photography tips,please.

Philippines
May 9, 2008 10:13am CST
i would like to get some photography tips from anyone who has little things up their sleeve on how to take a good picture or a simple picture. like how should the shutter speed related to the asa. what lens opening is needed if you have to take pictures on a bright sunny day as compared to evening shots. how do you adjust your flash buld so we might not look like ghost in the picture, etc. all those hoolabaloos, you know what i mean. go ahead shoot!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
10 May 08
Moonshot - image of the moon
The only way I can really answer your question is for you to tell me what kind of camera you have...film or digital..if it's film I can give you a LOT of tips.. In general though the higher the ASA the faster the shutter speed you can have..so if you have an ASA of say 400 you can go 1/1000 of a second or higher and in a bright sunny condition can have an f-stop of 16 if you wish...and that could give you a high depth of field meaning that not only will the main subject be in focus but the foreground and background as well. For night shots I never used flash...in fact I've never used flash period in all the thirty some odd years I've been photographing...I taught myself available light photography as there were many indoor situations where flash wasn't allowed, like in museums..then you need usually need an f-stop of 1.0 or 2.0 and will get a shallow depth of field and your shutter speed will diminish even with a high ASA number such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second. Astoundingly my camera's meter system (I have a Nikkormat El-W camera..thirty years old) is so sensitive that I was able to take this moonshot! And the meter picked up on the moon's light!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
10 May 08
Night photo at disneyworld - image of Cinderella's castle at night
Here's another example of a night shot...no flash either--this was actually taken with Kodachrome 64 film meaning it had an ASA of 64..very low..it's a slide type film. I'm guessing that I took it at about 1/30th of a second with an f-stop of 2.0 with the major focus on the castle itself--also probably used my 85-205mm zoom lens at 205mm
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• Philippines
13 May 08
wow,pye! those were good shots! and thank you for those valuable tips. how did you learn all of these? did someone taught you or you just learned it by yourself? i am taking down notes already from your posts.thanks again!
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• Philippines
13 May 08
oh, i have a nikon d80
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@bagumbayan (2705)
• Philippines
15 May 08
Before going into actual shooting, please read on the manuals. If there is no availableyou can see sign in your camera sunny sign, gloomy sign, indoor sign so you can just adjust. Do some readings. Happy Shooting.
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• Philippines
17 May 08
thanks
@wickedangel (1636)
• Dominican Republic
9 May 08
Guilty as charged. I have absolutely no idea tigerdragon and I'm so sorry I can't help you out here. Me, I use a digital camera with lots of zoom on it and so I can just point and shoot. That way I can take loads of pictures and delete the ones that aren't that good. I must admit that some of them have come out surprisingly well.... Enjoy your camera and I hope you get lots of good hints.
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• Philippines
13 May 08
you know there is a group composed of professional photographers who are experimenting with digicams and i saw their shots and they were good!thanks.