Logan Lamar

@bennett-family, I’m glad the throw the ISO into Auto trick worked! I’ve never actually tried it myself (it sounded like it would work in theory, though), so I think I might have to give it a shot the next time I shoot an event with difficult lighting (my next one I’m foreseeing I’ll be asked to shoot should be outdoors though in the sunshine, so…[Read more]

Hey @elianafranzenburg, @rmadaris, and @morganwritergmail-com!
Thanks for your input! I entered this picture into my county fair right before I submitted here (we’ll see how it does). They needed an 8×10, and so I was able to take care of the sprigs being too close together earlier by cropping them out altogether. As for the other sprig crossing…[Read more]

@hayhand02, @buddingphotographer, @rmadaris, I unfortunately did not get any meteor photos for at least two reasons. The first was that on Sunday night (the night of the shower), I was feeling very exhausted. A few of my siblings had gotten ill, and I was coming down with it too. The thought of getting up at two in the morning didn’t appeal much…[Read more]

Nice job creating an actual logo! I just now got around to doing that for my pics.
Things I like about your logo:

1) You picked a unique font. Good for you! You didn’t go with the default font. Think about movie trailers or covers. Do you ever see one with an exact font you recognize? (e.g. “they used Futura or Times New Roman”).

2) You…[Read more]

@buddingphotographer, wow, thanks for that DIY intervalometer hack! It works, and that saves me $30! (not to mention I wouldn’t be able to get one in time before Sunday night…).

And @rmadaris, thanks for your tips. Are you sure, though, that it would be best to utilize my ultra wide (but rather slow) 10-18mm? The fastest aperture I can get on…[Read more]

@bennett-family (Back to the original topic) a couple of the other things we learned in ACTION were to try to shoot for the eyes, meaning try to see one or preferably two (if you can see three, take a picture and post it here!) of the subject’s eyes doing whatever they’re doing as opposed to the back of his/her head.
Candids are great—so get t…[Read more]

@bennett-family @morganwriter1gmail-com Oh! I thought of an option that would let you (sort of) do that!
Throw your mode switcher to Manual, and leave the ISO on Auto (I know Canon lets me do that, I’m not sure about Nikons, though). That way, you’d be able to set your shutterspeed to match the activity, leave your aperture where you want it, and…[Read more]

@morganwriter1gmail-com @bennet-family, I think shutter speed priority mode would be waaay more useful if it gave you a range of shutter speeds to play with (e.g. between 1/250 and 1/1000, or don’t go slower than 1/60, or don’t set it faster than 1 sec). Hey Canon and Nikon (and Pentax and Sony and Panasonic and whoever else), are you listening?

@morganwriter1gmail-com, and @bennett-family… okay, you asked for it:
https://www.nickcarverphotography.com/blog/digital-photography-tips-why-shutter-priority-mode-is-useless/. This should explain why I now elect not to use shutter speed mode. I find myself always shooting in Aperture Priority mode, and I’m just trying to train myself to keep an…[Read more]

Hey @bennett-family!
I happened to be alongside @morganwriter1gmail-com on that ACTION photography workshop. It’s great to run into her often on these forms.
I actually had the opportunity to use one of James Staddon’s (or his assistant’s) lenses for the event, and I actually found the opposite of what Morgan was saying. The 24-70mm f/2.8—not t…[Read more]

I think most Canon point and shoots do. It’s hard to change the settings, but it is Manual.

Hey @elianafranzenburg, if I were purchasing, I would try to purchase used from a dedicated camera store like B&H Photo or Adorama. I believe they test everything thoroughly and they will rate the equipment based off the problems it has. I also think purchasing off of Amazon.com or eBay is a bit more risky—but you might be able to get a better deal.

@elianafranzenburg Yep! That was my first and only lens for years, and I only recently acquired some experience with other lenses. If you only have one lens, it’s the one to have. It’ll cover all your focal lengths. Unfortunately, being a jack of all trades means it’s kind of a master of none. Image quality isn’t superb and the minimum aperture…[Read more]

@jamesstaddon (and @morganwriter1gmail-com might want to hear this too)…More to my earlier story… I was shooting on the beach during the slight sunset about an hour before this one (I was playing with my brand-new ND filters and brand-new aluminum tripod I got as a graduation gift) and this gull landed not far from me. I had my 18-200mm…[Read more]

If I end up pulling out the RAW file, I’ll be sure to post my results.
Oh, and happy 4th, by the way @morganwriter1gmail-com 😉

Hey @morganwriter1gmail-com,
Thanks for responding (and great to hear from you since ACTION).
As far as using a tripod… it was raining, I was barefoot (on dune grass—recipe for splinters! fortunately, I didn’t get any), and I wasn’t wearing a jacket… so no tripod 🙂 . It was also pretty windy, so that might explain the motion blur even at 2…[Read more]

Hm… do your research. If you are just starting out, my recommendation is that you stick with what’s free. If and when you later decide “I love pushing shutter buttons!!!” and… “I can’t get (or it’s really really hard to get) x results in my program, even though I know it forwards and backwards” …then I would try out something paid for. I…[Read more]