Camera Modes Trial – Unexpected Results

Below are two photos of a rose in our backyard taken with my standard lens and the camera on a tripod to avoid any user induced blur.  I took several “identical” photos of this rose, as well as several of lake Mission Viejo off in the distance.  Unfortunately, for both subjects, the minor differences in settings from one mode to the next did not yield very noticeable differences.  And when I uploaded them here, the reduction in file size led to a reduction in detail which wiped out any changes you might have noticed!

Lesson learned:  The modes will likely be most helpful for the specific circumstances they’re designed for.  Still, understanding them COULD make subtle differences if that’s what you’re looking for.  For example, the two photos below do show a difference you can see.

This first photo was taken in Landscape mode which is designed to use a small aperture to increase the range of distances that are in focus (depth of field).  The smaller aperture forces a slower shutter speed, but since it was a bright, partly cloudy day, there was plenty of light and the camera selected f10 at 1/250th of a second.  I was intending to show the depth of field difference between this photo and the next one, but it is so slight it was lost in the upload.  On the original image, you can see that the thorns on the bud above the rose, and the veins in the leaf below it are clearer in this one but I was hoping for more difference.

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The second photo was taken in Portrait mode.  Oddly enough, Portrait mode and Close Up modes used almost the same exposure settings (f5.6 at 1/500 vs. f8 at 1/250) so rather than post the Close Up photo with no discernible depth of field difference after the upload, I posted this one because you CAN see the tonal difference rendered by the Portrait setting.  Notice how this photo is just a little “softer” than the one above.

Lesson learned:  Even though this is not a “portrait,” the Portrait setting can be used to soften whatever the subject is.

Meet Your Camera Modes

I’ve read “Step 1:  Meet Your Camera Modes” and picked up a few tips I can use when I don’t want to hassle with doing things totally manually.  Up until now, I’ve either use fully automatic, fully manual, or occasionally aperture or shutter priority.  I had never used any of the other mode settings.  Using them when appropriate will make things a lot easier.  I’m so convinced of this that my next step will be to pull the user manual for the camera back out and read the information it hasThis substance pricks the pituitary levitra uk gland that releases leutinizing hormone. However if this is a normal issue, it needs to selling here levitra generic no prescription be checked online, other than one can opt for any version. Kamagra is a canadian discount cialis medication therefore has the same qualities and the same safety like the brand medication other pills like Silagra Tablets, Caverta Tablets UK and silagra UK 100mg via Ekamagra.com Several males are suffering from sexual disorder – semen leakage. They have already been given the permission for use by viagra price afflicted consumers that are putting up with the problem. about the mode settings.  Where are you with the reading Alicia?  Have you tried any of the other mode settings yet?  Which ones do you have?  My camera has Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Kids, Night Portrait, and Close Up in addition to the various manual and semi automatic modes.  I’m going to take a couple of pictures of the same things using the different settings and will post some of them for comparison.  Then I will have to start reading my text books now that I’m home.  :-(

The Project

The book that got this idea off the ground was titled “52 Weekend Photography Projects” but upon closer inspection, the projects were far too complex and required quite a few pieces of specialized photography equipment such as remote flashes and triggers, studio light reflectors, etc.  So I looked a little further and found a book I thought would be particularly helpful to Alicia.  It is titled “Better Photo Basics, The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Taking Photos Like the Pros” by Jim Miotke.  This book will be the basis for our project because in addition to it’s basic tips and techniques, it has twenty “popular photography projects,” thirteen “advanced creative techniques,” and ten “easy fixes you can do on your computer” so it will be perfect.  Jim also has a website called BetterPhotos.Com which we may eventually turn to for more information and ideas but for now, we intend to blog about our learning experience as guided by the book.

When I reviewed the book it was kind of funny.  I read the introduction and “Step 1:  Meet Your Camera Modes” followed by “Step 2:  Forty Absolutely Easy Tips to Instantly Improve Your Photos.”  I was a little disappointed because the author dove right in to taking pictures.  He wanted his readers to have fun right away before they lost interest in “complicated” technicalities.  But I wanted Alicia to learn the relationships of the important “variables” on the camera and how they each affected the photo because she was already motivated and now wants to IMPROVE.  So I planned to find another resource for her to read first.  Then I went on…  “Step 3:  Twenty Popular Photo Assignments.”  “Step 4:  Master the Light to Take Your Photos Further.”  “Step 5:  Aperture, Shutter Speed, and Focal Length” – THERE THEY WERE!  The important variables I wanted to start with.  So I gave the book to Alicia and told her to read the introduction and Step 1, and then to skip to Step 5!  I added ISO to the mix and we discussed the 1:1 relationship between these variables.  Basically, if you speed up the shutter, you have to open the lens wider to achieve the same exposure and vice versa.

Anyway, after Steps 1 and 5, we will move on to Step 2, and then we’ll start working on the twenty projects in Step 3.  Yeah!

So…  Give us a few more weeks to get school, dance, Army duty, etc behind us so we can do some photography learning and playing before digging in to the projects this summer!

Oh… I cheated!  Project 2 is “Capture a Scenic Landscape” so I went to Yosemite National Park.  hee hee hee!  You don’t have to be a great photographer in a place like this.  The scenic landscape does all the work!
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