First let me say, you do beautiful work and I really enjoyed viewing your photos. Thanks for sharing. You obviously are an artist. I recently received as a gift from my husband, the Nikon D60 kit. It came with two lens, 18-55mm and 55mm-200. It appears you used the 18-55mm for the photos you posted to the web site. I hope once I get familiar with the camera and lens, I too will end up with some great photos. Would it be possible to include with your photos, information such as shooting mode, customized settings etc. I started with Auto and switched to P (programmed auto.) I’ve only used it for a couple of days and I’m not real happy with the Auto mode. I plan to keep experimenting and using the various options from the command dial. You mentioned shutter and aperture speed when shooting the night scenes, but with the clown photo (which is a great one with really good color,) did you first focus on the clown then reposition the camera and compose the picture by moving the lens so the clown is off to the side? I have a older Canon EOS SLR that I could do this with. It actually can detect your eye movement from side to side and focus where you turn your eyes. Your pictures are very professional and any specific information would greatly be appreciated. Thanks again, Judy
Hi Judy. Thankyou for your kind words! Its good news you have a D60 because they are great cameras.
You can access detailed shooting information on Flickr. When on one of my photo’s pages, look on the right side, there will be a link called ‘more information’ under the camera type. It tells you what mode I had it on, aperture, shutter speeds etc.
With the clown and other street photography I tend to use Aperture Priority and lock it to around F8.0 (which is a very common practice for street photography). It gives a good balance between shutter speed and overall focus. With the clown, I watched him for a good while so that I could make better judgments on what he would do next. Keep your eye through the viewfinder, focus and wait for ‘the moment’ Look up Henri Cartier Bresson if you like the sound of street photography. The night scenes (watching bird watchers), are usually shot in the day, its just the way I wanted to portray them. I experiment a lot and use speeds up to 1/6000 to achieve that effect.
The camera also has great colour balance settings. I think I used ‘vivid’ for the Clown.
Auto is a little dodgy I find, as it often misinterprets the white balance. Its best to use a white piece of paper and set the white balance manually.
I hope that helps. Good luck with your new camera!
Thankyou! David
First let me say, you do beautiful work and I really enjoyed viewing your photos. Thanks for sharing. You obviously are an artist. I recently received as a gift from my husband, the Nikon D60 kit. It came with two lens, 18-55mm and 55mm-200. It appears you used the 18-55mm for the photos you posted to the web site. I hope once I get familiar with the camera and lens, I too will end up with some great photos. Would it be possible to include with your photos, information such as shooting mode, customized settings etc. I started with Auto and switched to P (programmed auto.) I’ve only used it for a couple of days and I’m not real happy with the Auto mode. I plan to keep experimenting and using the various options from the command dial. You mentioned shutter and aperture speed when shooting the night scenes, but with the clown photo (which is a great one with really good color,) did you first focus on the clown then reposition the camera and compose the picture by moving the lens so the clown is off to the side? I have a older Canon EOS SLR that I could do this with. It actually can detect your eye movement from side to side and focus where you turn your eyes. Your pictures are very professional and any specific information would greatly be appreciated. Thanks again, Judy
Hi Judy. Thankyou for your kind words! Its good news you have a D60 because they are great cameras.
You can access detailed shooting information on Flickr. When on one of my photo’s pages, look on the right side, there will be a link called ‘more information’ under the camera type. It tells you what mode I had it on, aperture, shutter speeds etc.
With the clown and other street photography I tend to use Aperture Priority and lock it to around F8.0 (which is a very common practice for street photography). It gives a good balance between shutter speed and overall focus. With the clown, I watched him for a good while so that I could make better judgments on what he would do next. Keep your eye through the viewfinder, focus and wait for ‘the moment’
Look up Henri Cartier Bresson if you like the sound of street photography. The night scenes (watching bird watchers), are usually shot in the day, its just the way I wanted to portray them. I experiment a lot and use speeds up to 1/6000 to achieve that effect.
The camera also has great colour balance settings. I think I used ‘vivid’ for the Clown.
Auto is a little dodgy I find, as it often misinterprets the white balance. Its best to use a white piece of paper and set the white balance manually.
I hope that helps. Good luck with your new camera!
Thankyou! David