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Neville, I think that you should toss all that Pastel nonsense in the sea and take up photography full time. You sure got a knack for it.
Tell me more about the way you do things: (I need to learn from you)
Do you...
1. use full auto, partial auto or full manual?
2. use auto white balance?
3. prefer back button focusing to trigger focusing?
4. use exposure locking at all?
5. use auto fire drive modes and servo drive focusing?
Post Processing
Do you...
1. crop?
2. change colour etc
3. change white balance?
BTW:
Have you ever used Photoshop Lightroom (The software is brilliant, you can chop, change and repair absolutely any flaw) If you take your photographs in RAW then you are literally able to do all on camera processing using your PC.
I suppose some of the terms are specific to CANON cameras. I'm really just trying to get a feel for how you do things.
Neville, I think that you should toss all that Pastel nonsense in the sea and take up photography full time. You sure got a knack for it.
Ha ha! Believe me, that thought has crossed my mind more than once, but it's still a dream...
Originally posted by adrianh
1. use full auto, partial auto or full manual?
I have never used full auto, from the day I started using a DSLR just over two years ago. Depending on the situation, I use either Aperture Priority (for still shots like landscapes or portraits) or Shutter Priority (for action shots). Sometimes I will use full manual for really controlled shots like lightning or fireworks.
Originally posted by adrianh
2. use auto white balance?
Yes, because I always shoot in RAW and then fix the white balance in post processing.
Originally posted by adrianh
3. prefer back button focusing to trigger focusing?
Yes, I do, together with the auto focus set on continuous, which is great for tracking moving subjects like birds in flight.
Originally posted by adrianh
4. use exposure locking at all?
Very rarely, although I've been experimenting with it a lot more since I got my new Pentax K-5II.
Originally posted by adrianh
5. use auto fire drive modes and servo drive focusing?
I don't ever use auto fire mode, but I do use servo drive focusing, as I mentioned earlier (auto focus in continuous mode).
Originally posted by adrianh
Post Processing
Do you...
1. crop?
2. change colour etc
3. change white balance?
1. Yes, quite a lot.
2. I used to adjust colour saturation levels quite a lot with my old camera, but I find that I hardly ever need to anymore with my new camera, unless I want to give a special effect.
3. Yes.
Originally posted by adrianh
BTW:
Have you ever used Photoshop Lightroom (The software is brilliant, you can chop, change and repair absolutely any flaw) If you take your photographs in RAW then you are literally able to do all on camera processing using your PC.
Yes, I have always used Lightroom for my post processing, and sometimes use it together with Photomatix Pro for HDR processing.
Hope this helps!
By the way, everything I know about photography (in the two years that I have been involved with it) has been self taught, by reading ebooks and simply experimenting. The one ebook that had the most influence on me is "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Petersen. I tried joining a local camera club, but left very soon, as I couldn't handle the self opinionated individuals who try to tell you why they are always right!
I've also been doing a lot of reading. Yes, with regards to the clubs, I joined two groups on Facebook and it's much the same, there are the experts who run the show, there are the know-it-alls who have all the opinions but very little of real value to add....
The thing that gets me about photography and the "experts" is that the "experts" change things to suit their own personal preference. Yes there are guidelines such as the rule of thirds etc but on the whole it is a very free artform. I find it interesting how the experts would want to alter a photograph to suit their own tastes. Another thing I find interesting is how nobody goes up against the "experts". A guy posted a photograph of a scantily clad woman and everybody said that it was just great. I honestly thought that she had too much make up and looked like a tart...bad move to tell an "expert" that, in my view, his model looks like a tart. Now really, why post the photographs and ask for opinion if you get upset when you get an unflattering opinion, If he wanted everybody to blow smoke up his butt then why doesn't he just say so....I would then keep quiet. I think that the camera clubs and groups are simply opportunities for the "experts" to blow smoke up their own butts at the expense of everybody else.
Edging Forward... by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr
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