Looking to improve my photography

Noughtboy · 22 Nov 2011 at 13:30

Can anyone recommend some decent books or websites that take me through the basics like apertures, ISO's, exposures, framing etc etc?

Ideally, I would like to see something showing the same image shot with different settings and then explaining what each has on the image.

For example, a flower shot at 100 ISO with a slow exposure vs. at a 400 and quicker or changing the DOF or fiddling with white balance.

It would save me the significant time involved in taking 15 photos writing every setting down and trying to work it out frame by frame and bearing in mind when you make two or more changes each can have a subtle or even different effect during the interaction.

Many thanks

NB

the shadow · 22 Nov 2011 at 13:45

http://www.kamerasimulator.se/eng/?page_id=2
http://i.minus.com/imQ6tw.png
http://www.sederquist.com/claexpos.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed

K.C. Leblanc · 22 Nov 2011 at 13:46

Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson is the book that always gets mentioned in threads like this. I found it very useful.

EDIT: This might be worth a watch,

Noughtboy · 22 Nov 2011 at 14:32

the shadow said:
http://www.kamerasimulator.se/eng/?page_id=2
http://i.minus.com/imQ6tw.png
http://www.sederquist.com/claexpos.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed

Wow. Just had a play around.That first site is brilliant. Exactly what I was thinking about.

Thanks for that.

Noughtboy · 22 Nov 2011 at 14:43

Had difficulty following that Snapchick youtube link. Everytime she was laying there on that pool table my attention tended to wander ;-)

33L · 22 Nov 2011 at 14:53

K.C. Leblanc said:
Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson is the book that always gets mentioned in threads like this. I found it very useful.

EDIT: This might be worth a watch,

What he said, its on its third revision but any of the olders ones will still do.

K.C. Leblanc · 23 Nov 2011 at 00:28

EDIT: This might be worth a watch,

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I've just given this a watch, it goes over most of the basics.

It doesn't point out that sometimes the metering in your camera isn't perfect, and in cases the most artistically pleasing picture isn't the technically correct one.

Because of this there is also a thing called 'exposure compensation' this is an adjustment you can use to either 'under expose' (make darker) or 'over expose' (make lighter) the image.

Mp4 · 23 Nov 2011 at 09:35

Go to adult college, and learn with a tutor. i have been going over a year and have improved 10 fold.

also doing studio lighting course next year

Noughtboy · 23 Nov 2011 at 10:41

Watched that Adorama link KC sent. It is very interesting a I will be watching more of the series (once I've finished all the SnapChick stuff mmmmmmmmm). You guys have been a great help.