Hello! I'm going to throw some helpful tips and hints based off of my past experiences.
What I would to suggest anyone when they first get their camera is, to learn the camera. Learn your camera from the manual, maybe some videos, or experiment with it. It's best to familiarize with it first instead of missing great shots later on.
What I would to suggest anyone when they first get their camera is, to learn the camera. Learn your camera from the manual, maybe some videos, or experiment with it. It's best to familiarize with it first instead of missing great shots later on.
Here, I'll tell you a short story. It was July fourth, American Independence Day, which means fireworks! We went to New York City and New Jersey that day, and I didn't get the opportunity to take pictures. We came back home for the fireworks in our township, and bam! Perfect opportunity for pictures! I didn't bother to research how to take good firework pictures. I just assumed that I should take it on night mode. But when I got there, night mode was terrrible. Half way through the fireworks, I switched to manual. And I set it up manual, but it still wasn't the best. A little later, I tried sports mode, and, bam! I took some spectacular shots. Lesson learned, learn the camera first.
Treat your camera like a year-old baby! I use to take care of my camera like it was a newborn baby, but there's no need to be so careful. Cameras are designed to experience some rough and tear. Buuut that doesn't mean you shouldn't take care of it at all. Do not damage it, let it swing around, let it immerse in water, or even drop it. Treat it like it's a one-year old. Wipe the lens, filters, and even sensors once in a while. (Sensors are a little tricky to clean so search up how to online before you clean it.) Store the camera safely and don't let it lay around. Do not let the lens get scratched up or get bashed around in a bag. I recommend you specify a bag for your camera and other materials.
Anytime you head out the door with a camera, make sure you have what you need. Do you have a bag? Is the camera even in the bag? Is the battery charged? Is the battery even in the camera? Do you have a memory card in the camera? Does that memory card have any available space? Do you need a backup memory card? Is the lens clean? Do you have all your lenses ( if you own more than one lense)? Do you need to bring the charger? Do you need a tripod? Do you need a cloth (to clean up the camera)? Do you need to bring a manual? Take what you need before heading out the door. And remember to charge your camera the night before. True story: in the morning on July 4th, I realized that my camera was dead. We had to leave soon for NYC, so I quickly charged the battery for 20 minutes. The camera was half charged throughout the day and thank goodness it lasted me through the fireworks. I learned my lesson there.
Anytime you head out the door with a camera, make sure you have what you need. Do you have a bag? Is the camera even in the bag? Is the battery charged? Is the battery even in the camera? Do you have a memory card in the camera? Does that memory card have any available space? Do you need a backup memory card? Is the lens clean? Do you have all your lenses ( if you own more than one lense)? Do you need to bring the charger? Do you need a tripod? Do you need a cloth (to clean up the camera)? Do you need to bring a manual? Take what you need before heading out the door. And remember to charge your camera the night before. True story: in the morning on July 4th, I realized that my camera was dead. We had to leave soon for NYC, so I quickly charged the battery for 20 minutes. The camera was half charged throughout the day and thank goodness it lasted me through the fireworks. I learned my lesson there.
I know I've said this in a lot of my posts, but it's very important; Take more pictures than you need. Taking more pictures than what you need is definitely better than not taking enough. It's ok if you take too many pictures. There's something called the delete button right? Just go back and delete the ones you don't like. I find myself "cleansing" my camera very often. And it's important to be like Stalin (who was responsible for about 50 million deaths directly) and kill any unimportant pictures.
When I go through my camera to delete pictures, I go through it at least 2 times. The first round consists of deleting the obvious. The pictures the were taken by accident, or the blurry ones, etc. Then I go through them again to compare. For example, if I have ten pictures of the same subject, I'll find the best one and delete the rest. I may go through them a third time to be strict about which pictures to keep and delete.
After taking all those firework pictures, I had to sit and go through all of them. And the funny thing was, I knew it was going to be a pain to delete some of it, yet I still kept taking more. That's because you should take more than what you need in case some don't turn out the way you want. You're left with options to choose from, which could be a good or bad thing.
This picture down here was after round two. I still have so many left! I have to go through them once again. :(
There's also something else I learned recently when taking pictures. I find myself never looking at pictures as soon as I take them. I just keep clicking and move on. I'll take a picture of a flower and keep walking, assuming that the picture was good. Later when I look back at the flower picture, whoops, it's blurry. It happened at the July 4th fireworks too. If I hadn't look at my pictures while I was in night mode, then all my pictures would've been blurry. So make sure you reward yourself with instant feedback.
Tips from this post:
Learn the camera
Treat your camera like a one-year old baby
Have what you need
Take more pictures than you need
Be strict about which pictures to keep and delete
Instant feedback
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