Learning to use my camera
Posted on | January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
Work asked that I go to a local mall and try to take some ‘retail’ pictures that could be used on flyers/brochures/ads.
Requirements:
- No truly detailed faces
- No seasonal decorations to place the ‘time’
- No store names
Since I had to make sure no faces were in ‘focus’ or filled out in detail, I tried being further away from the subject and setting the shutter speed at a slower setting.
The sample below that didn’t turn out as well as I wanted had the following manual settings: ISO100, F/2.8, 1/2 sec and 0 exposure compensation. But this was really just for testing out the camera in a trial run, under not typical conditions. Of course, would have helped on a lot of the shots to have a tripod; even with Image Stabilization turned on, hand jitter still occurred. The second shot, had better exposure (1/3 sec and -0.3step) and less jitter.
ISO100, F/2.8, 1/2 sec and 0 exposure compensation
ISO100, F/2.8, 1/3 sec and -0.3 exposure compensation
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January 5th, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
Are you increasing the exposure time to make it so that the people are motion blurred? Because it seems to me what you really want is a limited depth of field, in which case what you really want is (I think) a higher f-stop (aperture). You’ll get everything outside the range you want looking soft, but not in-motion. It’s probably closer to what you want.
However, you may need the higher exposure time anyways because of the lighting conditions.
January 5th, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
Yep, I should have stated that was part of the people not being distinct requirement. Action has be to be present in the picture, instead of just a standstill/posed.
But I’ll also try out your suggestion for other items. I know about locking in the focus on something closer and then swinging the camera to the actual object to be shot to help limit the depth of field.