Just some Photos and a quick hello

[Casanovaxpress]

Hello everyone! My name is Josh and I have been looking thru the site for a few days now and figured I would say Hello!

Last weekend I was in a wedding and I took a few pics. All for C&C if ya want. However I have a few questions about some of the issues that I came across.

When doing events like that is it best to manual focus or just select the center AF point on the camera to ensure the proper focus?

We tried to do some fun shots of the Groom running away but only a few were in focus and the rest were out of focus. I would imagine using the Sport mode on my canon would of correctly done the Auto focus but I would like to actually take great pictures one day and that would require staying away for the Auto modes.

And the last question, I have the canon 430ex and used it while in the hotel room. One thing I noticed is that in manual mode I had to dial down the exposure a at least 1 stop in order not to blow out the picture. Does the E-TTL work in the Manual mode? or do I have a setting wrong?

Thank you in advance for your time and comments!

None of the pictures are processed they are straight from the camera.


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My Beautiful Daughter!!!!

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His face isnt the best but i liked the feel of the picture!

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This one turned out to be one of my favorites!

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[MohaimenK]

One thing, and I've made the same mistake, and am learning, take the flash and put it on your hand and hold it up so its not hitting directly but mimic sun. That way you won't see shadows hitting walls or ceilings

 

[Photogirl007]

You have captured some beautiful moments there. The only suggestion I would offer is to perhaps sharpen up the images a little.good job and well done.

 

[KKJUN]

none of those looks sharp. 5 is the best in terms of sharpness, but it still isn't good. also, the Wb looks a little too warm on all of these.

 

[misstwinklytoes]

none of those looks sharp. 5 is the best in terms of sharpness, but it still isn't good. also, the Wb looks a little too warm on all of these.

Um... #1 is no way too warm.

#3 looks almost right to me in terms of wb.

And the rest are due to it being inside, I think. Easy fix on the wb.

 

[ChevyBaby]

the colour temp is set to daylight, the pictures look lovely but when you compare them to photos that have a tungsten colour temp you'll notice how orange they actually are - even when we see through our eyes indoors, the colour temp is wrong and we become used to it.

 

[o hey tyler]

the man is cool

What?

 

[gsgary]

I would say that the shutter speed is too slow causing them to be soft, this is the biggest mistake i see the the beginners forum, i hope this was a free shoot

 

[Casanovaxpress]

One thing, and I've made the same mistake, and am learning, take the flash and put it on your hand and hold it up so its not hitting directly but mimic sun. That way you won't see shadows hitting walls or ceilings

I tried to bounce my flash off of the ceiling or the wall to prevent the shadows. Would a off camera flash have the same effect as bouncing off the ceiling?

You have captured some beautiful moments there. The only suggestion I would offer is to perhaps sharpen up the images a little.good job and well done.

Thank you. I am noticing that they are pretty soft though!

none of those looks sharp. 5 is the best in terms of sharpness, but it still isn't good. also, the Wb looks a little too warm on all of these.

I agree they are a little soft. Do you have any pointers or suggestions? Here is my thought. I was shooting with the EF 50 1.4 at about f/2 so I would assume the softness is from the DOF? Maybe the AF was on a hand and not the face? I did ask the question about focus so maybe these comment will provide me with a solution. How do I get nice sharp pictures. I know it's me but trying to improve! Again thank you!

I would say that the shutter speed is too slow causing them to be soft, this is the biggest mistake i see the the beginners forum, i hope this was a free shoot

I will look and see what shutter speed I was using for the shots. what would you suggest the slowest speed be? The tall dude is a good friend and I was in his wedding as a groomsman, I just took my camera to take some shots, this was in no way a attempt to capture a wedding. Just a way to improve my capabilities!

 

[o hey tyler]

You shutter speed should always be 1/focal length. So if you're shooting at 200mm, it should be 1/200 at least. Shooting at 18mm it should be 1/20 at the slowest. Unless you have IS or VR.

 

[Casanovaxpress]

You shutter speed should always be 1/focal length. So if you're shooting at 200mm, it should be 1/200 at least. Shooting at 18mm it should be 1/20 at the slowest. Unless you have IS or VR.

Thank you now that you say that I remember hearing that before. I know I was well over 1/50 on the shots though!

 

[o hey tyler]

So you were shooting on <50mm the entire night? What mode was your camera on? Av, Tv, M, or A?

 

[Casanovaxpress]

So you were shooting on <50mm the entire night? What mode was your camera on? Av, Tv, M, or A?

I will have to go back and look at the history of the pictures to verify but I was trying out M mode for alot of them. I think the top one was in just AV though.. let me look at the pictures tonight after work and i will post the mode/ss/iso/apature. Hope that helps!

 

[AprilEye]

One thing, and I've made the same mistake, and am learning, take the flash and put it on your hand and hold it up so its not hitting directly but mimic sun. That way you won't see shadows hitting walls or ceilings

This drives me crazy with my own photos!! That being said, I like number 5. I am not a professional and may not have "the eye" that pros have, but I think this shows character. The rule of thirds is applied nicely and its candid. Thats what I like in my amateurish opinion. We are after all beginniners... thats why we post on this thread! Good job!

 

[mrpink]

You shutter speed should always be 1/focal length. So if you're shooting at 200mm, it should be 1/200 at least. Shooting at 18mm it should be 1/20 at the slowest. Unless you have IS or VR.

Thank you now that you say that I remember hearing that before. I know I was well over 1/50 on the shots though!

That rule only accounts for camera shake. It does nothing to solve subject motion. My rule of thumb is when shooting living subjects, stay at 1/125th and faster (1/250th is ideally better), if you find that to be underexposed, add light.

1/50 will not freeze motion.





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