City Shoot

[Sijray21]

what i recommend is just take your time when you want a shot you like. a nice shot will just come to you. try and frame your target and your lighting is key along with exposure. getting the right angle, right light, and proper camera settings.

the reason why people get 'better' cameras (back in the day anyway) was because you could control all the settings manually. Now the megapixels help with the resolution, but really the most that will make a difference is maxed out near 5mp.

if you really want better shots just start taking more photos and see what turns out best and what you did to get those shots. reading books and taking classes will help too. i fully enjoyed my Photography class in HS and i would've loved to take one at JMU, but it was really expensive.

fyi - resolution shouldn't really matter a whole lot if you want some decent shots.

i'm not an expert by any means, but i think i can take a good shot every now and then. although subjective, i like these shots and these were taken with a Sony 2.0 megapixel CyberShot point-and-shoot fully automatic digital camera:




my trick is completely taking advantage of the 'half-trigger' of the digital camera. this will capture the "proper" focus, exposure and apature (sp) for your target. i tend to target a part of the shot where i want the light to be and then shoot another target with those settings. fortunately with a digital you can do this forever until you see on the little lcd what you think to be a 'good shot'.