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Q. When you post photos on your blog they are either work photos or personal photos. I like to study each of them.
Are they taken with a digital camera, a film camera, or a variety? I ask because I only have a digital. Do you have to have a film camera in order to take really interesting, and different, and good quality photos?
The photos on my blog are mostly digital ones, taken with my digital SLR using a variety of lenses from my manual cameras and new ones purchased specifically for the digital SLR. Some are scanned photos from my ancient 35mm SLR, some from miscellaneous collector cameras, and some from my not-as-ancient point-and-shoot. There are some from the point-and-shoot digital that liased my transition to the digital SLR. I used it to try out the digital platform and found digital technology gives me immediate gratification. I'm impatient. Once I was satisfied with the platform, I was ready to invest in a digital SLR. For me, that's the best thing about a digital camera, that immediate gratification thing. Otherwise, the comparisons run far and deep.
Here's my dirty little secret: I've won money and placed in competitions with images captured on a $40 point-and-shoot film camera.
Here's why:
A really interesting, good, different photograph, in my never humble opinion, can be taken with pretty much any camera, and relies more on the operator than the equipment. Quality can be kind of subjective, as different 'quality' is required for different applications ie) portraiture, competitions, commercial, print, web, etc. You will have to clarify the use of an image or give me an example before I can give you any kind of concise answer.
I need to know what the top five things an average joe should look for in a camera, including brand. Please answer in the simple words or I will be even more overwhelmed than I already am after visiting Best Buy and talking to the twelve year old salesboy.
Thank you
Ballpark it for me, would ya? (It affects what brands I might recommend)
My pictures have been turning out slightly blue tinged (the whites)esp pics taken at dusk or dawn. Ive tried adjusting the white balance to appropriate settings, the saturation level on the cam (which I quickly switched back, haha. )
Not sure what is going on? It's easily fixable in photoshop, but a pain in the butt. What am I missing?
Any tips? Probably using natural light (if there is enough light) or the built in flash on my camera.
I want the photos to look fabulous!! Can you help me?! I am thinking full body shots, or waist up type shots.
Thanks!
I was out camera looking last night. I was leaning towards the Canon Rebel XTi, but then a lil Nikon caught my eye. It was the Nikon D80. I am also a leftie and have a learning curve with all of the buttons and dials being on the right side.
What should I be thinking about in terms of a camera/body/lenses etc. I think for what I want to do, would mostly be indoor photography and some outdoor I would think...
Can you help me figure this out?! I don't want to purchase the WRONG camera as it will be a HUGE purchase for me!!! EEEK!! So exciting.
Thank you!!
Cathy