Things About Your Camera You Should Master
by Vanessa Smith
Weddings are all about telling tales, and wedding photography is one way to capture these fleeting moments. In his quest to seize these moments, the wedding photographer faces one essential challenge: to make his photographic equipment respond as fast as his eyes.
And this is where mastery of photography gear comes in. A photographer must labour hard to master his equipment and all its accessories so they all function exactly the way he wishes, and therefore produce stunning and meaningful wedding photographs. For the budding <a href="http://www.raymondphang.com/blog/2012/casual-graduation-portraiture-photoshoot-by-raymond-phang">wedding photographer</a>, the following are among the most important things about your camera that you have to master. Keep in mind: with constant practise, you're going to improve your photography a lot more.
White Balance: your camera's white balance refers to how accurate the colours appear on your photographs. Your aim is to make the whites appear white, so that every other colour will follow suit. You can use the Auto White Balance setting, but if you wish to further grasp how different lighting environments change your images, use Kelvin instead. Low Kelvin values (around 3,350) will produce cold, bluish photos. Higher ones, meanwhile, such as 5,260, tend to make the colours appear warm. Play around these values to achieve accurate results.
Sharpness: work to produce tack-sharp photos unless you wish to purposely blur to indicate action or movement. Using a tripod would help stabilise your camera, but this tends to blur people's movement in the process. Should you wish to freeze action, bump up your ISO or lower your lens' aperture.
JPEG or RAW: images taken using the RAW format contain more data, which makes RAW ideal for image post-processing. Since you are most probably printing these wedding pictures, opt out of the JPEG format and shoot using RAW to assure maximum versatility.
Flash: more often than not, weddings are held in low-light spaces. When boosting the ISO or widening your aperture doesn't do it, use an external flash unit instead to catch up on the lack of light. Moreover, bounce flash is preferable over direct flash since the latter creates harsh shadows and unbalanced lighting. Get a good flash unit and a couple of trusted rechargeable batteries to make your shooting more convenient. You can also browse through works of seasoned wedding photographers as well as studios to further enhance your own craft.
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Title: Things About Your Camera You Should Master
Author: Vanessa Smith
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Keywords: Raymond Phang Photography,www.raymondphang.com
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