Create fotoshedevr – almost unattainable goal for a beginner.
Can prevent him as a lack of experience and poor knowledge of the foundations of photography.
Let’s try to help the amateur photographer closer to the goal, but at the same time to understand the process of shooting and subsequent processing of received frames, incidentally explaining the incomprehensible terms.
Shooting in various conditions
Image quality affects not only the optics and the quality of the matrix, but also the correctness of the choice of manual shooting settings.
Since we have decided to gradually withdraw from the automatic mode, let us look at some settings that can improve the quality of the frame.
White balance – that balance errors make shots yellow or blue depending on the light.
The fact is that our brain adjusts the eye passed to the image: he knows exactly what a piece of paper – white, but because he perceives it so.
A good camera too, trying to adjust to the lighting conditions, changing the color balance according to the shooting, but not every processor can be absolutely certain to perceive light type, hence violated the color image.
To fine tune the balance in all conditions used, the so-called tuning the balance on the white sheet.
In cells, it can be organized differently, although the meaning she has one – literally, to show the camera what color under these conditions should be considered white.
Snapshot can turn yellow or become … … golubovatymPravilny same balance does not distort even the color of white paper
Sensitivity – another important concept necessary for good shooting.
Literally, the sensitivity matrix can be understood as the ability to make decent shots in different lighting conditions: the lower this parameter, the greater the intensity (measured it in standard ISO units and can take values in an average of 50 to 1600).
The sensitivity matrix, and the film almost did not differ, furthermore, the effect of increasing this parameter is the same – increased graininess.
As we had chosen the film in accordance with the terms of shooting and a digital camera you can set the sensitivity value.
But digital photography is somewhat different from the film: there should not be carried away by the high values (eg above 200 ISO), since the overall illumination of the frame can be improved by other methods.
Sensitivity helps to shoot in low light, but makes the frame grainy.
Exposure compensation (Exposure Compensation) – the easiest and most effective way to lighten the final frame.
Values typically range from -2 to +2.
If the number is positive – the picture is brighter, negative – darker.
Unlike sensitivity, also affects the quality of images with limited lighting, exposure only only increases the amount of light in the scene, without making the picture grainy.
Without the use of exposure compensation.
Positive Exposure.
Auto bracketing – as a continuation of the topic of exposure, bracketing remembered.
When you choose this shooting mode, the camera automatically exposes the exposure compensation value in a series of frames: from smallest to largest.
For example, in a series of three shots one will be placed in a normal mode, while two others will be changed.
Useful for beginners amateurs who heard about the possibility of adjusting exposure, but do not understand its essence.
Focusing – more precisely, the camera focus area.
This is the place to which camera is pointed, ie, considers most important in the photo, about calculating the distance to an object.
There are many ways to focus, for example, center, or several points in the frame.
Some cameras even have the opportunity to shift the focus point from the center in another region.
It is very useful to be able to manual focus: when you can just specify the required distance to the subject: this should allow to make custom shots, like shooting webs or glass, which is automatic simply does not notice.
The focus should be the main object
Another useful concept: the depth of field – this expression represent the portion of space in front of a camera that the picture will be clear.
For example, when shooting landscapes, the picture should be clear almost indefinitely (within reason), and portrait shots, this value should be minimal, it is desirable to clearly turned out only model in the frame and the background was the most blurred.
Shutter speed and aperture – these concepts are usually used in pairs.
Exposure time – this time delay shutter in the open state: the faster it closes, the less light falls on the matrix, and hence, the frame will be darker.
Aperture also affects the degree of illumination of the image: what it is wider, so brighter picture.
Experimenting with these options can produce unpredictable results.
For example, Bulb is useful when shooting fireworks: you can capture the whole path sparks fireworks.
Playing with the aperture, you can control depth of field (for example, to photograph a subject with maximum posterior background blur).
The shorter the shutter speed … … the clearer the moving object
Understand how it will frame (light or dark, cloudy or bright) will histogram, then there is a schedule of the image parameters.
In fact, the histogram can show if there is a lack of any color in the picture.
Some devices can display it during the shooting, which may facilitate the construction of the frame.
For example, noticing irregularities or voids in the histogram, you may want to try to change the angle or turn it to the camera to a timetable on the histogram smoothed.
To learn how to shoot quality photos, you need only two things: practice and nestandarnoe vision of the world.
Due to the fact that digital cameras are practically no supplies, nothing now does not interfere with practice in getting good photographs.
But with an unusual vision of the situation is somewhat worse.
The fact is that instinctively we always put the main subject in the center of the picture or under the direct rays of the sun, leaving her with uniqueness.
ABC of the topic has already been addressed in the first part of our material, see “Setting the frame.
But the most interesting shots are obtained exactly in unusual circumstances.
So, learning to make beautiful pictures with proper lighting, begin to practice a custom photo.
And we only give another group of photographic terms with relevant commentary.
Look for unusual angles
Macro – perhaps it is most popular and most familiar form of staged photography.
Ability to remove items in close proximity to the lens fascinates many newcomers, because not every film devices can see the sharpness in such a distance.
Macro photography is remarkable that in the picture imperceptible in everyday objects (eg, a wild flower) are recorded as the main subject.
On Macro (as pictured) is only a sharp main subject, while the background is always blurred.
Macro always beautiful
Backlight – use for shooting bright subjects, often used to create effective posters.
Such a beautiful name is a special direction of light when shooting takes place against a light source, for example, is photographed tree in the sunset, and the sun is directly behind him.
The brighter the light source behind your subject, the more attractive to get the photos.
If you use this technique to capture at rest on the beach, all the people in the photographs are obtained very tanned.
Finish pictures
Whatever the digital photos on your memory card, they almost always will require computer processing.
The main task of digital photos is not to save money on film, much more important advantage of the numbers in the prepress image processing on the computer.
And denying themselves pleasures to improve their work means a graphical editor, we deprive ourselves of almost half of the creative process in digital photography.
We shall not affect those that were described in detail in the three summer materials for working with photos after a holiday.
Let us recall a few useful techniques.