Rick Baker
07-10-2005, 11:27 PM
http://www.rickbakerimages.com/photography_advice/take_a_lot_of_shots.html
This advice is pretty simple and straightforward, but it is very important and can determine whether you come home with some good images or not. Let me stress this, "TAKE A LOT OF SHOTS!!!" Especially today with digital being commonplace, you can take a lot of photos and not worry about wasting money on film. There are Compact Flash cards and other formats that can literally hold hundreds of pictures. There are also many storage devices out there that let you store more pictures on a portable hard drive. One of these is the X's drive, read review here
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2001_reviews/nixvue.html
There are other similar devices out there, some with more features and some with less. The X's Drive is a basic model and runs about $200 for 20 gigs of storage and it's all you really need. When you take more shots, than the odds of getting a good image increases. Makes sense, doesn't it? When taking a lot of shots, be sure to try different settings, different filters, etc. Try different modes on your automatic camera or try different aperture and shutter speed settings. Some advanced cameras have an auto bracketing feature where you can set it to “auto bracket”. When you press the shutter, it will take one frame of the current setting and one frame 1 stop or ½ stop above that setting and 1 or ½ stop below the setting, depending on how you set it. You can manually do this also if you don't know how to do this or your camera doesn't support auto bracketing. Different focal lengths, a horizontal version and a vertical version, etc. Maybe at different angles, straight forward standing or get down on the ground and try a shot from there. Maybe shoot through some bushes or branches. Move to a different spot and try from there. The point is to take a lot of shots to increase your chances of getting a good image.
Article by Rick and Jeremy Baker
This advice is pretty simple and straightforward, but it is very important and can determine whether you come home with some good images or not. Let me stress this, "TAKE A LOT OF SHOTS!!!" Especially today with digital being commonplace, you can take a lot of photos and not worry about wasting money on film. There are Compact Flash cards and other formats that can literally hold hundreds of pictures. There are also many storage devices out there that let you store more pictures on a portable hard drive. One of these is the X's drive, read review here
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2001_reviews/nixvue.html
There are other similar devices out there, some with more features and some with less. The X's Drive is a basic model and runs about $200 for 20 gigs of storage and it's all you really need. When you take more shots, than the odds of getting a good image increases. Makes sense, doesn't it? When taking a lot of shots, be sure to try different settings, different filters, etc. Try different modes on your automatic camera or try different aperture and shutter speed settings. Some advanced cameras have an auto bracketing feature where you can set it to “auto bracket”. When you press the shutter, it will take one frame of the current setting and one frame 1 stop or ½ stop above that setting and 1 or ½ stop below the setting, depending on how you set it. You can manually do this also if you don't know how to do this or your camera doesn't support auto bracketing. Different focal lengths, a horizontal version and a vertical version, etc. Maybe at different angles, straight forward standing or get down on the ground and try a shot from there. Maybe shoot through some bushes or branches. Move to a different spot and try from there. The point is to take a lot of shots to increase your chances of getting a good image.
Article by Rick and Jeremy Baker