Wow! Those are great. I love seeing all the amazing photos people take, it is inspiring. Someday...!
I agree the comment is meant to say - get it right the first time - 'focus' on getting /doing it right and dont count on photoshop to make it right! And photoshop cant fix out-of-focus, and like mentioned poor composition, etc.!
Thank you all for the input - again this weekend I will put these tips and this info to trial and I am most thankful for the suggestions. I'm AM gonna get this! I have a sign that says Make a wish and then make it come true. This is my wish. I have told my friends I have photo class every night - they asked who and where - actually i am the teacher and the student - its called home schooling. I have been learning a great deal every day from other internet and photot sites and books (some referred here) and reading all i can absorb. But i find this forum is the best source of useful and helpful information that there is around. So many kind and knowledgeable experienced photographers- I personally thank you all for making that possible. i have lots and lots of questions, and you all seem to have all the answers...thanks for sharing!
Thank you all for your helpful responses - again I am printing this out so I can read and re-read and try this stuff out and see how it works - but I understand all you are saying and it makes perfect sense - one question what do you think about the idea of al servo - would there be issue if i left it on al servo - and if i did i could not use the auto focus (the 19 point one) at all could i? or could i??
Oh, I am so sorry, I never thought of it that way - so sorry. I was thinking this will save someone trying to explain to me! Sorry Well, here is what I found, and may not hold true for everyone, but gives more control than using the auto 19 point selection. That is the problem, it does not always know what you want and randomly kind of selects subjects for you, so possibly?!...the best choice to use when selecting focus points on the canon 7D may be the "manual select - single point AF" selection- at least gives you the most control (and that's what we photographers are all about is control right). This way you can use the center one for regular shots and move the focal point to the area where your subject is if you need it to be more localized. I'm just not good at instructions and not sure my way of thinking is good enough for giving out any form of advice, but that seems when I experiment a little - to work.
Nevermind I found the answer to my question - sorry for the interruption - haha!
Hi nice people! I have been asking quite a few rudimentary questions and have been helped a great deal by this forum. Have tried (as suggested) Michaelthementor forum and it is okay, but I just feel I have had much more success and learned so much more in this forum so please bear with me if my questions show my lack of experience. Through your help I now see how the different focus points work, and need some clarification. I use the focus point "auto select" that has 19 point AF - but when taking a picture as I focus of course it selects what it thinks I want to focus- is there a good way to change the area it selects - I mean lets say there are three people in a row one each a little closer than the other - unless the focus points are on each person they will not be in focus - how can I fix this - dont understand how to make sure these focus points are on the things I want - I can readjust and refocus - is that the only way to do so? I am trying to find the best way to focus when there are several subjects - not all in a line up! that I want to have all in focus. I know I need to increase my depth of field with my aperature to keep all in focus but how about these focus points--how can I control this and make sure my main subjects are included in these focus points?!
I had this happen to me once too - i now know what the cause was, but spend the whole sunday in tears - i cried so hard i guess my husband heard me in the shower upstairs. i went to an event that i could not miss that whole day worrying how i would tell the bride- then i found out about possible recovery - took it to my local photo shop and they recovered it for $25
best $25 i ever spent but it was one of thee longest days in my life!
thank you for clarifying that for me - i cant tell you how much we new people appreciate the info! again when you explain it things get a whole lot easier to understand! thankyou!
I have another question - what distinguishes a wide lens a telephoto and a zoom, think i read somewhere that a wide lens can be a telephoto- but am sometimes confused when someone says they want a telephoto or a zoom - are they the same and if not - what is the difference. thank youvery much - also a side note - practiced yesterday on changing the aperatures, focus points, andthe infinity setting on manual focus and some of the other info people on this site shared with me (thanks for the input that helped a lot with my experimenting yesterday-it helps so much)
thank you jim for TAKING the time to do that - I am so happy to have that as a point of reference - there was some i knew and much i didn't but i thoroughly appreciate the way you explain everything in terms beginners can relate to and understand. thank you once again for your time and talent!
wow! never would have believed a fly could be so beautiful! who knew?
thats great - thanks i will download that - in reference to the question should i let it associate with my other files - is there any harm in that? i use lightroom to edit my photos - dont know if that means it would interfere with that process in any way?
Thank you for those of you taking the time to answer my rudimentary and very dumb questions. I actually have read a lot and definitely not practiced enough - i think all the reading can at times be very confusing and frustrating, but i continue to do it anyway, and i am going to try to do more of the practicing, but i do want to thank all the kind people who took time to answer my questions, i just really appreciate that. maybe it seems like some of us trying to take shortcuts, but i am actually just doing everything in my power to learn -doing a lot of readiing, need to do more experimentnig and asking lots of questions, and i think some questions probably seem so silly to someone who has known these things for so many years. I appreciate the patience. I often goggle and can find answers but they are not usually as helpful. so thanks to those who have helped.