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Re: Camera

PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:22 pm
by ladybug
Tennie i love both shots but the first one is my favorite they turned out great.

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:07 am
by genevh
Yep, I was talking about P, Program mode. It's totally automatic, point and shoot.


It can be, but it does allow you to take control of shutter speed, aperture, white balance, exposure compensation, etc. That is if you want to.
http://www.digital-photography-school.c ... mera-modes

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:14 am
by tennie
ladybug wrote: Tennie i love both shots but the first one is my favorite they turned out great.

Thanks, Judy. It's my favorite also...the flowers/fence was shot with an art idea in mind.

Gene, I am such a camera dummy! I have used all the programmed 'scene' modes - both in the P&S and the new camera. I had tried some of the other modes - aperture, shutter speed, etc. - but found myself lost. There's no clue to what to use in each instance and by the time I've played around with it, the moment is lost and no photo or very bad photo is the result.

Wish I had an expert around here to tutor me!!!

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:59 am
by bjt
Tennie, they both look great ! Looking forward to many more

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:54 am
by Russinator
Tennie, thanks for posting the photos. You took, and posted, wonderful photographs.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:48 pm
by genevh
Gene, I am such a camera dummy! I have used all the programmed 'scene' modes - both in the P&S and the new camera. I had tried some of the other modes - aperture, shutter speed, etc. - but found myself lost. There's no clue to what to use in each instance and by the time I've played around with it, the moment is lost and no photo or very bad photo is the result.


None of it made any sense to me until I took some classes. The local community colleges and the art center here offer them. I started taking a home study course at one point, but haven't finished it. I do a lot of reading also. One place to start is with Bryan Peterson's books, "Understanding Exposure" and Understanding Aperture". I have these and a couple of his other books. Along with those two, another one of his that looks good is his "Understanding Photography Field Guide: How to Shoot Great Photographs With Any Camera". I don't own that one, though, but if its like his others that I do have, and based on the Amazon reviews, it looks like it would be very helpful.

The other part....practice! And don't give up! :thumbsup:

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:56 am
by tnjewels
Tennie,
Jessica Sprague's site offers a camera class. I believe a couple of members of PCE a few years back took the class and really enjoyed it. You can check it out here.

I would feel good in recommending any of the JS classes to anyone. Kimi used to be a moderator on her forum and would probably agree with me.

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:21 pm
by Rusty
Tennie, I know you are enjoying your new camera. Isn't it fun?

I invite you to take the time to look at this: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3000/ ... /index.htm

Much, much clearer than the user's manual. Ken Rockwell can be a bit dogmatic, I take some of his pronouncements with big grains of salt. But, for the big majority of areas, I agree with what he has to say. This is an overall summary, when you get down to the bottom you find "Details" with links taking you to six more sections.

When I had my D50 I laboriously copied this stuff into a Word-file, page by page, all the details ... highlighting and pasting from the web-pages to my PC. I took a disk to Kinko's and got thirty or so pages printed for a few dollars. When I wanted the D80 guide it was real easy ... one click downloaded a PDF-file I could take to Kinko's. Alas, doesn't seem to be a PDF option here.

Anyway, this really helped me. I commend it to you as well.

Rusty

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:30 pm
by tennie
Thanks, Rusty. I'll head over there now. :thumbsup:

Re: Camera

PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:20 am
by lruther1
Tennie, Even years of practice doesn't always translate to being quick on the draw. A recommendation from a class I took was to leave in a programmed mode for any quick grab shots, then take time to do more deliberate settings if the moment lasts.