im a newbie here i just got a new cam and wanna take good fall foilage pix

[carguy]

hey whats up every one, let me start off saying im the new guy here im sahwn, i just bought mysel the cannon rebel xsi im still learning how to use it ive only had it three days lol. but iwanna know the best setting to get great fall pix, like what mode should i put it on what iso to use and so on ok thanks guys.

[CannedHeat]

hey whats up every one, let me start off saying im the new guy here im sahwn, i just bought mysel the cannon rebel xsi im still learning how to use it ive only had it three days lol. but iwanna know the best setting to get great fall pix, like what mode should i put it on what iso to use and so on ok thanks guys.

Hi, Shawn. Welcome to POTN!

The first advice I would give would be to read your instruction manual, then read it again. Thoroughly learn about your tools, their capabilities and how to use them.

There is no "correct" or "incorrect" mode to shoot in. Preferences, needs, subject matter, etc. differ. Some use manual, others use one of the priority modes, some fully auto. This will all depend upon your level of understanding of the photography process and level of equipment proficiency.

Learn all about exposure and the relationship between shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. Many good resources can be found here in the stickies.

Study composition. Again, good sources here and at photoinf.com.

Most important: start shooting, keep shooting, and have fun doing it.

[carguy]

ya ive been learning all the things like iso shter speed and apature ill post some pix up and let me know what you think

[cfcRebel]

For landscape photography, you'll often see people use tripod, low ISO (100 or 200), higher aperture (f8....f16), cable release or self timer, use of Circular Polarizer for nice blue sky and saturated foliage colors, use of GND filters to balance the overexposed sky, so on and so forth. These are by no mean hard rules. Just some guidence.

[wallybud]

I say spend every waking minute reading in the forum haha, you have a lot to learn in a very small window, do what you can this season but by next season you will be very well prepared.

1st thing you should do after learning you body is read about shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. Its all going to come down to exposure and composition, every time.

Go to BN and get a good book, as most searches in google will turn up crap and in here only certain people are willing to type out long drawn out explanations on the basics of photography...

best thing to do is shoot and review your settings, figure out what went wrong and how to rectify it. Then shoot again and review. when you finish that shoot and review. Did I mention shoot and review? ;) haha

If you have any in depth questions shoot me a PM and ill be happy to help you out...Post processing is going to be important but you're far from that yet so again just shoot and review, not in your house as that will complicate things, and not in the middle of the day as that is going to make life a pain for you, early morning 9-10am would be nice and 4:30-5:30 is always nice :)

good, quality, soft light will make learnin WAY less frustrating and will help you nail down basics much quicker...Mid day light is very hard to deal with.

PS don't worry much about interesting things to shoot right now, you want to get down your exposures and such...interesting material will come with the colder weather;)

hope this helps
Walt