Friday, September 17, 2010

Panoramas

- Overlap the pictures you take (ie. line up your next shots to start a little bit before your previous picture ended)
- Try to take it so the overlap portion of picture doesn't differ
- For scenery pictures, start the first picture a little above (or below) what you want to take, and then go horizontal, then up (or down), then horizontal sideways again. This way, it minimizes the potential clipping out of the part that you want when you stitch it in post processing

Links

Kodak:
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=39/6370&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=32113

Monday, May 10, 2010

'Impressionalistic' Shots

- Exposure time at 3 or 4 steps than normal exposure
- Take a photo, then as shutter is closing, quickly change the zoom on the lens

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Shooting the Moon

Shooting the Moon
- ~1/250 second exposure at f4.5, or f5.6 (and adjust accordingly)
- Use a tripod

...For a moon 'trail', use 1 to 2 second exposure, pause slightly after shutter opens, then move across the camera sideways all the way so the moon is no longer in view.

Shooting the Stars
a. For star trails
- ~7 to 8 minutes at f/11
- Use a tripod and remote control

b. For star points
- ~2 minutes at f/4
- Use a tripod and remote control