How many bad shots do you take when out and about shooting? I've been on a roll so far this year then went out with the kids and nearly every shot was blurred even though they looked fine on the camera. I think I know what I did wrong but I hate that sinking feeling when I upload to the pc and realise they are all sh*t. Here was me thinking I was getting better too.
Today, I took a mind staggering 50 plus ruined shots. Let me tell you that i'm glad I stepped into the digital world. Out of 120 shots I think about 70 where passable and 20 where a thumbs up. I hate that sinking feeling too, you can't wait to get home and check out your shots and it's one after another of out of focus or blurry shots. Today was my fault, I had it on the wrong settings. The camera that is.
@isabellap I think my problem today was overexposing, causing too much blur. I used the tripod so not it's fault. Most of my shots were taken at 1/60 so don't know why there was so much blur unless the kids were moving slightly and I didn't catch it. I sorted it later on but by then the moment was gone and I had 2 grumpy kids so the photos weren't that great anyway, lol. Sometimes I think I try too hard. I was positive I was doing everything right too. So disheartening.
I had a roll of film developed today, 16 I'm happy with, 4 passable and 4 a complete bust. Getting a film camera has taught me more in 2 weeks than I thought possible. So much so I picked up another film camera :)
depends on how/why/what i'm shooting....i've gotten away from just shooting a million shots to get one good one. i have really been working on proper settings and taking only a few shots of any one given thing. my shot from today was 1 of 5 - i kept the others as well because I liked them :)
I just keep shooting till I see something I like and delete the crap. Sometimes it just seems as though nothing is pleasing. Just keep on shooting and learning. I'm just so glad for digital....no more waiting for film to get developed, no more hoping things will turn out after spending money on film.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I think things were going right for too long there.
@jasehoad I loved my film camera when I first got it but lately that's not been playing ball either. I don't know what's wrong with it but most of the shots are blank. I thought it was due to changing lenses in daylight but I was told that shouldn't be the case. My first film was fine but then I didn't change lenses. Ned to play with it again. I have a film to use.
One more thing.. was your stabilizer turned on your lens with it on the tri-pod? There was an entire thread here last week about the lens overcompensating and causing a blur.
@kirstymcl I need to invest in a tripod, that would probably cut my blurred shots in half. I find that too, the harder I try, the more ruined shots I have. It's those random spur of the moment shots that seem to be the ones that turn out fabulous. I haven't figured that part out yet. It does seem to be a pattern. That's part of why I signed up here, to learn to see how others deal with situations and seek advice.
I looked at your album and you have some amazing fantabulous shots. You do have talent and an eye for photography. Photography in it's own is a form of art and expressing to the world how we view things. I think your view is pretty fantastic. Don't beat yourself up too much over the disasters because for every disaster is that shot that makes you go.....W O W. That's what makes it all worthwhile. : )
@kirstymcl wondering why you're using a tripod for candid-style kid pics? your shutter speed is way too slow, like you mentioned. do you have a flash that you can bounce for fill? i can't tell if your pics are indoors or outdoors. the 50mm is a super versatile and easy lens to use, but learning the relationship between ISO/shutter speed/aperture should be top priority because there's so much you can do with the aperture range of an f/1.8.
Back in the days of film Patrick Lichfield once said if you get one or two good shots on a roll of 36 you're doing well. Im down with that, some days I dont get time to take a lot of pictures, so Im happy if I get one really good shot that im chuffed with once a week.
I am so glad it's digital. I started off with film...would be given a roll of 24 and be told not to waste them (as a child) 1 film could last me 6 months I was so nervous of wasting film........ I'll get at least 2 out of every 5 that go straight in the trash. Also I take more of the same thing so I have a chance of getting one shot I like...something I never did because it would have wasted film.
I will post later, but in doing a completely awesome setup for the selfie/water and a color theme I was placing my drinking glasses with water and food coloring into a pyramid. Just as I was thinking, this will SUCK if it falls, I added the second to last glass with a huge Crash. So I quicky cleaned up the carpet (yellow dye), got off my black dropcloth, and my table runner is now blue and green and red, and realized I missed the sound opportunity for the Sound Theme, so tried to set it up for an epic fail shot and took 21 of them for maybe one to be moderately acceptable. So 1 out of 21 today.
As of late--LOTS. I'm going through a serious "I want to quit" slump. But on the average? Out of 100 photos, I think there would be only 10 or so that turned out okay, so don't feel bad. (:
The majority of my shots never see the light of day. That's why I fire off shots almost paparazzi style. I take as many as possible. I got that into my head early in my project last year.
Before this shot, I'd take 10 shots and figure one of them was good. I was used to film where you had to be conservative in your shot taking because of the price. Megapixels are very cheap. When I took this one, I'd taken about a dozen or so and thought to myself, that's probably enough because I thought I had a really good one already. Then something in the back of my mind said, "No, keep shooting until the bird flies away."
So I did. The shot that I thought was my keeper? Out of focus. Had I stopped then, I wouldn't have this shot.
@webfoot i definitely take this approach when dealing with nature and action photography - there's so much you can miss if you don't shoot continuously. :)
@swguevin I was using my 50mm lens. On my other lens there's a button for image stabiliser on it that is constantly on but my 50 mm doesn't have that. Will need to look through my menu to see if it's in there so the answer to that is don't know but I did read that thread and it opened my eyes. Need to try it.
I was outside when taking the shots in a forest and the sun was going down so rushed there to catch the last rays. I was trying to get portrait shots of the kids rather than candid shots so had the tripod. I must admit I still haven't sussed out the exposure. I keep thinking I have then when I take shots I either underexpose or overexpose. I tend to use my onboard light meter a lot. Is that a bad thing? The light meter seems ok but after producing some dark shots I let it go over a couple of dashes. I can't seem to get a happy medium, either that or I'm just being way too critical of myself but I'm sure I'm doing things wrong.
@webfoot I must admit, I try to be really conservative with my shots too. Think I need to rething my strategy and just go for it and shoot away. Might help me out a bit. Thanks
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@jasehoad I loved my film camera when I first got it but lately that's not been playing ball either. I don't know what's wrong with it but most of the shots are blank. I thought it was due to changing lenses in daylight but I was told that shouldn't be the case. My first film was fine but then I didn't change lenses. Ned to play with it again. I have a film to use.
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I looked at your album and you have some amazing fantabulous shots. You do have talent and an eye for photography. Photography in it's own is a form of art and expressing to the world how we view things. I think your view is pretty fantastic. Don't beat yourself up too much over the disasters because for every disaster is that shot that makes you go.....W O W. That's what makes it all worthwhile. : )
It doesnt matter to me, i shoot what i see and feel and then "Cull" once i get back home to the PC.
Before this shot, I'd take 10 shots and figure one of them was good. I was used to film where you had to be conservative in your shot taking because of the price. Megapixels are very cheap. When I took this one, I'd taken about a dozen or so and thought to myself, that's probably enough because I thought I had a really good one already. Then something in the back of my mind said, "No, keep shooting until the bird flies away."
So I did. The shot that I thought was my keeper? Out of focus. Had I stopped then, I wouldn't have this shot.
Thanks to you all for your fab replies. Feel a lot better today. I haven't taken any shots today, been too lazy so will get back on it tomorrow.
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