Digital Latte
Rob and Tracy
Penny,
Your thread has had me thinking for a few days now and this is my reply.....
I have seen several people run out and buy the newest, best camera on the market, thinking this will give them the edge on great pictures....and you know what, every once in a while they get lucky in AUTO mode (Green Mode) and the CAMERA takes a decent picture.......
But why spend that much money hoping that you can get a great picture when you have the option to learn what it takes to get a decent picture almost every time instead?
While these images are not the "greatest images of the day" , They are taken with some pretty basic gear, I think most would agree they are decent images, with decent light.....with more then 5 minutes spent on them we could improve them even more, but this is just a demonstration
THE CAMERA for these images was a Canon rebel XTi....I think it has around 10MP (less then your P&S I would guess), you can buy them used for around 300.00 and you know what, It was WAY MORE camera then I needed for these shots. link
THE LENS was an old PENTAX I picked up just for the crazy painterly Bokeh it makes, its old and kinda crappy,its a manual focus lens (no auto focus and the focus confirmation misses because of the adapter I bought), But it was plenty of lens for what I needed.... link
THE LIGHT, for both images I used a old Nikon SB-25 I picked up for 50.00 on Craigslist by watching for deals (yes, I shoot Canon, but a flash is a flash when you shoot off camera (for the most part) )
LIGHT DIFFUSION - for both shots I used a old t-shirt. For the first shot a helper held the shirt close to the subject (a shoe).... The second shot (I lost my helper) I stretched the shirt over the bottom of a stool and shot through that.
My point in all this? I'm begging you, save your money, buy a cheap old beat up camera that still gets the job done, there are tons out there for sale.... grab a old 50mm lens that is in decent shape and works......put your camera in Manual mode and shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot until you fully understand how every aspect of your camera works....read all the books that I and others have posted. Make sure your camera is by your side while you read and truly do the exercises in each book, master them, understand them...
The images .................
THE SHOE
MY BOY
The Fancy Set up
THE LIGHT
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LIGHT
Your thread has had me thinking for a few days now and this is my reply.....
I have seen several people run out and buy the newest, best camera on the market, thinking this will give them the edge on great pictures....and you know what, every once in a while they get lucky in AUTO mode (Green Mode) and the CAMERA takes a decent picture.......
But why spend that much money hoping that you can get a great picture when you have the option to learn what it takes to get a decent picture almost every time instead?
While these images are not the "greatest images of the day" , They are taken with some pretty basic gear, I think most would agree they are decent images, with decent light.....with more then 5 minutes spent on them we could improve them even more, but this is just a demonstration
THE CAMERA for these images was a Canon rebel XTi....I think it has around 10MP (less then your P&S I would guess), you can buy them used for around 300.00 and you know what, It was WAY MORE camera then I needed for these shots. link
THE LENS was an old PENTAX I picked up just for the crazy painterly Bokeh it makes, its old and kinda crappy,its a manual focus lens (no auto focus and the focus confirmation misses because of the adapter I bought), But it was plenty of lens for what I needed.... link
THE LIGHT, for both images I used a old Nikon SB-25 I picked up for 50.00 on Craigslist by watching for deals (yes, I shoot Canon, but a flash is a flash when you shoot off camera (for the most part) )
LIGHT DIFFUSION - for both shots I used a old t-shirt. For the first shot a helper held the shirt close to the subject (a shoe).... The second shot (I lost my helper) I stretched the shirt over the bottom of a stool and shot through that.
My point in all this? I'm begging you, save your money, buy a cheap old beat up camera that still gets the job done, there are tons out there for sale.... grab a old 50mm lens that is in decent shape and works......put your camera in Manual mode and shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot until you fully understand how every aspect of your camera works....read all the books that I and others have posted. Make sure your camera is by your side while you read and truly do the exercises in each book, master them, understand them...
The images .................
THE SHOE
MY BOY
The Fancy Set up
THE LIGHT
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LIGHT