runnergirl
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Hi there, I have posted once or twice about my beginner photos. I originally got a DSLR camera a few months ago because I am pregnant and want to learn how to take good photos of my kids, and I also wanted to take some nice newborn photos for my sister who had her baby this week (yay!). I have a Sony alpha 200 and I also have an external flash. I took some pics of my new nephew a couple days ago and wanted to ask some feedback so that I can incorporate new tips into more photos of him and, in a few months, of my own baby.
I posted my favorite three. Here is my own critique of my work: First, I forgot to turn the ISO down (oops, I know, silly mistake) so the first two that I posted here had an ISO of 800. Whoops. Also, I am trying to learn how to bounce the flash and sometimes I succeed and other times I don't. I am only starting to figure it out. I used aperture priority with f/5.6 for all of them because a) that's as low as my camera goes and b) I'm not good enough to do manual yet (but I promise I practice manually on other things!). I still don't know quite how to get better light - with a decently powerful external flash and my aperture as wide as it can go, any ideas why my shutter speed still was as slow at 1/60? Fortunately he wasn't moving too much, but I'm sure as the kiddos get older I will have to get better at lighting so that my shutter speed can be fast enough to catch them!
The only post processing I did for these was cropping (and adding black and white to the first one). I appreciate any and all tips! Thanks in advance for your help.
Peter #1 - F/5.6, ISO 800, 1/60
Peter #2: F/5.6, ISO 800, 1/60
Peter #3: F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/60
I posted my favorite three. Here is my own critique of my work: First, I forgot to turn the ISO down (oops, I know, silly mistake) so the first two that I posted here had an ISO of 800. Whoops. Also, I am trying to learn how to bounce the flash and sometimes I succeed and other times I don't. I am only starting to figure it out. I used aperture priority with f/5.6 for all of them because a) that's as low as my camera goes and b) I'm not good enough to do manual yet (but I promise I practice manually on other things!). I still don't know quite how to get better light - with a decently powerful external flash and my aperture as wide as it can go, any ideas why my shutter speed still was as slow at 1/60? Fortunately he wasn't moving too much, but I'm sure as the kiddos get older I will have to get better at lighting so that my shutter speed can be fast enough to catch them!
The only post processing I did for these was cropping (and adding black and white to the first one). I appreciate any and all tips! Thanks in advance for your help.
Peter #1 - F/5.6, ISO 800, 1/60
Peter #2: F/5.6, ISO 800, 1/60
Peter #3: F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/60