2 pics, same subject, need advice!

[Seb]

I am posting 2 pictures of the same items. I am working on a photo project (assigned by myself to learn more) and the theme is color. I chose gift ribbons for the color. These were taken with my Concorde Eye-Q 2000 digital and the flash on auto. I would like to know how to remove the glare and at what distance I should be to retain not only an idea of what the subject is but clarity and retaining my eyesight. You will see, blinding!!! I did purchase ribbons in the large size, red, green, silver, blue, gold and purple while the small curly ribbons reflect the same exact colors. Any tips and suggestions, even if to use my Chinon, would be greatly appreciated.

Betty

Hello Betty,

First off all, I think that working on an self assignment is a good idea. That is what I started to do myself recently rather than just shooting anything interesting that pass by randomly. I think that it's a good way to force you to try different things and to give more thoughts to what you are doing (for me at least, I work harder since then).

I feel rather ignorant but I didn't knew about Concord and Chinon. I searched for it and haven't found a lot of informations. Anyway, about your pictures, A minimum distance at which your lense/camera must be located from your subject that seems common to a lot of lenses is 1 foot (30 cm). Closer than that, it would be strictly impossible to focus. Now, I am not saying that this is the case with your camera as I honnestly don't know but that's a good distance to keep in mind most of the time.

You should also play with the exposure and brightness value that you are reffering at (even if it is a trial and error process). It might leads to surprising results.

I'd like to see the result of your experimentation later on.

best regards

Seb

[bjtindle]

Hello Betty,

First off all, I think that working on an self assignment is a good idea. That is what I started to do myself recently rather than just shooting anything interesting that pass by randomly. I think that it's a good way to force you to try different things and to give more thoughts to what you are doing (for me at least, I work harder since then).

I feel rather ignorant but I didn't knew about Concord and Chinon. I searched for it and haven't found a lot of informations. Anyway, about your pictures, A minimum distance at which your lense/camera must be located from your subject that seems common to a lot of lenses is 1 foot (30 cm). Closer than that, it would be strictly impossible to focus. Now, I am not saying that this is the case with your camera as I honnestly don't know but that's a good distance to keep in mind most of the time.

You should also play with the exposure and brightness value that you are reffering at (even if it is a trial and error process). It might leads to surprising results.

I'd like to see the result of your experimentation later on.

best regards

Seb

Hi Seb, I agree about the assignment too. I found myself pulling over on the road to take pictures and while I like the results I am sure they could be better because I am still new enough at this that I have to really, really, think about what the f-stop and stuff are, I don't think of them automatically yet. Plus, I didn't think about what I pulled over to take a picture of, not like I should. I thought by doing this I would have to think about lighting, as it is indoors which I am not use to, f-stop, aperture etc....Hoping it would make me concentrate more on what I am doing and how I am doing it.

Concorde Eye-Q Duo 2000 is a digital camera. My Chinon, a Chinon 35mm CP-7M SLR, is a film camera. I am still learning about them myself! I am finding that I have to be at least a foot away with the concorde, but then I get all the extra stuff along the edges, so I am trying to find something neutral that can be around it. Last night, imagine my surprise when I saw my stack washer/dryer on the side!! Don't want it in the picture.

I will post the results when I get done. Still working on it but it will probably be a few days as tomorrow is July 4th, not to mention my nephew's birthday, yesterday was my niece's bday so haven't been able to work on it as much as I would like. Also have visiting relatives. In a couple of days it will settle down. Thanks for taking the time to look, I appreciate it very much.

Betty