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5 small photo tips for cool convention pics.

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rednalsram

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Thanks for the tips. Great photos.

 

So where can a person get the Sanyo batteries?

 

 

Hi all, :hi:

 

My first passion in here is talking with all you folks,getting fascinating and valuable knowledge about comics and classifying it into parts of my brain for later recall. (worship)

 

 

A close second is looking at the pictures of cons and dealers racks full of GA and SA while drooling without restraint,waiting for my first con in September here in Montreal. :cloud9: :cloud9:

 

However,i have noticed that some post pics that lack that certain oomph that would probably draw a bigger gasp from the viewers who come to your thread.

 

So today i will share 5 small tips and tricks ive learned in my 15 years as a photographer that will make a remarquable difference in your photography.

 

here we go,

 

 

1.RAISE YOUR ISO.This tip alone is worth the other four as this will allow you to DISABLE your flash and get rid of any glare on those wonderful GA covers so that 9.2 Superman 16 doesnt turn into a 9.2 whiteout.The twofold is that you will also get higher shutter speeds and thus,get rid of any blurs.

A good starting point would be 400 ISO.Higher ISO's will introduce more and more noise.

(yes,photography is most always a compromise of some kind.)

 

 

2.SHOOT FROM THE SIDE.If you MUST use a flash,place yourself at an angle of about 30 degrees when shooting rows of books.This way,the flash will help highlight them without creating hotspots.

 

 

3.BUY A POLARIZING FILTER.No need for Hoyas or B+W,any standard filter will do nicely.This will again reduce glare of any kind (like Master chief-metallic reflections)and will make the colors really pop on those cosplay folks.

 

4.LEARN THAT HALF-SHUTTER PRESS.Blurry pics most always come from the high to bottom move when we click too fast,never left to right.The zen part is that half press when you get ready to click,which sets the aperture (depth of field ) and helps a lot especially when you want a buddy or cosplay character to stand out against a blurred background.

 

 

Like so.

 

 

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5.LOWER YOUR MEGAPIXELS.Almost all consumer cameras now are all 12 and 14 megapixels which is all good if you want that building-size photo or important stuff like weddings,but most times,its overkill,takes more time to open in Photoshop and takes more time for the camera to process converting that RAW image into a Jpeg.You'll be just fine if you leave it at a setting of 6 or 8 megapixels.

 

 

So there you have it forumites,goldenites and silverites,5 tips that will surely improve your convention pics. :applause:

 

Now go ahead and have a ball ! (or a convention .)

 

 

FREE EXTRA TIP.If you want the very best in batteries,buy the Sanyo Eneloops which retain 85 % of the full charge even if you leave them in storage FOR A YEAR. :o

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montrealfilmguy

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you can buy any Canon in the 100 dollar range and change the iso from 100 to 1600,and this for quite some time now.

 

You read me wrong about the Raw part.What i said was if you set higher pixels it takes more time for the Raw image to process into a jpeg.

 

Every image you take from any camera starts off as a Raw image.Even point and shoots.

 

The polarizing filter part is for those who might have cameras in the range of 200-300 dollars.

 

Im thinking people who go to comic conventions should be able to invest for a decent camera too.For quite a large number of reasons.

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montrealfilmguy

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The only advice for camcorder i could offer...is buy an actual camcorder.

 

By that i mean just like the iphone example the lens on one of those small 100 dollars Kodak playsport cams isnt up to par.Its great for Youtube videos not for your HDTV set.It has a setting for 720 which is optimized but the resulting image you will get from one of those is very compressed so you get a loss of quality in the video.

 

whereas actual camcorders have bigger sensors for the lens. (thumbs u

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montrealfilmguy

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James i wish i had taken this.

 

I just went on Google images for examples to show shallow depth of field.

 

The metadata info is probably still attached to the pic though.

 

Im wondering if the photog had GPS enabled on it it to find out the con.

I believe it was from a flickr page.lemme check

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The only advice for camcorder i could offer...is buy an actual camcorder...

 

whereas actual camcorders have bigger sensors for the lens. (thumbs u

 

If you have a DSLR that has video capability (I use the Canon T3i) then the sensor will be a lot bigger than on a camcorder. And with that you can get a real "hollywood film" type quality from the lenses and depth of fields available for the video.

 

One of the reasons a camcorder can have those ridiculous zoom ranges is because of the small sensor.

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True Pov,but i was trying to stay in the low-budget side of things.

 

(thumbs u

 

btw,i'll have the T4i in my hands before the Mtl con. :whee:

 

 

Does this mean that we get to see the best convention photos ever. :makepoint:

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montrealfilmguy

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I will do my best to try and post some great Youtube Adorama Marc Wallace

tutorials here tonight as the IBM library gets pretty quiet on Sunday nights.

 

By pretty quiet i mean dead. :D

 

These should be fine in helping to understand a few basics.

 

back in a bit.

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These are a few minutes each as even basic stuff cant be explained in seconds.

 

 

I find Adorama's Mark Wallace's style to be informative,yet relaxed.The models are always cute as hell and his voice is very soothing,Not academic or monotone or gruffy-sounding.

 

First off is all about exposure baby !

 

 

No not the David Rose's famous stripper theme kind of exposure. ;)

 

This one.This shows you how the shutter,the ISO (sensibility to light ) and aperture work together to make an image.Like a trifecta of basic useful knowledge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PovertyRow

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True Pov,but i was trying to stay in the low-budget side of things.

 

(thumbs u

 

btw,i'll have the T4i in my hands before the Mtl con. :whee:

 

 

I'm interested on your take of the T4i. Touch screen interface sounds intriguing.

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