Once you get your hands on a DSLR, you become curious about all the buttons, the different modes and so on. But during the beginning stages we tend to make some mistakes.
The previous night, you might have shot a nice landscape in Manual mode with ISO 800, exposure of 4/5 seconds and exposure compensation set high. You sleep, go for a morning walk and start to take pictures, but when you look at the image it looks washed out. Yes, we will forget to change it very often as we are not used to with a DSLR in hand. Whereas some might change the mode from manual to aperture but, keep the ISO value and exposure compensation unchanged, which can make your photos grainy and washed out.
Keep in mind to check your settings each time you take a shot under different conditions.
Review the image you took and decide whether you need to make adjustments in order to produce a much better shot.
Take time to understand the surroundings, just noticing them will help you choose the settings you need.
Compose your shot well, take your time and decide how to frame your image so that it looks appealing.
Capture your image in RAW format, it helps a lot in post processing.
So keep in mind these things the next time you take out your DSLR for capturing fantastic shots.
The previous night, you might have shot a nice landscape in Manual mode with ISO 800, exposure of 4/5 seconds and exposure compensation set high. You sleep, go for a morning walk and start to take pictures, but when you look at the image it looks washed out. Yes, we will forget to change it very often as we are not used to with a DSLR in hand. Whereas some might change the mode from manual to aperture but, keep the ISO value and exposure compensation unchanged, which can make your photos grainy and washed out.
Keep in mind to check your settings each time you take a shot under different conditions.
Review the image you took and decide whether you need to make adjustments in order to produce a much better shot.
Take time to understand the surroundings, just noticing them will help you choose the settings you need.
Compose your shot well, take your time and decide how to frame your image so that it looks appealing.
Capture your image in RAW format, it helps a lot in post processing.
So keep in mind these things the next time you take out your DSLR for capturing fantastic shots.
I will write dedicated posts on Composition, Aperture, RAW format, ISO and so on.
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