How to take better pictures!

RZNCAIN · January 8th, 2011, 12:05 AM

This is my camera. Can anyone give me some tips.

MeMz · January 8th, 2011, 12:08 AM

Well you can start by taking pictures with the actual camera.

You got a tripod for it yet?

6ER THEN I 8ER! · January 8th, 2011, 12:09 AM

never use the auto mode...and play around with every setting on there...you'll learn alot from just practice

im just learning as well and i find myself in the progressive mode alot (P)

RZNCAIN · January 8th, 2011, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by MeMz

Well you can start by taking pictures with the actual camera.

You got a tripod for it yet?

No tripod. This should take some decent pictures shouldn't it. I am looking mostly to just take nice pictures of my cars and at car shows. Just need help picking setting maybe. I like night pictures but can't take a night picture worth a shit.

DEFIANT · January 8th, 2011, 12:16 AM

If I had that camera ill go crazy taking pics of my girl.

RZNCAIN · January 8th, 2011, 12:17 AM

I took these pics, that camera can't be terrible.

6ER THEN I 8ER! · January 8th, 2011, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by michschi

No tripod. This should take some decent pictures shouldn't it. I am looking mostly to just take nice pictures of my cars and at car shows. Just need help picking setting maybe. I like night pictures but can't take a night picture worth a shit.

you will need a tripod if you want good night shots

sikedsyko · January 8th, 2011, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by 6ER THEN I 8ER

you will need a tripod if you want good night shots

This^^ Good night photography is very difficult, if not impossible, without a steady base.

RZNCAIN · January 8th, 2011, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by 6ER THEN I 8ER

you will need a tripod if you want good night shots

any specific setting to use on the camera for night shots

6ER THEN I 8ER! · January 8th, 2011, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by michschi

any specific setting to use on the camera for night shots

not really a setting persay...check out this link

although first thing i learned...is no flash in most cases
Learn how to take better night photos

RZNCAIN · January 8th, 2011, 12:44 AM

^thanks

6ER THEN I 8ER! · January 8th, 2011, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by michschi

^thanks

np man

Lefty · January 8th, 2011, 01:04 AM

Put it in Auto mode, take a picture in an environment you're curious about, then go into the picture and look at the settings that the camera auto-set too. Then practice like that. It'll give you an idea of what settings to start in full manual mode.

89StangGT · January 8th, 2011, 02:35 AM

Definatly get a tripod if you want to take pictures at sundown, or at night. The shutter speed has to slow way down to get a proper exposure in darker surroundings, so any movement of the camera with a slower shutter speed is going to cause a blur. I'm no expert, but for daytime pictures I always shoot with the lowest ISO number I can, and just set the exposure to whatever is right for the conditions outside.

MeMz · January 8th, 2011, 10:20 PM

well everyone answer the tripod question. Night shots are tough even if you have a tripod though. Its all about lighting. Bright white lit parking lots are usually the best for a night shot.

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6ER THEN I 8ER! Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, TN Posts: 17,515 iTrader: 3 reviews	never use the auto mode...and play around with every setting on there...you'll learn alot from just practice im just learning as well and i find myself in the progressive mode alot (P)

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89StangGT Moderator SVT Cobra Mustang Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 1,877 iTrader: 0 reviews	Definatly get a tripod if you want to take pictures at sundown, or at night. The shutter speed has to slow way down to get a proper exposure in darker surroundings, so any movement of the camera with a slower shutter speed is going to cause a blur. I'm no expert, but for daytime pictures I always shoot with the lowest ISO number I can, and just set the exposure to whatever is right for the conditions outside. __________________ There's a reason Ford codenamed them the Terminator

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