Say Cheese

I’ve tested it for a week now.  I think I like it.  The main thing I have to remember is to up the white balance.  Without the proper lighting, you tend to get noise.  Seems every camera is a little different and I had to realize this point and shoot is not like my SLR.  Oh well. 

Yesterday evening I went in the garden to shoot flowers.  The ones I took in sunlight were as sharp as a tack.  The ones I took in shade had noise.  I should have moved the white balance, not just the cloud setting.  Keep practicing, shutterbug.  All the Photoshop in the world won’t completely repair a bad picture.

If you notice with the dark white flower - I think it’s an azalia but don’t quote me - I tried to lighten it but only managed to create noise, whereas the flowerbeds were perfect.  So there you have it.  Hope it helps you, too.

After fawning the way I did over the previous PowerShot, I wasn’t happy with it after all. I took it to a bicycle race shoot. It just didn’t perform as I’d hoped. Most of the shots were blurry. No wonder. It did not have image stabilization. Why was I under the impression that all point and shoots had IS? Probably because in the old days, when I was using my 35mm film point and shoot, I’d never heard of image stabilization and my pictures turned out real nice every time. Times change and not always for the better.

I’m practicing with this camera as I am going to Europe and want to take a picture of everything. This camera also has a viewfinder which is nice for people like me who’d been accustomed to using a viewfinder rather than live-view.

I’ll take it out again tonight for a bike shoot and we’ll see how it performs. I’ll keep you posted.
Bike shoots are not easy because what I really want is that perfect blur. That is, the cyclist is sharp but the background is blurry. As you can see from my previous post, I got the ideal blur with that one cyclist. Let’s hope I get a lot more tonight.

I will report tomorrow.

I’m so excited.  I got a new toy, namely a point and shoot.  Why a point and shoot?  Because we’re going on a trip overseas and will be travelling around.  As much as I wanted to take my big camera, it’s heavy and the lenses are heavy and the backpack is heavy.  It’s just too much to carry.

Being a “Canon” person, I bought a PowerShot SD750.  It is so cool.  Why, it even does film clips.  That is very useful especially when you create photo shows.  Stills interspersed with video can be very effective, I should think.

It’s a lot to learn with all the features packed into this little thing.  Oh well, I’ll be happy for the next little while, I’m sure.  Just as soon as I figure out how to use this little gem.

Just see what this new Canon Rebel XSi can do. Awesome. Live view. You can actually see the picture before you take it, much like video cameras. I think I’m in love.