This week I used some sources from YouTube. Each had it’s benefits and drawbacks. I chose the first video because it was relevant to my particular camera type. Or so I thought…
Then I watched it and realized it wasn’t overly helpful and the speaker just wanted to tell a lot of stories about friends and their silly mistakes while using a camera. I guess I should have clued in to the “beginner” aspect of the video title. While I am an amateur, I don’t think I am so amateur to make many of the mistakes mentioned in the video. A 1-star rating.
10 Common Mistakes Beginners Make Using Olympus OM-D Cameras – YouTube
The next resource was great. I really liked how he turned complex language into more realistic and understandable terms. The camera jargon that seemed overwhelming and theoretically challenging when reading it in a manual, was de-jargoned (is that a word?) and became applicable. He primarily focused on landscapes, still beneficial, but I also wanted to be able to use some tricks while capturing people, faces, or in this blogs case, the main star my dog Tavia. The only downside, was with my overtired brain I had a hard time finding the stamina for a 29 minute long video. I had to really force myself to focus and am not sure I took everything I could have away if it had been sectioned off or broken into segments. Definitely worth another look in the future. 4-star rating.
9 Years of Camera Setting Knowledge in 29 Minutes
Despite judging the speaker of this video for his obvious thesis statement, I like how the simple camera hacks were just that, simple. Also, I appreciated how he made it generic to any camera so that no matter what version of technology you could benefit from his advice. Although, I am not sure if I will have the opportunity to play with the moving water pictures in the near future as winter is setting in. I would even say some of the tips could be used with a cell-phone camera. 4-star rating.
6 Simple Camera Hacks To Get You Off AUTO Mode Forever
Below I followed some of his advice using light exposure and using the +/- buttons to adjust from -1, 0, and +1. The camera was able to compensate for some of the dark and dreary weather we have been having as of late.
I would like to follow the advice he provided on using ISO to capture moving images as well. I hope to be able to do this in the near future, just need some good material. I also am going to work on the art of the selfie! Stay tuned for more!
Hi Shayna,
Your post was quite informative about how different setting can dramatically change the lighting in your pictures. I like how you showed how all the different settings impact the same image. It is wild how different the picture can turn out. I like how you are using the same subject for your photos as you play around with different settings. Are you planning on taking photos that test out different styles of photography such as landscapes, portraits, etc, or are you planning on keeping the same subject throughout and just learning different ways to photograph them?
Thanks for the comment Carly. I have big plans! Whether those plans pan out, I am not sure ha! I hope to have a couple of variety of subjects throughout to try some different styles of photography.