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Dec 17, 2007 09:51 |  #1

Business? Marketing? Skills?

I would like to eventually improve my exposure understanding and such so that using M setting will become second nature as opposed to second guessing - what it currently is now.


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Dec 17, 2007 12:52 |  #2

ClickClick wrote in post #4520649 (external link)
I would like to eventually improve my exposure understanding and such so that using M setting will become second nature as opposed to second guessing - what it currently is now.

You don't need to second guess on M if you keep an eye on the light meter in the view finder and check the histogram as you shoot.

I'd like to improve my flash photography further and the use of external lights.


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Dec 17, 2007 13:04 |  #3

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Dec 17, 2007 13:08 |  #4

Flash. I have a bad attitude about it.


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Dec 17, 2007 13:15 as a reply to  @ irish1's post |  #5

I'd like to improve my flash photography the most.


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Dec 17, 2007 13:26 |  #6

The creative artistry side! Have been doing a lifetime of photojournalism, documentary style work, and illustrative product photography; not enough of the creative side with stylings


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Dec 17, 2007 13:33 |  #7

Consistency . . . especially w/ flash photography.


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Dec 17, 2007 13:35 |  #8

I'd like to improve my results from using my ND Grads in high contrast situations ...


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Dec 17, 2007 13:37 |  #9

I'd like to actually have time to do some. :(


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Dec 17, 2007 13:50 |  #10

rammy wrote in post #4521689 (external link)
You don't need to second guess on M if you keep an eye on the light meter in the view finder and check the histogram as you shoot.

I'd like to improve my flash photography further and the use of external lights.

I should have been clearer (although I do need help in that too). I think I need to improve my understanding of exposure and knowing which is the best one in different situations.

For instance when I do night club photography, I put the camera in M mode, f3.4, 1/30, flash on 2/3 or 1 + and just hope for the best.

My back up setting is TV 1/30 which usually gives me a f2.8 AV. I use 1600 ISO. But I see people (on here and EXIF data elsewhere) where they are shooting f4 and there is no way I can do that without hand shake / blur. But yet, they don't use IS either.

I have not even begun playing around with M mode for anything else like outside daylight, indoors light, etc...


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Dec 17, 2007 14:31 |  #11

Composition, post processing skills, lighting, and continue having fun!


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Dec 17, 2007 17:52 |  #12

Composition is the main one, then pp and as wally said, keep having fun.


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Dec 17, 2007 19:49 |  #13

everything, I'm terrible at this




  
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Dec 17, 2007 19:54 |  #14

Post processing and overall consistency.


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Dec 17, 2007 19:55 |  #15

Post processing skills


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