New camera + pics
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New camera + pics
So I convinced my boss at work to invest in a nice camera setup for me. Got the Canon Rebel XTi 10mp digital SLR camera with a standard 18-55mm wide angle lens and a 60mm macro lens with a bunch of accessories. Came out to about 1500-1600 so far.
Got the camera last friday and I've already taken over 600 pictures. Its that fun! Here's a few examples.
The best picture I think is of the blue R6. Its my new desktop picture now. If anyone else wants it as their desktop. Here's a link (1920x1200):
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/2862/r6eb8.jpg
I'm going to add a lot more pictures so if you want to view some more you can hit my album here:
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...z/photoshoots/
Got the camera last friday and I've already taken over 600 pictures. Its that fun! Here's a few examples.
The best picture I think is of the blue R6. Its my new desktop picture now. If anyone else wants it as their desktop. Here's a link (1920x1200):
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/2862/r6eb8.jpg
I'm going to add a lot more pictures so if you want to view some more you can hit my album here:
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...z/photoshoots/
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RE: New camera + pics
yeah... its hard to take good steady pics in low light with no flash and your drunk... Let me tell you, I had to take about 30 pictures to get that beer bottle picture correct! low light settings are tricky to play with. And I still forgot to set it to the right white balance setting so it came out a bit yellower then expected, but it still came out fairly good. Nothing print worthy though, cept the r6.
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RE: New camera + pics
The left mirror is up too high and add's way too much negative background space so the focus on the bike would be less intimate. I really wanted the viewer's eye's to be drawn toward the front of the bike (more on the headlights/forks/rotors) since the degree of focus are on those parts more than anything else. Also the top part that I left off the scenery was a black background, not brick anymore so it would have given the picture too much dark contrast. It was also shot in a cloudy scenery so light is a bit limited where black areas could result in grainy areas if not exposed exactly right.
No prior photography class, I've take art classes before. I have a photography guide book that I bought with the camera called "digital rebel field guide" that explains in full detail of everything about the rebel camera's. Worth the $15 investment. I've only read the 1st few basic chapters and have read a lot on wikipedia when I was researching about camera's.
But honestly, I just played around with the manual setting and only changing one parameter to see the generated affects to get a good feel for them in different places. I usually take between 3-10 pictures of the same item with different settings. That means I have a lot of wasted pictures, but improves my chances of hitting the perfect picture. I have a 2gb card so I can hold about 300 pics before I run out of space.
No prior photography class, I've take art classes before. I have a photography guide book that I bought with the camera called "digital rebel field guide" that explains in full detail of everything about the rebel camera's. Worth the $15 investment. I've only read the 1st few basic chapters and have read a lot on wikipedia when I was researching about camera's.
But honestly, I just played around with the manual setting and only changing one parameter to see the generated affects to get a good feel for them in different places. I usually take between 3-10 pictures of the same item with different settings. That means I have a lot of wasted pictures, but improves my chances of hitting the perfect picture. I have a 2gb card so I can hold about 300 pics before I run out of space.
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