Comments on: New 101 Things http://www.nataliekirk.com/2010/02/new-101-things/ Sun, 08 May 2011 07:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erin http://www.nataliekirk.com/2010/02/new-101-things/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Erin Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:48:54 +0000 http://www.nataliekirk.com/?p=431#comment-220 Mixy is a pro on photography if you need to ask questions :D My SO has a Canon D450 with a 17-85mm lens ($2G total kit) and we've spent the last few weekends travelling around taking some uber photos. If you're keen, definitely get into it - life becomes art in an instant :D Mixy is a pro on photography if you need to ask questions :D My SO has a Canon D450 with a 17-85mm lens ($2G total kit) and we’ve spent the last few weekends travelling around taking some uber photos. If you’re keen, definitely get into it – life becomes art in an instant :D

]]> By: Natalie http://www.nataliekirk.com/2010/02/new-101-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Natalie Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:32:04 +0000 http://www.nataliekirk.com/?p=431#comment-182 See I'm yet to really learn about aperture and shutter speed. I've spent the last several hours reading about it, but when I wrote that post I would have stared at you blankly if you'd said the word "aperture" to me :P See I’m yet to really learn about aperture and shutter speed. I’ve spent the last several hours reading about it, but when I wrote that post I would have stared at you blankly if you’d said the word “aperture” to me :P

]]> By: bma http://www.nataliekirk.com/2010/02/new-101-things/comment-page-1/#comment-181 bma Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:48:10 +0000 http://www.nataliekirk.com/?p=431#comment-181 You *can* take decent photos with a P&S, but if you really want to learn about how it all works, an SLR is the way to go. I've found that manual control over the aperture and shutter speed is more useful than manual focus (focussing manually is bloody fiddly :P). The depth-of-field effect is also pretty hard to get with a point-and-shoot, since the cameras seem to assume that you don't want it, and the automatic settings thus won't allow it. You *can* take decent photos with a P&S, but if you really want to learn about how it all works, an SLR is the way to go. I’ve found that manual control over the aperture and shutter speed is more useful than manual focus (focussing manually is bloody fiddly :P ).

The depth-of-field effect is also pretty hard to get with a point-and-shoot, since the cameras seem to assume that you don’t want it, and the automatic settings thus won’t allow it.

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