When I first started taking pictures of my kids, I really didn’t know much about what to look for in a good photograph.\u00a0 I know I still have a lot to learn but I can show you a few photo don’ts from my well stocked library of photo don’ts.<\/p>\n
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(photo taken with my Optio SI about a year ago)<\/em><\/p>\n Blowouts<\/strong> :<\/em> Do I really need to point out what is wrong with this one??\u00a0 The whole left side of his face and hair are blown.\u00a0 You can tell a photo has blown spots by the complete lack of detail and they usually “glow”.\u00a0 This happened from some pretty strong sunlight coming in the window.\u00a0 Most of the time you should look for good light, but not necessarily direct light.\u00a0 Direct light on your subject can produce such a stark contrast from the light and dark areas in your photos, whereby your camera won’t read it right and this sort of debacle occurs.\u00a0 It’s all about exposing it correctly and looking at the light.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n (taken with my Optio SI last spring)<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n Now this photo shows two boo-boos.\u00a0 It’s underexposed AND blurry.\u00a0 A double whammy.<\/p>\n Blurry photos<\/strong>:\u00a0 There can be two culprits for blurry photos.\u00a0 One is that your shutter-speed wasn’t fast enough.\u00a0 This rambunctious toddler is coming off the slide so he was movin’ fast.\u00a0 The shutter-speed couldn’t keep up with him, especially in low light.\u00a0 The second reason that a photo may be blurry is that the focus point wasn’t on the subject.\u00a0 Since he was moving fast, that is likely another reason that the photo is blurry.\u00a0 Oh, and in photographer terms, a blurry, out-of-focus picture is often termed “soft”.<\/p>\n Underexposed<\/strong>:\u00a0 When I took this photo I was facing the setting sun, so the camera exposed for the sun and not the light in the foreground.\u00a0 Remember this was my point and shoot, so I didn’t have the option to do manual settings.\u00a0 If I had taken this with my D50, I would have made sure that the foreground was set to the proper exposure.<\/p>\n Now I have to address exposure in terms of taste, too.\u00a0 I like my photo’s to be “bright”, for the most part.\u00a0 Some people may think my pictures look a tad overexposed.\u00a0 There is a fine line you need to walk when you like bright photos, whereby you have to make sure you don’t have blowouts in them.\u00a0 This requires a little fiddling and erasing in Photoshop sometimes in post process.\u00a0 I usually bump up the lighting in most of my photos in Photoshop.\u00a0 Remember, I’m still learning how to take pictures and until I nail it, PS is my friend!<\/p>\n If your photo is only slightly soft, you can sharpen it post process in pretty much any photo-editing program.\u00a0 One thing to watch, though.\u00a0 You don’t want to oversharpen, which can result in hair that looks like straw and weird sharp features.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Until next week…feel free to pop me an e-mail if there is anything specific you would like me to cover!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I first started taking pictures of my kids, I really didn’t know much about what to look for in a good 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