paniologal
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Hi everyone
So I'm getting so frustrated with my camera right now that sometimes I want to cry or chuck it out the window. It wouldn't be such a big deal if I wasn't starting to do photography professionally for people. The photos frequently turn out grainy and I can't figure out why. I know it has to do with light (or lack of) and that using a tripod with lower ISO would help, but I'm doing corporate photography where a tripod wouldn't really be ideal to use. I'm going to post a few sample photos so you can see where I'm coming from.
So, the first ones were taken at the same time and location as the second set. That's why I'm so confused as to why some pics are grainy and the others aren't. The first ones were taken a few months ago.
And the ones from tonight (5pm-6:30pm)
The close up ones came out fine, all of them:
And the point and shoot did better than the expensive DSLR :roll:
I have many more pics I can post if anyone needs more examples. Granted, I probably shouldn't have taken pics with the sun behind the subject like it was but even when I put them where the sun was behind my back they still turned out grainy - and dark. I was thinking it was my fault but I'm starting to wonder if it may be the lens. We've had problems with it lately but, as the heart picture shows, it can also take immaculate photos. I have the Nikon D70 and plan to upgrade in the future soon but I have a feeling this is more user error than camera error. The lighting was horrific today. There was a dark rain cloud on one side of the sky and a really bright sky on the other. But I can't imagine why out of two hours of shooting not one turned out perfect. How can I prevent this in the future? Would an external flash have made a night and day difference or no? I don't mind paying more money for good equipment, but I don't want to spend mega bucks and still have my photography turn out this way.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
EDIT: You'll probably have to make the pictures bigger to see the grain/noise, but I promise it's there.
So I'm getting so frustrated with my camera right now that sometimes I want to cry or chuck it out the window. It wouldn't be such a big deal if I wasn't starting to do photography professionally for people. The photos frequently turn out grainy and I can't figure out why. I know it has to do with light (or lack of) and that using a tripod with lower ISO would help, but I'm doing corporate photography where a tripod wouldn't really be ideal to use. I'm going to post a few sample photos so you can see where I'm coming from.
So, the first ones were taken at the same time and location as the second set. That's why I'm so confused as to why some pics are grainy and the others aren't. The first ones were taken a few months ago.
And the ones from tonight (5pm-6:30pm)
The close up ones came out fine, all of them:
And the point and shoot did better than the expensive DSLR :roll:
I have many more pics I can post if anyone needs more examples. Granted, I probably shouldn't have taken pics with the sun behind the subject like it was but even when I put them where the sun was behind my back they still turned out grainy - and dark. I was thinking it was my fault but I'm starting to wonder if it may be the lens. We've had problems with it lately but, as the heart picture shows, it can also take immaculate photos. I have the Nikon D70 and plan to upgrade in the future soon but I have a feeling this is more user error than camera error. The lighting was horrific today. There was a dark rain cloud on one side of the sky and a really bright sky on the other. But I can't imagine why out of two hours of shooting not one turned out perfect. How can I prevent this in the future? Would an external flash have made a night and day difference or no? I don't mind paying more money for good equipment, but I don't want to spend mega bucks and still have my photography turn out this way.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
EDIT: You'll probably have to make the pictures bigger to see the grain/noise, but I promise it's there.
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