Some basic rules and tips!
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If you shake it more than three times, you are playing with it. Live it, love it, learn it. 
And shoot RAW. Sure it means more time spent on the computer, but you never know when you're going to get that great shot, except you had the wrong white balance on the camera and now its never going to be quite right.
And shoot RAW. Sure it means more time spent on the computer, but you never know when you're going to get that great shot, except you had the wrong white balance on the camera and now its never going to be quite right.
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Some of the basic composition rules are:
Rule of thirds
leading lines
repetitive pattern
Shadows
reflections
The more rules that your photograph matches, the stronger the photograph appears to be.
Rule of thirds
leading lines
repetitive pattern
Shadows
reflections
The more rules that your photograph matches, the stronger the photograph appears to be.
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Originally Posted by Ubetit,Mar 21 2007, 06:42 AM
I just got my first SLR and went to an event for my daughter, forgot my cf card though. Had to go all the way back home... doohhhh
on big trips, it may be good to bring a spare camera and memory cards just in case one should fail.
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Originally Posted by Liebernoodle,Mar 21 2007, 08:46 AM
Here's my tip:
Check your "general" settings every time you go out for a shoot. You may have bumped the ISO for last night's evening shots and won't want to forget to set it back down for today's outside shots. Also, maybe you switched to JPEG to show off your amazing burst speed to your friend. You wouldn't want to finish the day realizing you had no RAW files to work with! Playing around with different metering settings? Remember to change it back!
Check those settings you don't necessarily think about for each shot!
Check your "general" settings every time you go out for a shoot. You may have bumped the ISO for last night's evening shots and won't want to forget to set it back down for today's outside shots. Also, maybe you switched to JPEG to show off your amazing burst speed to your friend. You wouldn't want to finish the day realizing you had no RAW files to work with! Playing around with different metering settings? Remember to change it back!
Check those settings you don't necessarily think about for each shot!
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Quite surprised that I haven't seen anything about positioning in relation to the sun/any major light source. So yeah, keep your back to the sun. And make sure your shadow doesn't make its say into the frame!