Simple technique

[brian]

Hi All
My photographs were really never up to scratch but a friend of mine gave me a few tips and there getting a whole lot better.
This technique is for the keep it simple brigade,like me.
Background-Blue cloth stuck to wall.Figure just in front of the background.Lighting is by my aculite lamp which i also use for painting.Position lamp just in front of figure so there is no cast shadows.I have a Sony digital camera which i position about 18 to 24 inches in front of figure with an attached tripod.
Now comes the all important camera settings.I use manual with the macro on and use only 1mp although the camera has 7mps.Quite a low exposure setting to compensate for the brightly lit figure and then experiment with different other settings i.e. ISO,and the white balance.Take plenty of pictures with the different camera settings until you get what suits you.I've enclosed a photograph taken by David Mitchell who used the above technique.
I'm probably preaching to the converted but right clicking on any photograph you've saved and clicking on properties, it will give you all the info of the camera used and all the settings used.
Brian

 

[1969]

I'm probably preaching to the converted but right clicking on any photograph you've saved and clicking on properties, it will give you all the info of the camera used and all the settings used.
Brian

Now thats something I didn't know, thanks for that snippet of info, it will be useful for future photography as i can look back at what worked and what didn`t.

Steve

 

[gordy]

Thanks Brian

On a related note:
One thing to keep in mind, if your camera has geo-tagging or snapping pics with your cell phone, that same data will contain longitude and latitude coordinates, so if you take any pics of things valuable be sure to disable your geo-tagging so you don't inadvertently broadcast exactly where the good stuff is!

 

[brian]

Now thats something I didn't know, thanks for that snippet of info, it will be useful for future photography as i can look back at what worked and what didn`t.

Steve

It also means you can see the camera and settings of all the best painters as long as you save their pictures first.
Brian