Photography tuturials

hi There,

Dont know what kind of response Iwill get. But most of the time, when a person buys a DSLR he's new to these cameras. Which have a lot of settings and options. Which sometimes (I'd say most of the time) helps in capturing great shots. So Why not talk about some small things which can help some new bies like me??

Like setting aperture values, according to the situation, I mean how much at a specific focal lenght and in particular lighting.

Setting Shutter speeds etc??

I think apertures are the most sophesticated figures which if set in a proper manner can provide with mind blowing results

Just about everything you mentioned is covered someplace in the forum. Do a search using the appropriate word and there is a ton of info.

Get this book by Bryan Peterson, "Understanding Exposure".

Google is your friend. All the knowledge is right there in hundreds of websites. All you have to do is search for it a little. No need to buy anything.

ya, thats true. But what I was trying to say is, why not make everything on one place??? by sparing a very small time of your precious time.

I would start with the "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson as suggested. It is a soft back book for about $20.

Typically, any site, book, DVD, VHS, etc. that tries to cover everything ends up covering nothing very well. This hobby will take a fair amount of your time.

Well, the nature of the web, forums, libraries and bookstores with the myriad of authors and writers makes it difficult if not impossible to put everything in one place. And if you put everything in one place, then you'd probably have the dickens trying to search through all of it . It would be like keeping everything on your PC/MAC in the root directory - it would be a total mess without some sort of subdirectory organization.

But this forum has some excellent information. You just have to develop the patience to look for what you need. I felt the same way when I first got here. But the more I used POTN, the more I realized I could look in certain areas for specific info.

That being said, do you have a specific question? And welcome to the forum.

Yups thats true, OK then let me ask you some questions. Whule taking photographs of Architecture, like buildings and all, where yuo usually set your forucs points?

I was capturing some buildings a few day s ago, so thought to ask you.

Its it good to use A.Dep function on Canon 400d?

I like to do a lot of architectural and urban landscape shots myself. If I have good strong light early in the day or later in the afternoon I'll usually set ISO around 200 or 400 to start, aiming for an aperture of around f/8 - 11. If the building is a pretty flat plane in front of me, then I place the focus point at the leading edge, or a bit back from it. I only like to use the center focus point.

If it is a broader landscape of buildings, I will place the focus point about 1/3 of the distance into the scene. You can see some examples here:

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Good Stuff there..

When it comes to shoot like standing just near to the wall and capturing holding the cam up in the sky to make some effects, where to focus? Because in this position everyone would like to get a sharp image from bottom to top of the building.

ALso what if the building have some designs extended towards yourself? then where to focus?

It sounds like you're trying to achieve maximum depth of field (DOF), looking up the side of the building. This is best done with a wide angle lens if you have one.

Again, I'd suggest ISO 400, and if you're in the bright sun, your exposure settings should be 1/500 sec @ f/16 using the Sunny 16 rule. Focus out maybe 6-8 feet up the building and you will get reasonably sharp focus off into the distance.

kool..

Now comes a question for close ups. Sometimes when I took close up shots, those shots are some what soft. Again, where do you guys usually select the focus. Again centre focus point?

I would suggest the center focus point, but you will need to use a small aperture to maximize your DOF. Keep in mind that your lens has a minimum focusing distance. Closer than the minimum and objects will be soft/OOF.

Also, when you use a smaller aperture, you will need to use a slower shutter speed to compensate for the decrease in light coming through the aperture. Either use a tripod to minimize any potential camera shake, or use a fast enough shutter speed so this won't be a problem.

Hey godfather, when you get a chance if you're so inclined, tell us a little bit more about yourself put the info in your profile .

Thanx again for the info.

I edited my profile. Signature will be edited as soon as I will get my new gear in my hands

another question, while photographing peoples, or you can say potraits, focuscenter should be?