I’d read some photographic magazines over the holidays and had learned some good ideas. With the magazines that I read, Practical Photography is my favourite. It has lots of step-by-step guides on how to do everything with cameras especially dSLRs (digital single lens reflex). However, it is not practical for me to carry a dSLR everyday so I wonder what I can do with a P&S (point-and-shoot) camera. Here is an example:
This is a water fountain at my friend’s place. There is no post processing except cropping and resizing.
Here are the settings:
– Camera: Canon A720IS
– Shutter: 4 seconds (to get more light in)
– Aperture: f/2.8 (not a good choice but need to reduce shake)
– ISO: 100 (no noise)
– White balance: Aquarium (to give it a warmer colour)
– Time of day: twilight, around 21:00 in summer (good time for night shots)
Notes:
The actual environment was a lot dimmer. So I put the camera on a tripod and used longer exposure for increasing colour brightness. I also used a torch to “paint” the bricks as there was not enough light on them.
I took 4 to 5 photos but most of them are blurred. At the end I found out that I forgot to turn off image stabilization!!!
Although P&S cameras are not as flexible as dSLRs, we still can get a lot from it. Hopefully I can do more exercises with my P&S and share.
