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As a retired professional photographer I enjoy taking pictures of places we see as we travel. Photography used to be my job, but now it is more for fun than work, especially with the digital age. I use a 8 mega pixel digital camera and file my pictures on the computer. I can email my pictures almost immediately if I wish. RV parks now have wireless internet service. The resolution is sufficient to print good quality photos. We carry the printer along also. It is amazing to think back and realize how far we have come. No more buying film, waiting until I can take the film to the processor and return to pick them up and then see how the pictures turned out. No, no, instantly I can decide if I should retake the picture. I might be in Alaska and it is satisfying to know that I got the picture. I travel with my laptop computer and I can download the pictures whenever I want. Then, before I erase the flashcard I can backup the pictures onto a CD or DVD with the CD/DVD-R writer on the computer. That way I know that I won't lose the pictures if the computer fails or crashes or loose it. Place the CD's or DVD's in a safe place. More about RVing with your computer at Computing on the Road. As I visit places and observe other RVers and travelers using their camera Since you are reading this you must want to learn more about better camera techniques. I will assume that you are using an automatic point-and-shoot digital camera with little adjustments if any. Setting the camera on auto is a great place to start. These digital cameras take "professional" type pictures in the auto mode.
There are four things to keep in mind. LIGHT - COMPOSITION - CROPPING and CAMERA MOVEMENT. Light is essential to photography. If you are using flash, you have to be within 15 feet of your subject. Don't expect the flash light up a stadium. Many times I see people taking a picture of something like a football game or a show. They are 100 yards away, they shoot and the flash goes off. If they get anything it will be the back of the heads within 15 feet only. The only way to make this work is a fast film speed. When we talk about film speed keep in mind that the faster the film speed the less quality you get. Your pictures will be grainer than the slower film speed. I suggest ISO 200 for most situations, a good all around film speed. For digital cameras you don't have to worry about the speed of the film. Composition is where the art of photography comes in. Usually if you are taking pictures of people you want to recognize them. Here you have got to distinguish whether you are photographing the people are the background. Many times the subject is the background, like a building or a large scene and you want to have someone in the picture. Place the people closer to the camera and still see the background. Don't put them across the street where they will become small objects that are hardly recognizable. They might as well not be in the picture. Cropping will make your pictures more interesting. Get close to your subject. Crop out anything that is not important to the subject. Many times when I finally edit and filing my pictures I will crop them closer. The idea is to eliminate anything that is not part of the composition. Keep the picture simple and they will be more appealing. Camera movement is not good. Be steady and grasp the camera firmly. A steady camera means a sharp picture. Considering that we are talking about an automatic camera it probably has auto-focus, that is it focuses automatically. Automatic cameras will try to get the exposure right. If the lighting is low the camera will automatically use a slower shutter speed thereby making it imperative that the camera be held very steady. Brace yourself against a wall or post, take a deep breath and hold it while you snap the shutter. This will give you an advantage to make your picture sharper. I use a uni-pod, a "one leg tri-pod" and try not to use the flash for many scenes even indoors. The flash sometimes lights up the foreground and makes the background dark. Put your pictures on the internet. I use Webshots photo website to publish my pictures. While I am on the road I can upload the pictures so my family can immediately see what we've seen and done. See some of my pictures. Click here http://community.webshots.com/user/rvturtle/1 |
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