The Mistakes You Made At The Beginning, That You No Longer Do?
Apr 20, 2019 21:22:04 #
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention ...
I have some trips I fear may be the only time. It's not that I shot in JPEG, but that I don't have the SOOC versions of those files. If you're not going to shoot in RAW, make sure you safely save the originals.
I probably could have saved some cameras and lens cycles, but those lessons are less hurtful than wanting the originals from an Autumn in Yellowstone (and a few others).
But then again, too few to mention ...
I have some trips I fear may be the only time. It's not that I shot in JPEG, but that I don't have the SOOC versions of those files. If you're not going to shoot in RAW, make sure you safely save the originals.
I probably could have saved some cameras and lens cycles, but those lessons are less hurtful than wanting the originals from an Autumn in Yellowstone (and a few others).
Apr 20, 2019 21:28:15 #
General: using too wide open an f-stop when several people appear in the frame (so only one face is truly in focus).
Film: leaving a yellow filter on a lens when using a roll of color film.
Digital: wrongly thinking I was shooting a RAW file (when I somehow had a JPEG only setting).
I try now to go through a pre-shoot check list.
Film: leaving a yellow filter on a lens when using a roll of color film.
Digital: wrongly thinking I was shooting a RAW file (when I somehow had a JPEG only setting).
I try now to go through a pre-shoot check list.
Apr 20, 2019 21:29:22 #
Feiertag wrote:
My biggest mistake was using the aperture mode while shooting birds in flight. Why did I use it? Because I was told that this was the best setting. Wrong!
What practice did you use that you now regret?
What practice did you use that you now regret?
I used to get excited, and too intent upon my subject, and start shooting without really looking. I would snap a shot of a friend standing under a tree, in the shade....and not see the tree branch behind the friend....a branch apparently growing out of my friend's ear. I no longer do such. Now I "see as a photographer sees." I look at foregrounds, backgrounds, subjects, lighting, shadows, and more. I no longer get images of tree branches growing out of people's ears, telephone poles growing out of the tops of their heads, etc. Learning to see as a photographer was the biggest step in my evolution as a photographer. Everything else-learning about Apertures, using filters, etc-were baby steps by comparison. Learning to see properly was just a matter of discipline...of slowing down, and taking the time to really look. Once I really made the effort, it did not take long to create the habit of taking the time to examine scenes. It required a mind shift, and some discipline, and it rewarded me greatly. I went from 'taking pictures' to 'making images'....creating art (such as it may be). I evolved from being a Snapshooter into becoming a Photographer. I do not regret having been a Snapshooter, but I will never go back to being such.
Apr 20, 2019 22:18:12 #
Longshadow wrote:
Geeze, I started almost 50 years ago.
I don't remember what I may have been doing wrong.
Recently? Separating (putting) RAW and JPEG files in their own directories. All are in the same directory now.
I don't remember what I may have been doing wrong.
Recently? Separating (putting) RAW and JPEG files in their own directories. All are in the same directory now.
I was about to reply with almost the same opening comment. Except, with me it was more like over 60 years ago!
Apr 21, 2019 01:26:57 #
Longshadow wrote:
Geeze, I started almost 50 years ago.
I don't remember what I may have been doing wrong.
Recently? Separating (putting) RAW and JPEG files in their own directories. All are in the same directory now.
I don't remember what I may have been doing wrong.
Recently? Separating (putting) RAW and JPEG files in their own directories. All are in the same directory now.
Interesting. Please expand on why you have changed the method.
Apr 21, 2019 01:55:14 #
therwol
Loc: USA
Feiertag wrote:
My biggest mistake was using the aperture mode while shooting birds in flight. Why did I use it? Because I was told that this was the best setting. Wrong!
What practice did you use that you now regret?
What practice did you use that you now regret?
Trying to save money by buying cheap lenses and getting less than optimum results. (When third party lenses sucked, not like now.) Not using a tripod when I should have and seeing movement in my pictures.
Apr 21, 2019 02:51:57 #
Apr 21, 2019 04:28:54 #
Double card set to overflow. Lost a lot of irreplaceable pictures. Now i always set to record to both.
Apr 21, 2019 06:23:18 #
catchlight..
Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway
Checking all the settings before a shoot.
Things like ISO get overlooked. Assumptions can be the thing that bites you in the butt most often...
Things like ISO get overlooked. Assumptions can be the thing that bites you in the butt most often...
Apr 21, 2019 06:42:44 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
CO wrote:
Mistakes I made in the beginning were not looking out for distracting elements in the photo. Now I scan around the edges of the frame and look closely at the background for distracting elements. I will move distracting elements if I can or compose the shot differently.
Still do it sometimes, sometimes no choice.Apr 21, 2019 06:45:37 #
Apr 21, 2019 06:46:12 #
catchlight.. wrote:
Checking all the settings before a shoot.
Things like ISO get overlooked. Assumptions can be the thing that bites you in the butt most often...
Things like ISO get overlooked. Assumptions can be the thing that bites you in the butt most often...
Have you considered using auto ISO? Works for me.
Apr 21, 2019 06:48:15 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Waiting to long before shooting in RAW and switching to BBF.
Don
Don
I could agree with that.
Apr 21, 2019 06:49:58 #
Feiertag wrote:
Have you considered using auto ISO? Works for me.
My one complaint is that the camera will shift to something like 12500, which is a bit extreme. Some cameras let the user set the upper limit for auto ISO - good idea.
Apr 21, 2019 06:51:32 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention ...
But then again, too few to mention ...
A few more lyrics and a nice tune, and you could have something there.
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