How can i take better photos?
When taking pictures of yourself you need good lighting. Taking a picture of yourself inside away from a window, at night, or just generally in a dark or artificially lit place is not a good idea. Also, using flash is not a good idea, because it is generally not flattering. The best places to take personal photographs are by a window or outside. Either will look much better in the morning, when the light's not too fierce and it will not cast shadows over your face. Also, having photoshop, or another type of editing program will help. With photoshop you can change the lighting, making it however bright you want your picture, whilst still being able to choose areas which you would like to have in shadow. I'm not too sure of what to say about taking pictures of nature, but I think the main thing is to have a focus to your picture. By ajusting your camera you can have it so that nearly the whole picture is blurred whilst still having the focus of your picture in detail, i think that's a good effect. ..and to whether bad photos are due to the camera or the photographer, i think that it is a bit of both. But however good the camera is, its not going to make a bit of difference if the person has an eye for photography or not. But don't worry, i'm sure your pictures are great (: If you need help with photoshop, feel free to email me (: lizziehall@hotmail.co.uk hope that helped.
How do I take better photos of the Moon?
First there is the question of how to expose the photograph correctly. Most cameras will expose the moon as a featureless circle when exposed automatically. So, what is correct? It turns out that the moon is lighted by the same sun as objects on earth at noon (slightly diminished because the reflected light from the moon needs to go through the entire atmosphere). So, there is a rule-of-thumb for this. It is called Moony-11 (similar to the Sunny-16 rule for mid-day photography).Moony-11 works this way. The correct exposure for the moon at ISO-100 is 1/100 second at f/11. If you use ISO-400 then the correct exposure is 1/400 second at f/11. Basically, 1/ISO at f/11. If you change the f-stop to open it 1 stop then you need to reduce shutter speed or ISO (alone or in combination) by 1 stop.You can capture images of the moon with a hand-held camera and lens without much if any difficulty.If you intend to combine the moon's image with images of the nighttime sky you will need to capture two images and then combine these in post-processing. The reason for this is the moon is substantially brighter than stars or planets making the post-combination the easiest method.If your intention is to capture more detailed views of the moon's surface you will likely be using a telescope mounted on a sturdy tripod. You will likely need to calculate the aperture for a telescope to determine exposure but that's not terribly difficult (see http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_A...). If the exposures are long then you will need an equatorial mount to track the moon during the exposure. The moon's velocity is roughly 2280 miles per hour so it will transit roughly 1 diameter per hour or roughly 6.3 miles per second. If you are capturing substantial surface detail with a very long telescope any failure to accurately track that movement will result in substantial motion blur.Telescopes do not have the optical quality of a camera lens without investing very substantial funds. As a consequence single images can lack sharp detail. You can substantially increase the detail by stacking many images and processing these together to increase the sharpness and remove noise. Photoshop and specialized apps (some freeware) are available for this purpose. On discussion is here http://photography-on-the.net/fo....Here is an example of a stacked image shot using a modest Celestron telescope http://petapixel.com/2015/05/04/...
How can I take better photos of cars?
Get low. Use the angles. Find a way to make the design features of the car form a good composition. There’s no way to shortcut this, you need to learn to get a good eye for it. Usually, the best picture isn’t one where the whole car is in the frame, but rather one that shows an interesting or iconic detail - grilles, badges, styling lines, etc. Think about where the light is and how it’s going to affect your picture, learn to use natural light to enhance. The Viper is just a mess of reflections, the Chrysler is blown out down one side of the frame and the BMW has a distracting background. Better framing and choice of angles would help with all of those.Use a circular polarising filter to manage reflections so that your colourful car doesn’t just look like a mass of blown-out highlights. Process your photos and edit them for lighting balance, colour balance and detail.Here are some of mine. Automobile and Machines Gallery
How do I take better Polaroid photos?
You may not agree now, but over time the Polaroids you have taken will appear better with age. That's not to say they'll magically change in appearance, but I find that time is a great indicator for how treasured we feel about film photography. But to answer more directly, or perhaps objectively we have to consider your skills as a photographer.What I find absolutely wonderful about the SX-70 formats (which you have) is the surprising lack of functions available to you. At best you've got a focus ring, at worst you've got nothing but a button to take the photo. The trick is all in the composition which is made up of several elements.Lighting. Use it to your advantage. A dimly lit room with just an onboard flash snap of a person will not produce agreeable results. Have them stand back and leaning up against a brightly coloured wall so the whole frame is illuminated. If you're outside think about your use of shadows and direct sunlight. If it's cloudy use the dull tones to your advantage.Composition. Learn the rule or thirds, how to mix colours, why 5 in a frame seems better than four. When you're looking through your viewfinder compose the ENTIRE frame and not just the subject you're looking at. Look towards the edges - is there something you could include there?How about spend some time looking through polanoid (click show all pictures) and taking some inspiration from that.Above all, take your time. Film is expensive so take a few moments to think about your shots before you take them.For reference: Some of my own Polaroids and Instant film shots. None of which I think are particularly that great. Sam Cornwell
How can I take better pictures with the iPhone XS?
Take photography classes. and do know that it’s the photographer, not the equipment that makes the picture.The Art of Mobile Photography | UdemyOnline Mobile Photography Classes | Start Learning for Free | SkillshareSmartPhone and iPhone Photography Course
How can I take better pictures with my phone?
First of all, you have to determine a good subject. Right now the software is the defining feature between phones and their use of the camera, which is why I selected the Pixel 3 when purchasing a new smartphone. If you are trying to do Portrait Photography then you could use Pro mode to get some selective focus and create some background blur. Here is a shot I took using my phone in HDR mode.
How can I take better pictures with a kit lens?
Kit lens came long way from earlier years when it was essentially junk plastic/glass to get rid of as soon as person get hold of camera, to something you could actually rely upon… though not durable as professional lens, its quality is now good enough for wide range of applications.AF-P DX 18–55mm is considered one of such lens, and it is actually pretty good lens when tried one. I would definitely going to keep it.As far as sharpness goes, that will be all what you will need for the most of purpose.So, it will be the matter of taste and looking for different optical characteristics if you are upgrading that one. I would go for different lens, but that is really due to the personal taste and preference for certain subject.Since it is actually decent lens for its price, what you need to learn is how properly stopped down on each subject… and learn desired effect you will get from each f stop. This way, you could expected what type of image you will get on subject distance, each fstop, and each zoom range. You can practice it with different distance, subject, and lighting conditions, so you will get hang of it how this particular lens will behave with your camera.As general rule of thumb, typically you will get best result if you shoot it all the way to 55, but this lens are generally sharp, and you want to test it different zoom point to see what focal length you will likes to shoot.I really can not comment on 70–300mm since I am not sure which one, and depend on model you got, expectation will differ greatly.But, likely you want to shoot it at 70 or 300 if it is older model, and probably want to stop it down to around f8 for the best result.