Thread: some of my photo's

here are some photo's I've taken recently I've been out practising a lot over xmas as I've had loads of time off








any tips for how to get my photo's better are greatly appreciated
fran

colours are a bit wishy washy, wider appature and longer exposure time needed. great effort though. what camera do you have?

I'm just using a fuji finepix T200 compact am going to invest in a SLR this year tho

your a bit stuck with compacts, slr is most definately the way forward. argos have slr nikons half price at the moment.

I agree with what's been said already and would like to add a little bit. Spend some time on composition,maybe line things up, or centre them maybe.

So good visions though, keep at it bud

Very nice Fran

Originally Posted by tubby-ben

your a bit stuck with compacts, slr is most definately the way forward. argos have slr nikons half price at the moment.

yeah i know i can do a bit of programming but only so much , will have to get one on the birthday list for march lol

Originally Posted by Byzan Photography

I agree with what's been said already and would like to add a little bit. Spend some time on composition,maybe line things up, or centre them maybe.

So good visions though, keep at it bud

work in progress mark eh still learning at it but they do say practise makes perfect

Originally Posted by Lingy.

Very nice Fran

thank you steve I'm going to concentrate more on photography this year

Look out for nikons second hand, always see them on gumtree. Then you can mess about alot more with the settings and filters. Pictures look good though, get adobe lightroom and have a play with them

yeah thanks mate will keep my eye out for them , they were mildly edited on photobucket but I'm still learning at taking good photo's

Good stuff Fran, when you get a Dslr or Slr you'll be so happy, when i got my dslr i moved onto another level straight away, even with my point and shoot skills!

thanks mate i really want to get one its been on the list for ages just never had the money to get one more important things to spend my hard earned on lol

Fran, photos are awesome.

Originally Posted by Sandra

Fran, photos are awesome.

Thank you Sandra need to get a better camera tho

Just treat yourself Fran.

i will do once I've got some money

Some overtime required then young sir.

come march time I'm going to be £50 per week better off so i can save up in no time then can't wait , this year is going to be a dam good year most of my depts should be payed off and the best one my car will be payed off in december can't come soon enough believe me lol

Lol, roll on march then Fran. Its just weeks away now. Nice new camera for the summer.

fran, if you not got light a room drop me a PM.

read up on rules of third or something, I can't remember what its called correctly but its somethjng to do with rules and 3rd. Lol

Originally Posted by scott b5

fran, if you not got light a room drop me a PM.

read up on rules of third or something, I can't remember what its called correctly but its somethjng to do with rules and 3rd. Lol

whats light a room do you mean adobe lightroom

yup.
stupid auto correct.

Originally Posted by scott b5

yup.
stupid auto correct.

lol i knew what you meant dude lmao , no i don't have it , i downloaded it and it asked me to do all these things that i can't do like enter this then that then that blah blah blah

Get yourself a good second had CANON!! 400D, 350D, etc pick them up for round 200-300 with lens. next you need a tripod, I actually bought a manfrotto today from Argos for 50quid and i also got a wireless trigger thingy for it so i can do long exposures. after you got that what you have to do it get up before the sun rises, head to a nice spot (beach, landmark etc) and wait for that moment to capture. again this works with sunsets too. its ALL in the lighting. try to keep your iso to a low number like 100 or 200. for landscapes you want to have a wide aperture so set it to F.8 or higher then the shutter speed comes next. using the tripod will allow you to open the shutter for a lot longer than hand held which in return allows you to catch that silky effect when shooting beach shots or waterscapes. for action shots the slow shutter can also work as you can use it for panning when shooting drift cars etc

Panning
Panning your camera: Action and Sports Photography - YouTube

Slow shutter
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Ive got the 50D and the 550D (for video use) both are great. Ive been doing photography for maybe 3-4 years now and I've learned a lot in that time but still a lot more to learn.

heres one of my recent slow shutter speed beach shots.

amazing photo mate thanks for the pointers

Awesome photos bro I like it
Cheers

no probs guys! FranA3 if you need any help with anything sure PM me and ill try to help best i can. Not sure if it'll be useful help but help all the same.
Cheers.

Thanks alot mate I'm sure you will be having a few pm's from me

Lovely piccies, Fran! Keep up the good work, Sweetie. xx

Originally Posted by Paullie

Lovely piccies, Fran! Keep up the good work, Sweetie. xx

aww thank you paulie I'm still learning the whole getting good photo's but I'm getting there slowly just need to invest in a better camera when i can but this one will do for now i suppose it doesn't take bad photo's .xx

i know its easy to do black and white but here is one

Lol, classy shot Fran. Nice to drink as well.

thank you yeah it sure is

ltr bottle required

Fran - cmong along nice there - someone already mentioned it but you need a tripod - i picked one up from amazon with a hook attatched for a silly price. Also for good pics you need:-
Good light
Good composition
Dont be afraid to try random things but if your camera wont automatically adjust the shutter speed when you alter the aperture, then your going to have some fun lol!

Originally Posted by Wozski

Fran - cmong along nice there - someone already mentioned it but you need a tripod - i picked one up from amazon with a hook attatched for a silly price. Also for good pics you need:-
Good light
Good composition
Dont be afraid to try random things but if your camera wont automatically adjust the shutter speed when you alter the aperture, then your going to have some fun lol!

alright warren only just seen this lol , thanks buddy , i think I've come as far as poss with a compact need to upgrade soon i think been looking on ebay at canon 400D some cheap ones on there now as they are an old camera but still up to the job

Yeah i got my nikon d3100 off ebay - it was only a couple of months old and had a telephoto lens with it. I saved about 150 bucks just because it was second hand.
If you have a budget, email me and i will have a snoop for you?
Also if you require lightroom and cs5 ( photoshop ) i can post em to your door!

nice pics fran, i had a new camera for crimbo to, it is a fujifilm finepix s3280 bridge camera. had a play about when i was on holidays with it and found myself taking pics of loads of flowers, lol

Originally Posted by Wozski

Yeah i got my nikon d3100 off ebay - it was only a couple of months old and had a telephoto lens with it. I saved about 150 bucks just because it was second hand.
If you have a budget, email me and i will have a snoop for you?
Also if you require lightroom and cs5 ( photoshop ) i can post em to your door!

happy days then bud nice amount to save that is , I've already got lightroom so no worries there buddy

As been said - they are a start - but really need to look at dslr - I just sold my Nikon D50 on ebay for £165 with lens and flash gun so bargains are there.

I have had 2 x Nikon D50's and a Canon 30D and now a Canon 20D - only reason changed from 30D was funds were very tight and had to raise some money so sold that and when funds allowed bought the 20D.

Once you have the dslr the worlds your oyster - also said before it's about composition (rule of thirds etc) like the bottle of JD may have been better to one third of the picture ie to the left or right and not bang in the middle (only my opinion)

I have been taking pictures for about 10years and still learning and still making mistakes and still can't grasp Lightroom lol

Good luck and keep practising

thanks for the advice mate only just seen it oops lol , I've will be investing in a dslr soon just got wait till april then i'll have some more money to play with
anyway was out on the mountain bike today making the most of the awesome weather so got a few picys at the same time

​Fantastic Fran.

thank you sandra

Hi Fran good thread, nice photos mate like the last one in the trees the best.

tip..
Yes you can play around more with a SLR and it will be cool when you get one, but dont sell or give away your fuji.. i tend to take my compact out with me more than my SLR, like the time you was on your bike.. dont think id want to be carrying a big SLR about with me on a bike all the time.

lovely photo Supanova

Thanks mate , oh I wouldn't sell it because like you said there are situations like that when a slr would be too big like on the bike