fiestyashley
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This is my first post... here goes nothing!
So, I love taking pictures. Of anything and everything. I don't have many pictures of me when I was little and I hate that. So I feel that I have to capture every moment I can, even if it's just a picture from my cell phone. My son just turned a year old and I have taken pictures of every new thing he's done and beyond. I don't want to forget anything. Last mothers day someone said, "Ashley, I just love all of the pictures you put on Facebook. You should become a photographer." And for some reason that stuck with me.
In the early fall a friend loaned me his cannon rebel to borrow to take some shots. I started out with a shoot of a couple at a park, early morning, sunny. when I uploaded them to edit and review, that's when I first realized, the sun isn't always my friend. It was either way too bright or there were awful shadows. So I started shooting in different places and settings and I don't know that I've self taught myself anything because here we are 5 months later and I'm self conscience of my work. Others say they love it and whatever..but that's after I've done heavy editing on most of them.
I want to learn to take pictures that don't need editing. I want to be legit. So I stopped using that crappy picnic and a friend gave me Photoshop cs3? I think its called. OMG that's so confusing, but I'm learning. And for Christmas I got a Nikon d3100. I plan on getting a bag and tripod in the next couple of weeks. I ordered a cheap backdrop set from Amazon. Well by cheap I mean $135. Came with black and white muslin, 3 umbrella lights and backdrop stand with carrying case. I figured that be a good starter kit.
And that's pretty much all I have.
I tried to do some indoor stuff in my house, before I bought the lights and backdrop set. I used a sheet as a backdrop. Ugh, they looked horrible. I assume because of the lighting.
I'm constantly going online trying to learn to make shots look betteR. I see words like aperture, white balance, ISO, noise, ect. And I have no idea what it means.
So, I bought the book "Understanding exposure" and "Nikon d3100" for dummies. It's a lot of information, I know I wont understand it over night. But I feel so overwhelmed with information that sometimes I want to give up. But then I instantly feel guilty for thinking that. I'm not a quitter!!
With that being said, help!! What can I do or how can I better understand these terms and how they correlate? I work at a hospital full time, am in college full time along with a family of my own. I've got a lot going on, but I want to learn it because I want to take better shots to capture those moments and maybe make this more than just a hobby someday.
I'm a very visual learner so its hard for me to try to read something and understand it. Any suggestions, tips, hints, definitions, or cheat sheets?
Anything????
Sincerely,
Dazed and confused
So, I love taking pictures. Of anything and everything. I don't have many pictures of me when I was little and I hate that. So I feel that I have to capture every moment I can, even if it's just a picture from my cell phone. My son just turned a year old and I have taken pictures of every new thing he's done and beyond. I don't want to forget anything. Last mothers day someone said, "Ashley, I just love all of the pictures you put on Facebook. You should become a photographer." And for some reason that stuck with me.
In the early fall a friend loaned me his cannon rebel to borrow to take some shots. I started out with a shoot of a couple at a park, early morning, sunny. when I uploaded them to edit and review, that's when I first realized, the sun isn't always my friend. It was either way too bright or there were awful shadows. So I started shooting in different places and settings and I don't know that I've self taught myself anything because here we are 5 months later and I'm self conscience of my work. Others say they love it and whatever..but that's after I've done heavy editing on most of them.
I want to learn to take pictures that don't need editing. I want to be legit. So I stopped using that crappy picnic and a friend gave me Photoshop cs3? I think its called. OMG that's so confusing, but I'm learning. And for Christmas I got a Nikon d3100. I plan on getting a bag and tripod in the next couple of weeks. I ordered a cheap backdrop set from Amazon. Well by cheap I mean $135. Came with black and white muslin, 3 umbrella lights and backdrop stand with carrying case. I figured that be a good starter kit.
And that's pretty much all I have.
I tried to do some indoor stuff in my house, before I bought the lights and backdrop set. I used a sheet as a backdrop. Ugh, they looked horrible. I assume because of the lighting.
I'm constantly going online trying to learn to make shots look betteR. I see words like aperture, white balance, ISO, noise, ect. And I have no idea what it means.
So, I bought the book "Understanding exposure" and "Nikon d3100" for dummies. It's a lot of information, I know I wont understand it over night. But I feel so overwhelmed with information that sometimes I want to give up. But then I instantly feel guilty for thinking that. I'm not a quitter!!
With that being said, help!! What can I do or how can I better understand these terms and how they correlate? I work at a hospital full time, am in college full time along with a family of my own. I've got a lot going on, but I want to learn it because I want to take better shots to capture those moments and maybe make this more than just a hobby someday.
I'm a very visual learner so its hard for me to try to read something and understand it. Any suggestions, tips, hints, definitions, or cheat sheets?
Anything????
Sincerely,
Dazed and confused
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