I was voting on several of the minis and many photos are either:
(1) Too small
(2) Too blur
(3) Too bright (or too dark)
(4) Too contrasty (or bland)
Most of the excuses given were:
(1) Don\'t have good camera...
(2) Don\'t know what to do...
(3) What happened...I don\'t know why it turned out like that...
Most impressively was how some voters can actually award 7 to 8 for these pics....maybe I am blind or my monitor needs to take a dive down my apartment.
Anyways, here\'s a tip of taking pics on automatic camera. All you need is a camera (digital or film), your mini, a suitable background, lighting (as long as it is not direct and harsh on the mini) and either your girlfriend/wife/anybody.
Layout your background and your mini. Position your lights. Make sure it is side and front lighting otherwise you\'ll get terrible shadows.
Focus your camera by depressing the shutter button halfway. If it focuses out, doesn\'t matter. Here\'s where your assistant comes in.
Ask her/him to shift the background and mini until it is in focus. All the while, kept your shutter button depressed halfway. When your mini is in focus, shoot aways.
Another way to try to realise the nearest focusing distance of your camera is to use a larger object and keep on moving it inwards and trying to get a focus on it. It will reach a point when it is unable to focus anymore (that\'s the shortest focal point of your camera). Now move the object further away until you get a focus. Once that happens, do the same, slightly depressing your shutter button and replace the object with your mini, background and the proper lighting.
One way to prevent your auto-flash from firing (if your camera doesn\'t have auto-flash off) is to trick the camera into believing that there is enough light. However, that runs the risk of underexposing your shots. Another way is to cover up your flash or to place a cardboard around it facing either sideways or upwards. Lastly, you can try using a faster ISO film.
Hope this will help.
PS: This is for normal auto camera...SLRs, Prosumers digitals or Medium format cameras, then its another story....
(1) Too small
(2) Too blur
(3) Too bright (or too dark)
(4) Too contrasty (or bland)
Most of the excuses given were:
(1) Don\'t have good camera...
(2) Don\'t know what to do...
(3) What happened...I don\'t know why it turned out like that...
Most impressively was how some voters can actually award 7 to 8 for these pics....maybe I am blind or my monitor needs to take a dive down my apartment.
Anyways, here\'s a tip of taking pics on automatic camera. All you need is a camera (digital or film), your mini, a suitable background, lighting (as long as it is not direct and harsh on the mini) and either your girlfriend/wife/anybody.
Layout your background and your mini. Position your lights. Make sure it is side and front lighting otherwise you\'ll get terrible shadows.
Focus your camera by depressing the shutter button halfway. If it focuses out, doesn\'t matter. Here\'s where your assistant comes in.
Ask her/him to shift the background and mini until it is in focus. All the while, kept your shutter button depressed halfway. When your mini is in focus, shoot aways.
Another way to try to realise the nearest focusing distance of your camera is to use a larger object and keep on moving it inwards and trying to get a focus on it. It will reach a point when it is unable to focus anymore (that\'s the shortest focal point of your camera). Now move the object further away until you get a focus. Once that happens, do the same, slightly depressing your shutter button and replace the object with your mini, background and the proper lighting.
One way to prevent your auto-flash from firing (if your camera doesn\'t have auto-flash off) is to trick the camera into believing that there is enough light. However, that runs the risk of underexposing your shots. Another way is to cover up your flash or to place a cardboard around it facing either sideways or upwards. Lastly, you can try using a faster ISO film.
Hope this will help.
PS: This is for normal auto camera...SLRs, Prosumers digitals or Medium format cameras, then its another story....
