I've sent this to Jim, formatted for the Anomalous Propagation newsletter,
but I'm posting it here also in case there's any delay in getting the
newsletter posted. My late submission to Jim certainly isn't helping in
that regard.
There are a couple things I forgot to mention in last month's article.
First, when shooting people - especially when they're talking - I use my
camera's burst mode. In that mode, the camera takes several photos in rapid
succession while the shutter button is depressed, rather than just one
photo. This gives me a much better chance of getting a photo with the
speaker's eyes open, actually looking at the audience, and not having some
sort of weird contorted facial expression. Some people derisively call this
method "spray and pray". I just call it insurance. Most modern cameras have
this capability (even some cell phones), although some use a different
name. My wife's camera calls it auto drive. Exactly how you enable that
mode depends on the camera. Some have a dial with a single rectangle in one
position representing normal shooting, and overlapping rectangles in an
adjacent position representing burst mode, as shown in the first attached
photo. Other cameras use a menu option to enable that mode, as shown in the
second photo.
The other thing I forgot, and the reason for sending this to the mailing
list now, is that the the very good course "Fundamentals of Digital
Photography" starts THIS Saturday (Feb. 29, 2020) and runs for six
consecutive weeks from 10 am - noon at Far Hills Masonic Temple, 5501 Far
Hills Ave., Dayton, OH. If any of you who live in the Miami Valley would
seriously like to improve their photography, I can definitely recommend it.
I took it myself a few years ago. Ron Wilson is not only a very talented
photographer, he's an excellent instructor. He also teaches "Photoshop
Digital Photo Editing" the same afternoons if you already take good photos
but want to improve them digitally. Each course is $125, but you can take
them both for only $200. Details of both courses are at
http://www.tripodcamera.com/SchoolClasses.html
Dave Lundy
<www.dma1.org/~lundyd>
<www.facebook.com/lundyd43>
<www.flickr.com/photos/lundyd>
<www.youtube.com/DMADave>
I've sent this to Jim, formatted for the Anomalous Propagation newsletter,
but I'm posting it here also in case there's any delay in getting the
newsletter posted. My late submission to Jim certainly isn't helping in
that regard.
There are a couple things I forgot to mention in last month's article.
First, when shooting people - especially when they're talking - I use my
camera's burst mode. In that mode, the camera takes several photos in rapid
succession while the shutter button is depressed, rather than just one
photo. This gives me a much better chance of getting a photo with the
speaker's eyes open, actually looking at the audience, and not having some
sort of weird contorted facial expression. Some people derisively call this
method "spray and pray". I just call it insurance. Most modern cameras have
this capability (even some cell phones), although some use a different
name. My wife's camera calls it auto drive. Exactly how you enable that
mode depends on the camera. Some have a dial with a single rectangle in one
position representing normal shooting, and overlapping rectangles in an
adjacent position representing burst mode, as shown in the first attached
photo. Other cameras use a menu option to enable that mode, as shown in the
second photo.
The other thing I forgot, and the reason for sending this to the mailing
list now, is that the the very good course "Fundamentals of Digital
Photography" starts THIS Saturday (Feb. 29, 2020) and runs for six
consecutive weeks from 10 am - noon at Far Hills Masonic Temple, 5501 Far
Hills Ave., Dayton, OH. If any of you who live in the Miami Valley would
seriously like to improve their photography, I can definitely recommend it.
I took it myself a few years ago. Ron Wilson is not only a very talented
photographer, he's an excellent instructor. He also teaches "Photoshop
Digital Photo Editing" the same afternoons if you already take good photos
but want to improve them digitally. Each course is $125, but you can take
them both for only $200. Details of both courses are at
http://www.tripodcamera.com/SchoolClasses.html
--
Dave Lundy
<www.dma1.org/~lundyd>
<www.facebook.com/lundyd43>
<www.flickr.com/photos/lundyd>
<www.youtube.com/DMADave>
