Learning to take pictures

Friday, February 01, 2008 Posted by Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin
I got a Nikon D40 with standard 18-55 f3.5-5.6 lens from work and I am supposed to take "good"pictures with it. This is my first experience with a DSLR camera. I have had cameras before but all of them have been point-and-shot. That is: I never bothered about the settings!

Now I have to learn.

So I've been trying to take some pictures, with different settings of aperture, exposure compensation and shutter speed. Here you have some of them.

Playing with the aperture size (the f-number):








Changing the exposure compensation feature from positive to negative,





Using slow shutter speed, moving camera to follow object and keeping camera still while object moves.





I clearly need to practice. If the weather improves this weekend I will try to take some shots outdoor. Any particular tips you would like to share with me?

Help!
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  1. Anonymous
    1 February 2008 at 16:35

    well, it seems that a bit of practice and possibly a new eye operation can do the trick!

    Just joking, you learn very quickly. Make sure you get the help of your husband.

    A proposito de aprender, podrias poner alguna receta de tu estofado en tu blog? Es que me hace falta...

  2. Wendigo
    1 February 2008 at 16:44

    Main rule:

    1) The subject of the picture (not the background) must cover at least 1/3 of the area...in most cases.

    No kidding

  3. Anonymous
    1 February 2008 at 16:45

    Chechi... la foto a la foto dde estan tu y el rodri es la que yo tome en la barceloneta! yeeee!!!

    jajaja

    p.d. aún no leo lo que has escrito... luego lo comento :) me gusto tu osito ... yo tb quiero mama!

  4. Anonymous
    1 February 2008 at 16:56

    Hola chechi .... yo tambien me he comprado una camara slr (cannon rebel xt) y al igual que tu estoy tratando de aprender a utilzarla .... lo unico que he hecho es leer libros de fotografia porque en deadmonton estamos con un frio de la patada (entre -35 y -47) un asco!!! y no puedo salir a tomar fotos :( ...

  5. Beto
    1 February 2008 at 17:15

    Dear Mijechu,
    I have found this 10 tips online for your Digital SLR, I hope they help.
    I will also look forward to acquiring the new DSLR for Dummies book... sounds bad, but actually this books are quite handy at times.

    I hope this link works:
    http://thomashawk.com/2006/04/10-tips-for-new-digital-slr.html

    Regards,
    The Tiki

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