Crayons C&C please

[BJPhotography]

C&C please.

 

[MissCream]

I think the blue is a bit over saturated, the background and yellow crayon are also over exposed. Also I think the only thing that is in focus is the top of the green crayon, I'm not sure if that is what you were going for or not..

I don't think you should have shot at f8 because it didn't get all the crayons in focus anyway. I would have lowered your aperture and increased your shutter speed so the the child in the background doesn't have motion blur.

 

[480sparky67 66]

Your manual exposure is still 2/3 stop overexposed.

 

[BJPhotography]

What would have been a better setting for that instead of F8? Because of the light, should have I have been at f16 for that?
Do you think the child has motion blur or is that the blur from it not being in focus?

Good ideas. I agree too on the over exposure on the yellow crayon and background. Hmm...I'll have to try this shot again differently.

Thanks!

 

[BJPhotography]

Your manual exposure is still 2/3 stop overexposed.

How do I fix that? When I took the photo, my light meter showed 0. Ive been careful to check that. Is it because, then, that the other settings were off that its over-exposed?

 

[BJPhotography]

Is this one any better? I took this at the same sitting as the original one above.

 

[480sparky67 66]

Better exposure, although the data shows you're still now 1/3 stop under. But that's not enough to worry about in most cases.

Instead of increasing your shutter speed, you should have closed the aperture down to f/11 instead... then you've get more DOF.

 

[BJPhotography]

Better exposure, although the data shows you're still now 1/3 stop under. But that's not enough to worry about in most cases.

Instead of increasing your shutter speed, you should have closed the aperture down to f/11 instead... then you've get more DOF.

Oh ok. I was under the impression that I could leave my aperture and iso and just toggle my shutter speed until I get my light meter to 0. Not true I suppose. I'll practice this again tomorrow. Thank you!

 

[480sparky67 66]

Oh ok. I was under the impression that I could leave my aperture and iso and just toggle my shutter speed until I get my light meter to 0. Not true I suppose. I'll practice this again tomorrow. Thank you!

It depends on what you're shooting. If you're shooting something like this, I'd set the shutter for the longest I know I can hold the camera steady, then match the F/stop to the ISO I dialed in. In other cases, you may need to set your shutter & ISO and adjust your aperture. say, to shoot a fast-moving subject.