When we used to take in films at the place i worked, around bonfire nights, we used to gets loads of really disappointing pictures. At least with digital cameras, you can see its no good, and not waste money printing them.
I think the learning curve can be so much quicker with digital. it is cheap to experiment with bracketing, etc.
With underwater macro shots, the in thing is a ring flash, which bathes a small area with an even light, instead of the usual strobe to one side ( or two strobes)
David i have just had a look at your new camera it sounds v good
i have a fujifilm s2000 hd 15x zoom and a tripod that did belong to my brother-in-law who sadly passed away two years ago, i also have a sony video camera but have never got round to even trying that yet.
so i need to learn to use the fuji properly not just on auto i watched a couple of videos on utube that i found helpful and i think i should set aside some time to practise with different settings.
i also found a camera club not so far from me they meet on Wednesdays Sep to April so i might go along for a week or two and see how i get on
Bob thank you for your reply, i have a picaso and photobucket account so i could resurect one of them i know i can resize in them.
if i take a picture on my iphone or my tablet they load on here without a problem and i use a small format on my small handbag camera and they load okay, i think i have far too many options thats my problem i need to plug my brain into gear and get organised
i also found a camera club not so far from me they meet on Wednesdays Sep to April so i might go along for a week or two and see how i get on
I do hope you do this, Ann......I'm sure you'll get a lot of enjoyment from it.
Your local club seems to operate much as mine does i.e. Sep to April.
Ours has about 100+ members at present, and seems to expand by between 2 & 4 members each week. Anyone can visit free for 2 sessions to see if they like it, then expected to join or otherwise.
We meet once a week (Mondays 7.30pm/10pm), activities are varied, including competition nights (monthly), speakers nights and group sessions. For the latter we split into various groups of about 10 members to learn about techniques involved with macro photography, landscapes, portraits and so on......next week I have two sessions, portraits & filters.
There are also outside activities……earlier this month a visit was arranged to visit a bird of prey sanctuary, which (although I didn’t attend) understand offered the opportunity to take some great bird action shots…..all with assistance of course.
Perhaps what may interest you, are other group nights where members bring in their own cameras and all the settings are gone into in depth.
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Hi David, yes, I found a tripod is a must for fireworks - as is taking a *lot* of photos to get a few good ones!
Firework photos are notoriously difficult.
When we used to take in films at the place i worked, around bonfire nights, we used to gets loads of really disappointing pictures. At least with digital cameras, you can see its no good, and not waste money printing them.
I think the learning curve can be so much quicker with digital. it is cheap to experiment with bracketing, etc.
With underwater macro shots, the in thing is a ring flash, which bathes a small area with an even light, instead of the usual strobe to one side ( or two strobes)
I just need a lesson in basi photography. I can get the pics on here ok but any good ones were taken by OH
In the sticks near Peterborough
is this any good . jubilee 2012
Very good archiepem.
Eye catching archie.
great pictures everyone
David i have just had a look at your new camera it sounds v good
i have a fujifilm s2000 hd 15x zoom and a tripod that did belong to my brother-in-law who sadly passed away two years ago, i also have a sony video camera but have never got round to even trying that yet.
so i need to learn to use the fuji properly not just on auto i watched a couple of videos on utube that i found helpful and i think i should set aside some time to practise with different settings.
i also found a camera club not so far from me they meet on Wednesdays Sep to April so i might go along for a week or two and see how i get on
Bob thank you for your reply, i have a picaso and photobucket account so i could resurect one of them i know i can resize in them.
if i take a picture on my iphone or my tablet they load on here without a problem and i use a small format on my small handbag camera and they load okay, i think i have far too many options thats my problem
i need to plug my brain into gear and get organised
little-ann wrote (see)
i also found a camera club not so far from me they meet on Wednesdays Sep to April so i might go along for a week or two and see how i get on
I do hope you do this, Ann......I'm sure you'll get a lot of enjoyment from it.
Your local club seems to operate much as mine does i.e. Sep to April.
Ours has about 100+ members at present, and seems to expand by between 2 & 4 members each week. Anyone can visit free for 2 sessions to see if they like it, then expected to join or otherwise.
We meet once a week (Mondays 7.30pm/10pm), activities are varied, including competition nights (monthly), speakers nights and group sessions. For the latter we split into various groups of about 10 members to learn about techniques involved with macro photography, landscapes, portraits and so on......next week I have two sessions, portraits & filters.
There are also outside activities……earlier this month a visit was arranged to visit a bird of prey sanctuary, which (although I didn’t attend) understand offered the opportunity to take some great bird action shots…..all with assistance of course.
Perhaps what may interest you, are other group nights where members bring in their own cameras and all the settings are gone into in depth.
Sorry the above message is all in one block. Not sure if others have this problem, but often I can't get the cursor to work outside of the quote box.