Photography Tips

1. Select the Correct Lens Type

Selection of lenses (wide angle lens, normal lens or lens distance) depending on the location and the object of your photo. Lenses are often used generally range between 28-135mm because it does not cause distortion, especially when shooting people’s faces. For studio equipment, use the normal 50mm lens. Because the studio did not change the distance and the camera can be shifted back and forth. Normal lens is also not much changed, and in accordance with the fact that you see. Long lens (telephoto) is rarely used, except for shooting sports and animals.

2. Select the Shutter Speed

Normal speed for shooting objects that are not moving is the 1 / 60 second. For speeds below 1.60 seconds, the camera tends to shake your hand because of vibration, then you should use a tripod. Speeds below 1 / 60 is usually used for shooting interiors or the atmosphere in order to capture the night lights (the atmosphere to life). When you use a telephoto lens, you can use high speed (above 1 / 1250)

3. Select the Right Time for Shooting

Introduction of exposure time in Indonesia more easily than temperate countries because in Indonesia the time for sunrise and sunset are the same throughout the year. The sun rises at 6 am and sunset at 6 pm. From the analysis of third-shift positions of the sun from rising to sunset is a good time shooting outdoors is between 80-10 o’clock in the morning and at 3-5 pm. At that moment can be ascertained ciaca sunny conditions, yellow toward the sun and make a definite shadow.

4. See the Direction of Sunlight.

Direction of arrival of the sun affects shadows are formed. The direction of sunlight is about 45 ° either right or left side because it can give effect to the dimensions. Sunlight coming directly in front of the object will tend to create a flat object. Meanwhile, the rays that come right next to the object will be good for shooting a rough texture.

5. See Background

The position of the model relating to the background that will be photographed. Background can be distinguished into three kinds, namely plain, geometric shape, or form of organic matter. Plain backgrounds usually white, like a wall or color wall. If the shooting was conducted in urban environments, you can find the windows, fences, doors and windows, generally have a background in geometric shapes, like lines and boxes. Organic background is a form that does not have a clear line, like the surf beach and clouds.

6. Height Position the Camera

Height position the camera is very important for the camera to get a proper perspective. When you take pictures of people standing, height position of the camera should not higher than eyes height. If the height of the person that you portrait is shorter than you, like a child, you should squat position as high as that person. When you are photographing the scenery, you should stand because the horizon line will be under the center line of your view finder. If you squat position the horizon line will be in the middle.

7. Include foreground

In shooting landscapes, interiors and architecture, the foreground must be considered. Grass, highways, rice field, can be used to be foreground for shooting scenery, while the interior could use a chair and table.

8. Use flash

Shooting on a sunny day, a shadow that will be obtained will be seen very firmly, like a shadow from the eyelid and nose. To reduce the contrast of the image that is not desired, use the flash. Shooting people with a background it will generate a sunset silhouette photo because the shadow will fall on people’s faces. Use the flash to reduce the shadow.

9. Use Scene Mode

Some cameras have scene modes. Use the scene modes if you do not know the settings for ISO, white balance, aperture, or shutter speed should be used according to certain conditions.

10. Continuous shoot

To get the perfect picture, take pictures as much as possible even if the object is the same and from different viewpoints (Continuous Shoot). Of the many images, there must be some of the best.

11. Carefully move the files from the camera

Photo file names are printed by the camera, when memory cards were empty, the image files tend to be the same as we ever move to computer. Therefore, be careful when moving files from the camera to computer. Do not let the photos that have been stored on the computers affected by the new photo because we store the same file name so that the old photos will automatically disappear. Thus, the thing to note is used to make a new folder each time a new image file transfer. If it is definitely all the pictures stored on your computer, then you do the format the memory card directly from camera.

12. Selecting Cameras

If you’re currently want to buy a new camera, the fundamental thing to note is that the characteristics of your needs and the amount of funds available. The definition of the characteristics of demand, that is how you need to have these cameras, how often do you take pictures, or how frequently photographed situation you are facing. By considering the characteristics of those needs, then we choose the desired features such as large dimensions, weight, size resolution, lens focal length, type of battery, the power of flash, the scene modes facility, and others. Arrange these features into a scale of priorities and adjust the budget funds.

I hope, those tips can be useful for you.

Posted by : Richard Nathaniel C