Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 9…

Posted on October 29, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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It is always tricky to take good photos of things that won’t stop moving. Birds are a challenge. So are active kids. As for this guy, I suggest giving him less coffee… or getting a good tranquilizer gun.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 8…

Posted on October 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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One very important lesson of good photography is ‘framing’ your subject. This refers to where the subject ends up appearing in the photo.

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Now, I am not saying the subject has to be right in the middle of the photo. There is an art to the placement.

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You can always crop a photo to center the subject later. Conversely, a bird can be off center if he is in some interesting foliage, or a cityscape might fill the entire scene, requiring you only to figure out how much sky you want to have showing. But, while taking pictures, you should give some thought to what appears in the image. If you are doing a picture of just one head, you should try aiming the camera at roughly the center of the face.

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Now that is a good photograph right there.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 7…

Posted on October 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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Well, now you are way too close… take a step back. And get a new camera lens. And get me a Band-Aid while you are out shopping.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 6…

Posted on October 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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No, there is no reason to panic. You were just too far away from your subject. Next time, move closer, or have them move closer… or use the zoom lens.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 5…

Posted on October 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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No… there is nothing wrong with your camera, and you didn’t have your settings wrong. Sometimes, you just took an ugly picture because the subject your were photographing was ugly.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 4… *Do not drive and take photos at the same time*

Posted on October 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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Yes, that is indeed a cool picture of the new section of the Oakland Bay Bridge. And yes, I was driving while I took it. But I was a trained professional driver for six years, and, when I do take photos while I am driving, I just pick up the camera, point it out a window, and click the button. I do not take my eyes off the road.

This series of posts is meant to be a humorous look at things that can go wrong… of a technical nature… when taking photos. The last thing I want you to do is get in an accident.

But I do like the way the lights look question marks.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 3…

Posted on October 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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Well we have already learned that trying to take pictures of San Francisco at night from a car moving 80 miles per hour when you are the person who is both taking the photos and driving the car, does not lend itself to a good final product.

It turns out that the same is true even when you are much closer to the city, driving on the Oakland Bay Bridge. And the glare from the lights on the bridge didn’t help any either.

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They just sort of wash out some already bad photos.

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And even when you manage to take a picture between the bright overhead lights, you might end up getting more road and safety wall than city, because it is hard to aim… or zoom in… when you are just holding the camera in one hand, at arms length, pointing it at the open window, and trying not smash into other cars.

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All that being said, I still sort of like these pictures. I give that one a bunch of check marks.

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 2…

Posted on October 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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Uh… it turns out that, no matter how pretty San Francisco looks in the distance, trying to take photos from a car on the freeway doesn’t usually work out that well…

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Especially at night… at 80 MPH…

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When you are the one driving the car.

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You never see a spider in a tight mini skirt…

Posted on October 27, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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Just something to think about… maybe…

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 1…

Posted on October 27, 2016 by pouringmyartout

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One thing that can go wrong is ‘camera shake’… especially when you are using a zoom lens in low light.

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This is why they invented the ‘tripod’. I have one. I forgot to bring it when I took these pictures of the sun setting over San Francisco.

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Yes, I could have braced myself against something, like I did for the pictures that came out. But I didn’t. That being said, these are sort of cool, and they gave me an idea for a series of posts, which means I won’t be wasting the bad photos I took on my adventure to the Bay Area.

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