The Shutterbug Society; Activity #3: Ask and Answer

[ed1nburgh.livejournal.com]

Activity: Ask and Answer
Points: 10 points participatioon
Dates: NOW until Thursday, July 1 at 22:00 PDT.

Details: Since this is a photography club and we have members of all skill levels, for this activity, you're going to have the opportunity to ask or answer photography questions you've always wondered!

FOR QUESTIONS: Be sure that it is a question of substance. Asking, "What's a camera?" will not get you points, but asking something of more substance, such as "What is the rule of thirds?" or "What's the difference between digital cameras and film cameras," will count towards points. If you are only planning on asking questions, you must ask THREE questions to get participation points.

FOR ANSWERS: If you know the answer to a question you see, feel free to respond! In order to get participation points, you must answer one question with at least five, complete sentences. It is encouraged that you post an example of what you're talking about, to make your answer totally clear.

Of course, feel free to go beyond the minimum! You may ask more than three questions or answer more than one, or any combination thereof.

If you have any questions for me, please respond to the thread below!

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Comments

[singlemomsummer.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to take good quality pictures with a point and shoot?

Summer//Hufflepuff

[ed1nburgh.livejournal.com]

Of course it is! Some of my favourite photos that I took are from a crappy little point-and-shoot I had back in the day before I started getting serious.

Of course, a point and shoot does have its drawbacks; you do have a lot less control than you do with a DSLR, but it REALLY depends on the camera you get. The point-and-shoot I just bought my mum, for example, has full aperture, ISO and shutter speed control. Definitely not as good as a DSLR, but DEFINITELY better than a lot of point and shoots.

Really, it comes down to knowing your camera and knowing the rules of photography. If you hand a seasoned photographer a point and shoot, they'll still be able to get quality photos out of it, because when it comes down to it, it's the photographer, not the camera. Yeah, there are certain things you can't do with a point and shoot at all (for example, I primarily work in Digital Infrared Photography these days, and that's impossible on a point and shoot), but in general, ESPECIALLY with today's technology, you can get very quality photos.

What I'd suggest is pick up some photo books or look at websites. Learn about composition and then read the manual for your camera several times. Learn to love it, get close to it, sleep with it under your pillow, you get the idea. Learn deeply about aperture, ISO, and other functions that your camera might have. You'd be surprised what difference this can make in your photos.

What you might notice is less range in your photos; I mean that sometimes, the exposure or the colours won't be as strong. This is because the size of the sensor in a point and shoot (the thing that measures exposure) isn't very large, so you might notice that your whites might be TOO white (blown-out) or your shadows might be compressed and lose detail. This is something that is the major problem with point and shoots, but there are ways to get around it.

tl;dr you TOTALLY can, just learn about your camera!

[singlemomsummer.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!