Kina Lamb

@bennett-family Thank you Lydia!! That really makes sense. 😀

I like this one MUCH better. What, do you think is the difference? I see that one pops and one doesn’t. Why is that?

(Whoops, looks like I submitted my reply twice. XD )

Thanks @nasa! I know, it’s interesting – I’ve never heard of that either! It is very possible though, I realize, that the copyright issue was something else that I’m not thinking of (as you can see from the sentence above, she wasn’t very clear… “something… issue… like a copyright issue…” Lol. :D) That was just the only thing that my…[Read more]

Thanks @nasa! I know, it’s interesting – I’ve never heard of that either! It is very possible though, I realize, that the copyright issue was something else that I’m not thinking of (as you can see from the sentence above, she wasn’t very clear… “something… issue… like a copyright issue…” Lol. :D) That was just the only thing that my…[Read more]

@gabbivanbaalen One tip I learned the hard way – if you are trying to make it clear all the way to the edges, don’t set your aperture lower than 8. Aperture affects how much light is let in, yes, but it also affects the ‘depth of field’ and having a lower aperture will make the edges blurry… which is great in many circumstances, but when you’re…[Read more]

It’s missing a Bible verse in the fog! 😀

I don’t have time to explain everything, but I want to thank those who helped me out here. I just did the Scriptorium photos, and they turned out great! I gained a lot of confidence, and took a group photo of 170 people in record time! 😀 Although of course they are not absolutely perfect, this conversation helped me to be happy with the pictures…[Read more]

@creative-click-photography Hi Caitlin! How wonderful!! I never have. Have you tried searching for ‘engagement/couple’ pictures? I have noticed that usually the only difference between maternity pictures + engagement photos is the baby belly (and props, and hands on the tummy. 😀 ) Hope that’s helpful – but you probably already thought of that. :D…[Read more]

@Loganlamar Not freaking out over here!! God is too good. 😀
This is really interesting and helpful. Thanks for all your help, by the way. 😀 Mmm, good points! Yeah, that was the problem with my first camera.

#2. Oh yes, true! But if you raise the ISO, it’s going to be brighter, right? Even if it’s brighter, with it’s a high ISO, can’t it be g…[Read more]

@buddingphotographer Can you explain to me more about White Balance? Come to think of it, I don’t think I know much about that at all!! Yikes! This sounds so amateur, but… it’s not a setting on the camera, right?? Is it kind of like exposure? Or is it a computer editing setting?? If it’s a setting on the camera, (or a combination…) how would I…[Read more]

Also, I mentioned that at the retreat, the photos outside turned out great. They did!

When I came home, we had a Bible Bee meeting in the evening outside. Because it was twilight, I had to raise my ISO to 3200 for it to turn out like this. Is that usual? I understand that the ISO is really high on this, but should it look that sandpapered and…[Read more]

@loganlamar Good point!

What about this photo though? This was taken with my own camera body and lens – I adjusted the settings as best I could for that situation and it still turned out like that, with no switching lenses involved.

1. Yes, maybe I should study metering more. That’s one of the settings I’m not fluent at yet. Do you know of…[Read more]

Oh yes! Specs for that pic are:

ISO – 800
F/4
Shutter Speed – 1/80

😀

Here’s another picture that describes the problems I was having at the beginning pretty well. I changed sooooooo many settings, it was unbelievable, ( 😀 ) and this was about the best I was able to get for this shot. 😀 I was so tempted to switch it to Sports, and maybe I should have, but I was stubborn and wanted to bear through with Manual.…[Read more]

@loganlamar @buddingphotographer It’s a Canon EOS Rebel T6 75-300 MM f/3.5 lens.

Yes, true. She told me she spent $3,000 total on all of her gear, and I spent $450 for all of mine. 😀 😀 Perhaps I shouldn’t be too worried. 😀

I was shooting in Manual. And RAW.

I am not absolutely positive, but I am pretty sure it was evaluative metering.…[Read more]

Thanks for your help in advance! 😀 😀

I eventually (and begrudgingly 😀 ) drastically raised my ISO to 3200, and it turned out like this. Although much more visible, I still do not like the sandpapered feel of it!