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photoshop visual tutorials]]> Tutorials Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:01:27 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/photoshop-tutorials-with-visuals-t115.htm#303 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/photoshop-tutorials-with-visuals-t115.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/mode-settings-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2-t72.htm travis_cooper Lets talk about the different mode settings on your camera now. I mentioned the Av and Tv settings briefly in the aperture and shutter speed tutorials. Lets talk about all of them now and go into a little more depth. You probably have a mode dial on your camera that looks something like this: This is where you decide which mode your camera will be shooting in. The area with all the pictures and the green bar, which is usually full automatic, we are going to avoid like the plague from ... Tutorials Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:27:03 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/mode-settings-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2-t72.htm#186 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/mode-settings-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2-t72.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/p-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2a-t71.htm travis_cooper The P on the dial is known as program mode. This is probably the one manual setting that is most like the auto settings. This mode picks the aperture and shutter speed for you, based on what your ISO is set at, to give you proper exposure. Some cameras allow you to change the f-stop value, which will automatically update the shutter speed, or you can change the shutter speed which will automatically update the f-stop. You can also, in some cameras so check your manual, set how the program ... Tutorials Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:24:03 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/p-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2a-t71.htm#185 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/p-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2a-t71.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/tv-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2b-t70.htm travis_cooper The next down the dial I posted above is the Tv mode. We know this from the shutter speed tutorial as the shutter priority mode. This mode allows us to change our shutter speed where we want it, and the camera will set the f-stop for us based on the shutter speed we have chosen and our current ISO setting. As you change the shutter speed you should be able to see the f-stop changing values to keep the proper exposure. This mode is mostly useful when you care about the motion in the scene ... Tutorials Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:22:28 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/tv-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2b-t70.htm#184 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/tv-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2b-t70.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/av-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2c-t69.htm travis_cooper The next setting is Av, which we know from the aperture tutorial is the aperture priority mode. This is really similar to the Tv mode, except that you are setting the aperture value and the camera is setting the shutter speed, rather than the other way around. As in the Tv mode, if you choose an aperture value where there isn't a shutter speed value that will get proper exposure the shutter speed value will blink in your view finder letting you know that. So if you are inside and set at f/32, ... Tutorials Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:20:58 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/av-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2c-t69.htm#183 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/av-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2c-t69.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/ev-compensation-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2d-t68.htm travis_cooper Sometimes in the semi-manual modes, like Tv and Av, you don't quite get the exposure you want. One option is to move into M mode so you control all the settings, but there is a nifty feature that will allow you to stay in your Tv or Av mode and correct the exposure from there. Lets say you are taking a picture of a building in the snow, or a person with the sun behind them and it is really bright. Well, if your camera is metering the whole scene to decide exposure, and it probably is unless ... Tutorials Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:19:05 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/ev-compensation-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2d-t68.htm#182 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/ev-compensation-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2d-t68.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/m-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2e-t67.htm travis_cooper The next one is manual, our fully manual setting. In M mode you get to set everything yourself. Don't get too intimidated, your camera has a helpful guide to let you know how close you are to the correct exposure, so you can know where the "correct" exposure, according to the camera is. Usually in your view finder you will see a little line from -2 to +2, or maybe -3 to +3, and some indication as to where the exposure is on this scale, hey this is exactly the same scale we saw with ... Tutorials Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:15:50 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/m-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2e-t67.htm#181 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/m-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2e-t67.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/b-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2f-t66.htm travis_cooper Bulb mode is the last one on our dial. This is used when you need more than your longest shutter speed, which is 30" on my camera. When would you need more than 30", well if you are shooting stars you might need a minute or so, or if you are taking pictures of buildings at night, if its dark enough, you will need more than 30". So bulb mode lets you set the exposure for as long as you want, or until your batteries die. In this mode the e-dial sets your aperture and the shutter ... Tutorials Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:12:49 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/b-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2f-t66.htm#180 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/b-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-2f-t66.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/iso-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1c-t65.htm travis_cooper ISO is the last element that gets you your exposure. ISO is also known as film speed, it basically determines how sensitive your film, sensor, is to light. The more sensitive it is to light the "faster" it can capture the data, so using fast film speeds means you are in a way adding light because the film is sensitive enough to get the data faster. The downside is that you lose color saturation and you start getting little grain like spots. In the digital world this grain is known ... Tutorials Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:53:43 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/iso-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1c-t65.htm#179 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/iso-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1c-t65.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/shutter-speed-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1b-t64.htm travis_cooper The next important element to exposure is your shutter speed. A good way to compare your shutter is to a door, you are controlling how long that door is open. If it is open for a long time then you let in more light, if it is open for a short time then you are letting in less light. The other thing shutter speed controls is motion. If you want to freeze motion, so a kid running around, then you want a fast shutter speed, since the shutter, door, is open only for a short time the movement ... Tutorials Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:38:05 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/shutter-speed-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1b-t64.htm#177 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/shutter-speed-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1b-t64.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/aperture-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1a-t63.htm travis_cooper The first element of exposure I'm going to cover is your aperture. The aperture works a lot like the pupil in your eye. When it needs to let it more light, in a dark room for example, your pupil opens up really big. When you are outside and the sun is shining really bright your pupil will shrink down really small to let in less of that light. Your camera's aperture works the exact same way. If you need to let in more light you open up your aperture, if you need to let in less light you close ... Tutorials Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:10:58 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/aperture-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1a-t63.htm#176 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/aperture-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1a-t63.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/exposure-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1-t61.htm travis_cooper This is the first installment of my tutorials on taking better pictures with your camera. This is directed mostly to beginners, but all are welcome to read them and ask questions. You never know when hearing something a different way may get things clicking in your brain. The first thing to learn about photography is exposure. Exposure is really critical in photography, because if you don't have the correct exposure your picture won't look like you want it. The other thing that will ... Tutorials Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:46:08 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/exposure-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1-t61.htm#174 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/exposure-taking-better-pictures-tutorial-1-t61.htm http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/popping-colors-t31.htm travis_cooper This is a tutorial to show a way in PS(Photoshop) to get your colors to pop. A lot of people use curves and/or levels to correct colors, and I suggest you do that still, but this will get you a good result on pretty much any image you have, so give it a try and see if you like it. I am doing this in PS CS3, and I know you can do it in CS2, but I have never used PSE(Photoshop Elements), so I'm not sure if you have the same blending modes, you may need to find another one if soft light doesn't ... Tutorials Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:25:16 GMT http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/popping-colors-t31.htm#61 http://photochallenge.forumotion.com/tutorials-f2/popping-colors-t31.htm