[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Do you struggle taking good pics?
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Ask HN: Do you struggle taking good pics?
1. What's the hardest part about clicking pics for you? 2. How
often do you struggle?
Author : ryshbg
Score : 9 points
Date : 2024-08-15 18:48 UTC (4 hours ago)
| benpek wrote:
| 1 -> figuring the best frame/angle 2 -> almost always
| ryshbg wrote:
| what have you done in attempting to solve it?
| PaulHoule wrote:
| I go through phases of feeling like I've mastered photography and
| other phases where I have a lot to learn.
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| Last summer I took a lot of flower pictures and posted them to
| Mastodon because people liked them. I thought it was easy to do
| but a little boring. I found though that other people were making
| photos where all the parts of the flower were "tack sharp" but
| even when I was around f/7.0 or so I found the depth of field was
| small enough that the disc and ray flowers of a composite usually
| weren't both as sharp as the CCD could show.
|
| I found other the other guys were using this technique
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| https://digital-photography-school.com/a-beginners-guide-to-...
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| I got the equipment to do it but never really got started because
| the project that took over for me was this: I made a picture of a
| field of flowers that a friend wanted to print on fabric and make
| a dress out of, that got me thinking "gee, what if I never had
| any problems with repeats and seams?" and figured it would be
| possible to photograph 50 or so flowers, cut them out, and then
| have the computer put them together to fill whatever space I
| want. So now I am setting up a studio to do this and will be
| improving my software that emulates Disney's multiplane camera
| for this project.
|
| I got into sports photography last year and also had times when I
| came back from a game defeated, particularly when it was
| volleyball or basketball or something played in doors. In those
| cases I would go to dpreview and ask my photog friends for help
| and usually get good advice.
|
| One area where I feel like I'm on my own is in mastering stereo
| photography which I do with this little guy
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| https://us.kandaovr.com/products/qoocam-ego
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| and the problem has so many dimensions from "how do I undo the
| pincushion distortion?" to "what kind of scene has colors that
| will do well with a red-cyan anaglyph on paper?", "what makes a
| good stereo composition?", "how could I sell group stereograms
| taken against a striking backdrop?" etc. When the going gets
| tough the tough get going.
| solardev wrote:
| In a past life, I really enjoyed amateur photography and had a
| small but nice set of lenses to go with a DSLR. Having high
| manual control (that only a few phones have) combined with much
| bigger sensors and specialty lenses (ultrawide, super fast, etc.)
| gave me a lot of creative options. These days a lot of that can
| be faked in software or AI, but the results aren't quite perfect.
|
| For me, learning photography at a local community college was a
| lot of fun, not just in acquiring technical skills but also
| learning from seasoned professionals on topics like subject
| matter, time of day, lighting, focus, composition, color, etc.
|
| You can probably get a lot of that through videos today, but it's
| better when someone experienced can review your actual work and
| offer real time feedback.
| boricj wrote:
| I'm a stereotypical smartphone-wielding expert beginner
| photographer. I've developed a knack for serendipitous timing and
| framing, to the point where I'm the designated photographer for
| family pictures and such. That being said, I have no particular
| knowledge, skills, tools or affinity for photography, I just pull
| out my smartphone when I see something neat.
|
| Given my level (or lack thereof), my only advice is to stop
| worrying. As long as you take pictures, some of them will be
| great and some of them will be shitty. Experience and luck will
| merely improve your odds of making a great picture instead of a
| shitty one.
| free_energy_min wrote:
| Yes. Angles, Zoom, Lighting, where to place subject. Would love
| tips!
| uptownfunk wrote:
| I always suck. Like if an app could just give me a green check
| when the photo in frame was good and then I could just click it
| then that'd be great.
| uptownfunk wrote:
| Like if it really worked and made my wife go wow that's a good
| photo, I would pay for it, probably 1.99-2.99 a month, or maybe
| 19.99 one time.
| HenryBemis wrote:
| I take amazing pictures!! But for some reason only I like them..
| oh well..
| helph67 wrote:
| I reckon a good knowledge of photography (and experience) helps
| to obtain better results. Knowing `depth of field' can give only
| the main subject in sharp focus. Examining the background and/or
| resting the camera on/against physical object before taking the
| snap could achieve a better result. The quality of the lens
| system in the `camera' is also very important!
| LorenPechtel wrote:
| Getting a good image.
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| I understand how the camera works but suck at finding exactly
| what to point it at.
| fastaguy88 wrote:
| One strategy for better pictures is not to worry so much about
| what the camera points at (or where the focus should be in the
| frame); instead focus on the edges of the picture. By shifting
| your focus from the "focus" to everything else, you end up with
| pictures that contain a lot more of what you want.
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