Thursday, May 01, 2008

Camera tips--what I know

Thanks so much for all the picture compliments! You all made me feel so good!!!
I have to say with those pictures it is all about the "mode". We have a basic digital camera--Hp photosmart. Nothing fancy at all. However, sitting down with Urs,she showed me the different picture modes she uses with her camera.

So for example, the sunset pictures from the previous post. I took them with the "sunset" mode. Then I played with the color options--b&W, etc to get a more interesting look. I would think every digital camera has mode and color options. It took me awhile to figure out how to find it as it isn't as apparent on my camera as it is on Urs's. She has a much better camera than we do.On close ups, like I took with the roses, I used the "macro" setting.

The header picture and the one with the bird--I think I just got really lucky on top of using the different picture modes :)

Definitely still a novice with this so I would love to share tips and tricks! Hope this helps!

2 comments:

Trish J said...

The furthest I've gotten with my camera is to set it to the red eye corrector ... that's about it. I am taking upwards of 100 pictures a week, so I guess I should figure it out. Your shots are so good, now I'm inspired!

LCP said...

That helps..

When we were in the Grand Canyon, I took TONS of pictures with different modes trying to determine which would be best to really "catch" the moment and the vastness of the canyon. I should go back through them and see what ones turned out the best.

Thanks, have a great weekend.