First upload...

[Bruno Vieira]

This is the first picture I took with my new Canon T2i. Also first time out of the automatic mode

A candid picture while my son was playing...
Let me know my mistakes and how to correct them please... light, over-exposed, composition... so on

Exif data:
Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure: 1/15
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 400
No flash



Lucas DS 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


I tried to follow all the rules about posting ... let me know if something is wrong... I wasn't sure on how to post the picture here so I posted the link to Flickr

[dalmorloson]

click on your picture in flickr. Above it is a button that says share this. Click that button then copy and paste the HTML/BBcode to this thread. That will put the photo here without the link.

[Bruno Vieira]

Originally Posted by dalmorloson

click on your picture in flickr. Above it is a button that says share this. Click that button then copy and paste the HTML/BBcode to this thread. That will put the photo here without the link.

Thank you !!!

[jonnyquest45]

I am not expert by a long shot but what is a great candid would benefit from darkening the white area on the left a tad and maybe lighten up the subject a bit.

[Bruno Vieira]

Thanks for the reply... I'll try to make it darker to see how it looks...

[Niresangwa]

It could actually stand a little lightening up, and the subject is a little underexposed to me. Composition is nice, if a little cluttered on the left of the frame, (yellow thing)..

biggest issue is the motion blur, which you're going to get handheld with a moving target esp at 1/15. We know that's the issue because the stripes on the sheet are relatively clean vs the subject.

While I realise that you take what you can get when you shoot kids, always keep the background in your mind. Even if it is out of focus (which is great in isolating the subject) it can, and will, mess up a great shot unless you keep a check on it.

[Bruno Vieira]

Originally Posted by Niresangwa

It could actually stand a little lightening up, and the subject is a little underexposed to me. Composition is nice, if a little cluttered on the left of the frame, (yellow thing)..

biggest issue is the motion blur, which you're going to get handheld with a moving target esp at 1/15. We know that's the issue because the stripes on the sheet are relatively clean vs the subject.

While I realise that you take what you can get when you shoot kids, always keep the background in your mind. Even if it is out of focus (which is great in isolating the subject) it can, and will, mess up a great shot unless you keep a check on it.

Thanks Niresangwa... you just made me start thinking about a lot of other things that I didn't even think of... just like you and jonnyquest45 said... the subject should be lighten up a bit... to tell you the truth I didn't even think or paid attention on the background when I took the pic... I'll keep that in mind next time...

About the motion blur... I'll try to increase the shutter speed but at the same time I wanted to get a nice blurry background... It's just really hard for beginners to think about all that before pressing the shutter button... I guess it's all about practice...

Thanks again for the help...

[graciousness]

I think the most important thing about portrait photography is the focus, esp around the eyes. The eyes must be in focus on the subject or in this instance when he's not looking at the camera, his face.

In this photo, your subject almost looks like it's the bedsheet because that's in focus and that your son is the background (this is what would have happened when you took the shot - did you use manual focus or automatic?)

If your subject's eyes (most importantly) or face are/is in focus, everything else is almost irrelevant (they just become little details for fine tuning, essentially).

[Bruno Vieira]

Originally Posted by graciousness

I think the most important thing about portrait photography is the focus, esp around the eyes. The eyes must be in focus on the subject or in this instance when he's not looking at the camera, his face.

In this photo, your subject almost looks like it's the bedsheet because that's in focus and that your son is the background (this is what would have happened when you took the shot - did you use manual focus or automatic?)

If your subject's eyes (most importantly) or face are/is in focus, everything else is almost irrelevant (they just become little details for fine tuning, essentially).

Automatic focus. That's probably the reason why the bed sheet came out as the main, sharper subject... how should I avoid that? Changing the auto focus points from all to a specific one when taking the picture? Switch to manual focus? and if the subject is moving should I use AI Servo instead of One shot while in auto focus?

[TBrown00]

Originally Posted by Bruno Vieira

Automatic focus. That's probably the reason why the bed sheet came out as the main, sharper subject... how should I avoid that? Changing the auto focus points from all to a specific one when taking the picture? Switch to manual focus? and if the subject is moving should I use AI Servo instead of One shot while in auto focus?

Stationary subject: One Shot with a specific point
Moving subject: AI-Servo with Dynamic (or whatever Canon calls it when it uses more than one point).