Post by koolbraider on Aug 3, 2013 10:55:08 GMT -6
My hairdresser gave me some old jewelry from her friend saying I could have it if I could make a couple pairs of earrings. (The necklace was broken.)
Dummy me, I took a couple of pics of the necklace but not the earrings. But I'm hoarding the rest of the beads; some are plastic and some probably either glass or cheap crystal but I really like the beads. Some of them are pressed plastic grape clusters as you can see (or maybe not).
So, here's the necklace:
And here's a close up of some of the beads:
Wheee! Pics worked first time!!
As you can see, while the necklace pic might pass, barely, the close up of the beads is pretty bad. I was shooting on a white piece of paper, in macro, and spot metering (see answer to Dawn's post for a bit of metering info) on my kitchen table next to my sliding glass door. BUT: what went wrong? I was in a rush and since my hands shake I needed to hold the camera very steady because there wasn't enough light to go down as far as possible in f stops. Unfortunately, the camera was also set for a slower camera shutter speed to let in more light, and that meant I needed to hold the camera very still for a fraction of a second more than I can. Result: very out-of-focus and fuzzy pic.
What I should have done: get out the tripod, my trusty Sunpac 6601UT. So, no matter how slow the shutter speed was, the tripod would keep the camera completely still. Think of the very old photographs of turn-of-the last century people with their very serious expressions. Try holding a natural looking smile for many many seconds. It was easier to keep your face still. (And in much older photographs photo subjects were often kept in place with hidden armatures to make sure their bodies didn't move.)
Other tripod tip: use the timer function on your camera to further avoid camera shake. In fact, sometimes I just use the timer without the tripod, but only when the lighting is good. It gives me time to settle down a bit. Hmmm, does that make two tips today?
Dummy me, I took a couple of pics of the necklace but not the earrings. But I'm hoarding the rest of the beads; some are plastic and some probably either glass or cheap crystal but I really like the beads. Some of them are pressed plastic grape clusters as you can see (or maybe not).
So, here's the necklace:
And here's a close up of some of the beads:
Wheee! Pics worked first time!!
As you can see, while the necklace pic might pass, barely, the close up of the beads is pretty bad. I was shooting on a white piece of paper, in macro, and spot metering (see answer to Dawn's post for a bit of metering info) on my kitchen table next to my sliding glass door. BUT: what went wrong? I was in a rush and since my hands shake I needed to hold the camera very steady because there wasn't enough light to go down as far as possible in f stops. Unfortunately, the camera was also set for a slower camera shutter speed to let in more light, and that meant I needed to hold the camera very still for a fraction of a second more than I can. Result: very out-of-focus and fuzzy pic.
What I should have done: get out the tripod, my trusty Sunpac 6601UT. So, no matter how slow the shutter speed was, the tripod would keep the camera completely still. Think of the very old photographs of turn-of-the last century people with their very serious expressions. Try holding a natural looking smile for many many seconds. It was easier to keep your face still. (And in much older photographs photo subjects were often kept in place with hidden armatures to make sure their bodies didn't move.)
Other tripod tip: use the timer function on your camera to further avoid camera shake. In fact, sometimes I just use the timer without the tripod, but only when the lighting is good. It gives me time to settle down a bit. Hmmm, does that make two tips today?
~*~ Carina ~*~