No posts for weeks and then 3 come along at the same time.
I mentioned in a previous post about a mistake I made whilst photographing. Just for the record here are some others I have made:
(a) selected an ISO setting for a particular scene and then forgetting to change it back
(b) selected Automatic Exposure Bracketing to experiment with HDR photography and assumed that taking 1 picture would create the 3 different exposures, walking to another location to take another shot whilst the camera was ready to take picture 2/3 and 3/3 of the original bracketed shot. You end up with a very overexposed and under exposed version of the new scenes
(c) manually focusing on 0m when wanting to focus on infinity
(d) taking handheld shots of anything with an ISO of 100 and the minimum aperture setting (because that was what I was using for tripod mounted landscape shots) without noticing that the exposure time was ridiculously long and the result was a blurry mess
(e) doing step 1 of a 2 stage HDR process and thinking the results were 'a bit crap'
(f) losing my lens cap in near darkness, eventually finding it after spotting the Canon letters in the gloom, replacing the cap and then taking more photos with moisture on the lens
(g) to be continued ...
I don't mind making these mistakes because I feel my shots are improving all the time and I am learning and developing (pun intended) as a photographer. If I keep making them then it will probably get on my nerves.
Just added you to google reader today incase you posted again and hey!! 3 :) - apart from the HDR mistakes which I havent tried yet it is nice to know someone makes the same mistakes as me - especially the ISO one that is a favourite at the moment - along with WB which I am slowly experimenting with - fun though isnt it??
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're making the same mistakes that everyone else has made, which should be reassuring!
ReplyDeleteForgetting to change the ISO is really, really common and many professionals still do this (whether they admit it or not is another thing). The issue here is that the camera does not display the ISO on the display (full-time), but I think this is eventually being addressed with some of the newer models.
I did a great 10 second exposure the other day when I took a test shot for a studio light setup, which is ridiculous because I'd just taken a meter reading (with a light meter) and somehow forgot to dial in the settings before hitting the shutter.
Keep up the great work behind the camera and the keyboard (i.e. the blog)