What should be the discussion topic for the November 2011 Eden Photographers meeting? - Created by Vaccinium on Nov 04, 2011: EdenFantasys Forum

Vaccinium

Although things were so busy with me last month that I was unable to ask your opinion on what topic to discuss at our October meeting, I'd like to get back to doing that. As such, I'm going to let all of you choose the meeting topic again from the list below. Happy selecting!

Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):

Framing your image

Antipova , Jul!a , Beck

3 (50%)

Using lines in composing your photo

Cropping photos

Focusing

macho99

1 (17%)

Long exposures

Other (if for no other reason than it can be included in next month's poll)

Starkiller87 , Ivy Wilde

2 (33%)

Total votes: 6

Poll is closed

11/04/2011

Starkiller87

Something I still have trouble with after all these years sometimes. Photographing shiny objects without too much reflection and without ruining the composition of it.

11/04/2011

Vaccinium

Quote:

Originally posted by Starkiller87

Something I still have trouble with after all these years sometimes. Photographing shiny objects without too much reflection and without ruining the composition of it.

I suppose I could to a tutorial on that, but honestly about 75% of it would be: "use a circular polarizer filter." The other 25% would be "use diffuse lighting."

11/05/2011

Ivy Wilde

Inspired by the above question and answer. What are the different kinds of filters, etc... used in photography, and what do they do?

11/06/2011

Ivy Wilde

BTW, has there been an announcement about which photos were chosen for the calendar and what happens next?

11/06/2011

Vaccinium

Quote:

Originally posted by Ivy Wilde

BTW, has there been an announcement about which photos were chosen for the calendar and what happens next?

The ones with the most votes are the winners and the calendar is getting put together right now.

11/06/2011

Antipova

I'd like to see something about framing a shot, perhaps specifically with human subjects? But I'll be interested to learn just about anything.

11/06/2011

Vaccinium

Quote:

Originally posted by macho99

I have a Sony Nex 5 and even on auto focus my shots are not focused. haha shaky hands?

It's possible, depending on the shutter speed you choose (no slower than 1/60th of a second while handheld if you do not have image stabilization enabled on your camera and no slower than about 1/8 of a second if it is enabled). It could also be that the autofocus is out of whack on your camera (i.e., what you see through the viewfinder isn't what the camera's sensor is seeing.)

11/08/2011