DerekSalem
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Definitely get a tripod.
The pictures are nice (the first 2 I'm talking about) but you definitely need a longer exposure time. 1/15 and 1/20 of a second are pretty slow for hand-held. Even with IS I try not to go under 1/30. Yes, 1/20 is doable, but any type of cropping and you'll see a bit of blur. Try to stay at 1/30 or faster as much as possible (unless you're using the tripod).
As for the ISO speed, it really doesn't matter with the T2i. I had an XSi and with that camera I'd have to stay basically at 800 or lower in order to make sure there was no noise...but with the T2i (I also own one) I can easily go up to 3200 without seeing any noise. 6400 there's a bit, but still better than most cameras on ISO1600.
In the T2i's options menu you can set a maximum "Auto ISO" which only limits how high it'll put the ISO on the Auto setting. I'd set it to 3200 (or even 1600 if you never want to see noise).
And as others have said, the WB needs a bit of editing...If you're doing a semi-professional shoot of something like this it's usually best to just switch it to RAW (or even RAW+Jpeg if you want) so that you can edit the WB settings later. That way, an otherwise amazing shot won't be ruined by the off-color problems. Yes, it's possible to change WB later...but RAW makes it much easier and won't have any other negatives.
The pictures are nice (the first 2 I'm talking about) but you definitely need a longer exposure time. 1/15 and 1/20 of a second are pretty slow for hand-held. Even with IS I try not to go under 1/30. Yes, 1/20 is doable, but any type of cropping and you'll see a bit of blur. Try to stay at 1/30 or faster as much as possible (unless you're using the tripod).
As for the ISO speed, it really doesn't matter with the T2i. I had an XSi and with that camera I'd have to stay basically at 800 or lower in order to make sure there was no noise...but with the T2i (I also own one) I can easily go up to 3200 without seeing any noise. 6400 there's a bit, but still better than most cameras on ISO1600.
In the T2i's options menu you can set a maximum "Auto ISO" which only limits how high it'll put the ISO on the Auto setting. I'd set it to 3200 (or even 1600 if you never want to see noise).
And as others have said, the WB needs a bit of editing...If you're doing a semi-professional shoot of something like this it's usually best to just switch it to RAW (or even RAW+Jpeg if you want) so that you can edit the WB settings later. That way, an otherwise amazing shot won't be ruined by the off-color problems. Yes, it's possible to change WB later...but RAW makes it much easier and won't have any other negatives.