I think it is pretty amazing that so many of you awesome bloggers are not only gifted with the words you write, you are also gifted with taking pictures. It amazes me how so many of you are fabulous photographers!
I have a great Sony digital camera and I know if I took the time to learn how to propery use it, I, too, could take some 'professional' looking pictures. Although I'm not unhappy with any pictures I take of my children, it would be so cool to take pictures with blurry backgrounds, you know?
I consider MckMama to be an amazing photographer - I'm sure you all know her, as she is quite the popular blogger! She has dedicated an entire post about how to take blurry backgrounds in pictures. I just don't know if I'll ever learn!
Luckily for me, my sister's husband has one of those awesome Nikon (or Canon?) cameras with a huge lens. This is his camera for the next few months, because he's on a photography course for his job - he's a police officer, and he needs to learn how to take pictures of, I guess, crime scenes. But on the weekends? My sister and I are totally going to be play with this camera!
Here is a recent picture my sister took of my baby boy, Dimitry.
Isn't he cute? This was her first time using this camera, and the first time she made a blurry background. With zero experience, I'd say not bad, right? I'm thinking I should ask for one of these cameras for my birthday -what do you think? Worth it? They are pretty pricey. It's either new camera or new purse. But I think I have enough purses, right? Camera, then? With an awesome lens? So I can learn to take more amazing pictures of my lovely boys, who are the subjects I am most proud of and love more then anything else on earth?
If you're a photographer (I know so many of you are!) what are your tricks to taking great pictures? Is Photoshop something I should consider learning, too?
I have a great Sony digital camera and I know if I took the time to learn how to propery use it, I, too, could take some 'professional' looking pictures. Although I'm not unhappy with any pictures I take of my children, it would be so cool to take pictures with blurry backgrounds, you know?
I consider MckMama to be an amazing photographer - I'm sure you all know her, as she is quite the popular blogger! She has dedicated an entire post about how to take blurry backgrounds in pictures. I just don't know if I'll ever learn!
Luckily for me, my sister's husband has one of those awesome Nikon (or Canon?) cameras with a huge lens. This is his camera for the next few months, because he's on a photography course for his job - he's a police officer, and he needs to learn how to take pictures of, I guess, crime scenes. But on the weekends? My sister and I are totally going to be play with this camera!
Here is a recent picture my sister took of my baby boy, Dimitry.
Isn't he cute? This was her first time using this camera, and the first time she made a blurry background. With zero experience, I'd say not bad, right? I'm thinking I should ask for one of these cameras for my birthday -what do you think? Worth it? They are pretty pricey. It's either new camera or new purse. But I think I have enough purses, right? Camera, then? With an awesome lens? So I can learn to take more amazing pictures of my lovely boys, who are the subjects I am most proud of and love more then anything else on earth?
If you're a photographer (I know so many of you are!) what are your tricks to taking great pictures? Is Photoshop something I should consider learning, too?
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I read MckMama`s post too and I might try playing around with the focus on my camera. I wish I had a really nice camera but I wouldn`t really know how to use it.
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If you do want a DSLR, then I would recommend the Nikon D40/D60 or D90. They are available for great prices right now and usually come with a pretty good kit lens. The D40/60 are very similar with only a few differences. The D90 has the added bonus of an onboard HD video camera.
Blurry backgrounds are all about using a slower aperature so you are focused on your subject and everything in the back gets blurred away.
Again it is totally up to you and what you are willing to carry around with you.
As for Photoshop, it is a great tool, but you can get lost for hours on a single photo if you tend to be a perfectionist. I say get the picture as best you can with your camera and avoid touching up after.
Be sure to let us know what wins, camera or purse!
For kids, I always shoot a low depth of field (so 2.8 up to 4.5 aperture), and the lower you can keep your ISO (say 200 to 400), the better.
Natural light is always better than flash. If you do a lot of flash, invest in a camera mount one and learn how to bounce the light.
I love photography, but never have the time to truly play with it anymore.
Good luck on your adventure!
I'm like you - new camera or new Louboutins? Ah, how I love shoes.
But before you buy Photoshop go and experiment with www.picnik.com. It's a free online photoshop-like web site and it is integrated with flickr. If you use flickr you can click "edit in picnik" on each photo and it will automatically take you into picnik for editing. Picnik is awesome and you won't need a class!
Again, I'm no professional, but for me it's the perfect camera.
Maybe this summer, when we have natural light to work with!
Love the shot of your son - so cute!
And BTW, the Kindergarten anxiety post almost made me misty-eyed, it was too sweet. (Us? We'd do the Teacher's Helper & completely suffocate the child just to alleviate our own anxiety - hah! This of course is but one of the zillions of reasons we don't have any of our own!)
Hugs,
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Keep playing with your camera!
It's got its drawbacks, for sure, but all you gotta remember when you take a picture is to balance it either with space, light or color. Then you can never take a bad picture!
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