. Lincoln, Jefferson come to mind.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

RLSeipleSr wrote:

Thanks for sharing ... the video is a "keeper" for sure ...

... and thank you Brother, for your service ...

Bob S

By the look of your avatar, the mission they gave me was pretty tame!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Jcmarino wrote:

You must be the "cool" grandpa. And she sounds not only talented but smart too. Great choice on the camera. Tip: Its all about the light. Find it.

I texted you suggestion to her! And, yes, she is smart. She is in all the advanced classes, gets wonderful grades and is involved in school leadership. It is hard to believe she is genetically connected to me.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Corsica fox wrote:

Tell her to go to some of the monuments after dark and they are illuminated. Lincoln, Jefferson come to mind.

I texted your suggestion with the reminder that the camera she borrowed has some good low light automation for handheld shooting.

BuckeyeBilly Loc: St. Petersburg, FL

bsprague wrote:

My 13 year old granddaughter left this morning for... (show quote)

According to Joel Sartore, a premier National Geographic photographer, the best times to take photos will be in the early morning or late in the day.
Also, if she wants people in her photos, do very little posing. Take most photos of people acting naturally.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

BuckeyeBilly wrote:

According to Joel Sartore, a premier National Geographic photographer, the best times to take photos will be in the early morning or late in the day.
Also, if she wants people in her photos, do very little posing. Take most photos of people acting naturally.

Thank you. I will include your tip in tomorrows morning update. I'm not sure how a 13 year old young woman can avoid posing in a crowd of her 70 school buddies! Did you know there was an iPhone app that records what you have in your closet so that you can mix and match your wardrobe components before the morning dress up?

BuckeyeBilly Loc: St. Petersburg, FL

bsprague wrote:

Thank you. I will include your tip in tomorrows morning update. I'm not sure how a 13 year old young woman can avoid posing in a crowd of her 70 school buddies! Did you know there was an iPhone app that records what you have in your closet so that you can mix and match your wardrobe components before the morning dress up?

Do very little posing as in portrait-style. The best photos are capturing her school buddies while they're talking among themselves or pointing at something or being active in some manner or...the list is endless (it's as if her buddies cannot even see her taking the photos). Portrait posing is best for having some landmark in the background, which she shouldn't have a problem finding.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

BuckeyeBilly wrote:

Do very little posing as in portrait-style. The best photos are capturing her school buddies while they're talking among themselves or pointing at something or being active in some manner or...the list is endless (it's as if her buddies cannot even see her taking the photos). Portrait posing is best for having some landmark in the background, which she shouldn't have a problem finding.

You are right. I'm not sure my texts to her really penetrate the social fog in a herd of 13 year olds! That said, she has been a good photographer for a few years and I'm looking forward to seeing her results. Like all of us, she has a learning rate. Her specific advantage came in two parts. First, of course, she has had me (grin!) to supply software and gear. Second, she is part of the iPhone generation and always has a camera with her. As often as I suggest and loan better gear she shows me results that I can't argue with.

Jerry Coupe Loc: Kent, WA

Not sure if anyone has suggesting bracketing her exposures. I found that many of the Mall Memorials are very reflective, so angles and f-stops can make a real difference.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Jerry Coupe wrote:

Not sure if anyone has suggesting bracketing her exposures. I found that many of the Mall Memorials are very reflective, so angles and f-stops can make a real difference.

We talked about bracketing before she left. We also talked about the latitude inherent in RAW. She is shooting RAW+JPEG. I don't know if the bracketing will be successful.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

She came home with only a few photos! It turned out that "all" of the 40 kids on the trip had "huge" Nikons or Canons. It was too embarrassing to pull out a Sony RX100!