Archive for October, 2009

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Flash + Lighting + Things to avoid

Flash

Indoor

bounce the flash off the ceiling, point the flash at the ceiling not at the subject.

this light up the whole room making the image look more natural and pleasing.

also the light will not be as harsh on the subject.

Outdoor

Day light

flash can be use in the day light,

when the sun is behind the subject, use flash, it can fill in the dark side of the subject

Night time

use tripod !

use long shutter speed even with flash, this allows the weak background light to fill in the background, then the flash will fill in the rest (subject).

Landscape

there is 2 time that’s best for it, sunrise and sunset.

Tips:

When taking photo of children or baby, position the camera at their eye level, usually this make it look better.

Don’t take a photo with objects sticking out of people’s head, for example light poles, tress or some background people’s arm.

arrr I need to work on uni stuff now. still lots to write about i think

I want I want  I want I want I want,

Nerdy and Sexy !

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/spider-camera-holster-review-stick-em-up/

r-strap  nice too, the normal strap is just too much weight on my neck.

http://www.blackrapid.com

2pm Mobile dev Lab

6pm UTS library Studying, since I will only sleep at home.

7pm

Still working in the library

Food intake for today:

Lunch

fillet’o'fish x 1

water x 1

Break

banana bread x 1

Din din

fillet’o'fish x 2

water x 1

Din Din take 2

KFC Hot Wings x 6

Strange Green color color Soda x 1 is good tho

9pm

So many pretty girls in the library.
Why dun they study engineering. ( my excuse for not knowing any of them )

Going home now, byebye

Edit: 9:30pm

Was told there is a fire on the sydney harbour bridge. Stuck on the train at central station.

Edit 9:45
Went pass, I see no fire

Sleepy

Got my toy piano keyboard back.

Todo:

1: mobile project
2: embeded project
3: soft eng project
4: epp2 report
5: sleep normally
6: Buy Ticket to HK
7: Do tax return

Want to go take photo at night.
Need a nice location.

Discamer: I am not a Pro. Just to share what I know so far. edit: And my English

Photography 101 part 2.
You don’t need a dslr or any other fancy camera to take good photo. They just offer more flexibility. The camera on your phone is very useful because it is always with you.

For a dslr camera or a camera with manual control, there is a 3 setting that needs to be understand first, other than this ( mostly ) is just your eyes and your subjects.

Changes to any of these changes the brightness of the image because more light is going in. (or more sensitive)

is all about balance of these settings depending on the situation.

Shutter speed.

The time the shutter “opens” to capture light

(assuming they had spin at the same speed, the shutter speed changed, the left one fast shutter speed, the right one slow shutter speed, that also means the Aperture or  iso had changed, for the left one the Aperture will need to be wider to get the same amount of light in, the right one will need a small Aperture or it will be a very bight image (or just white) )

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed

Aperture.

The size of the hole that lets light into the camera.

wide open – morel light in – shallow depth of field. Smaller F number eg. f/5.6    ,  f/2.8   ,  f / 1.4

narrow – less light in – larger range in focus. Larger F number eg. f/32

(same here S or iso would have changed for these 2 images, is all about balance)

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture

iso.

The sensitivity of the sensor or film.

for digital sensor, large iso means a noises image.

Lens,

there is 2 value that’s impotent for a lens.

Aperture and focal length “zoom”

White balance ( Color ),

What the human eye see as white is not the same as the camera,

we can see it as white but it turns out to be yellowish because of the color temperature (from light, sun, etc)

to correct this, there is white balance, most of the time the camera get it right, when its wrong, the color will mess up , however it can be corrected in photoshop (better in RAW mode)

To use them

Well for most cameras there are: (this is for nikon)

M anual       -   control  everything

A perture    -  control the Aperture and     +/- Exposure Compensation, S will be set by camera, calculated by the light meter and the Exposure Compensation Setting.

S hutter       -  control the Shutter    and     +/- Exposure Compensation, A will be set by camera, calculated by the light meter and the Exposure Compensation Setting.

P rogram    – controls  +/- Exposure Compensation, “AUTO” A and P or it have some pairs of A and S to choose from.

I use P for just everyday photo, S or A when I have the time to take a nice one. M when I have lots of time and wants to play a bit.

and use tripod !

next topics

Flash

Lighting

things to avoid

6:35 am, nap time.  My sleeping time is so normal.

I like 盧巧音 when I was young,  havn’t heard it for years.

I started to like her because of this song. 垃圾

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