Hello and welcome back to my
blog! I have done a lot of brainstorming
since my last post and I have come up with s series of questions. my hope is that they
will help me better understand the technical aspects of photography.
Understanding what it is I need to learn and where I struggle in each question will in turn also
help me to capture and convey exactly what I want from each of my shots. If am serious about bettering myself as a
photographer I need to be able to think, see, and question things like a
photographer.
How do you capture the moment? I have a particularly hard time capturing
moments when my subject is in action. I
can take pictures all day long of briges and old barns. They’re not going anywhere and don’t plan to
anytime soon! My three year old and pets,
for example are another story.
What is the visual focal point of my shot? I really enjoy photographing cemeteries but
I find that my shots seem to have too many focal points. I tend only to photograph small
family or church cemeteries with only a few dozen graves, but even in these smaller amounts I usually end up with a shot that I am
unhappy with.
Do I have enough light? Light
has always been my friend and my foe. I
despise using a flash! Unfortunately,
many of my pictures are in lowlight areas.
My favorite time to take pictures is at dusk and dawn You only have a limited amount of time though
to get your shots. I love photographing
the Ohio River at dusk.
The sun sets behind the knobs and is just beautiful. I waste a lot of my time fighting with the
camera over what is sufficient light! I
need to learn how to better utilize my light and time.
What formats could I try to improve the quality of my shot? My camera has so many setting I get lost
in them! I’ve been playing with the “sports
continuous” feature of my camera. I have
taken over 300 shots in this mode
and I still have trouble figuring out if the feature is on or off. I have a nice camera. It’s not the greatest and I don’t have
National Geographic blowing up my phone trying to get me to go on safari with
them but is has give me many shots that I am proud of. I know that if I really got to know my camera
on a much deeper level I could get the shot I see in front of me and in my mind.
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