Newbie Snapper

[Spooner]

Hi guys,

So I borrowed my brother in-laws Canon Eos 1000D to take some snaps of my Mk6 the other day as posted in this thread.  I was so impressed with it that I went and bought one myself.  I've always historically used a point and click compact in the past, and the results have always been somewhere between poor and fair.

Anyway, I've ordered a couple of books off of Amazon to get me started, as I really dont have a clue at the moment, but hoping to change that.

I did take a couple of shots of my moggie Alfie last night just on auto settings.  Even on auto, the results are stunning!






Early days yet, but hope to be getting a lot better in the coming months/years!
 

[Ridg]

nice choice for your first DSLR

best bet is to get out with the camera, go through the different modes and play with different aperture settings and shutter speeds and see how that effects the photo; then work from there.

Nice basement cat BTW

[bobotheclown]

There are also "recipes" for certain situations. An example is sunny f16.

[kdiz]

I like to take photos without the flash, I think it provides a more 'real' image to what your eyes actually see. I am pretty new to photography as well, now it's getting nicer weather you can start to go out and take more pics as the lighting is easier outside.

The key to getting better is wack it into manual mode, play with things until you get used to what is used for what.

When inside and low light I use these settings:
low shutter [ 1/16 ]
mid iso [ 400 ]
lowest aperture your lens can do [ 4.0 for mine ]

When on low shutter speed you have the problem with things looking blurry as the slower the shutter speed is, the longer it takes light in for, if you have a shutter speed set to 3 seconds for example, it accumulates data for 3 seconds and if the cam moves at all in that time it will look blurry. To avoid this you can either get more light on the subject or use a tripod.

I also take about 5 images per 1 image I want as sometimes there may be slight movement etc.

I have a canon 500d, these are some of my best images so far:

[08micsta]

The focus is very good since those seem to be very close up.

Some fun you can have is to desaturate (convert to black and white) but leave the kitties eyes that sharp yellow. For even more drama you can lighten the white more.

I like.