those of you with DSLR's

[chuk_77]

do you ever take them off auto or priority?

[poddster]

Meep I have seen some of your pics and may I say that you will be a really good photographer your subjects and composition is excellent. by all means get your daugher to pass on any knoledge that she has on the subject and besides mother/daughter interaction is a good thing 🙂

[cosmosgrove]

I rarely use the auto setting on my camera mainly have it on the AV setting. My old film SLR was manual and when I finally bought the DSLR I did a one day workshop with a local photographer that was very helpful. It was a lighting workshop but they still ran through the basic settings.

There is no need to wtrite down the settings you use it should be on the 'info' part of the individual photo?

[chuk_77]

i wrote them down as a way of learning what I did wrong at each point in time. I was very new to digital so it was the only way I knew. 

My biggest problem with photography and really its rule number 1 is the rule of thirds. Its something i do really struggle with. My course was great and covered all the basics of the camera, so Im much more confident in which settings are needed.

Still to scared to shoot raw, but i'll get there one day

[cosmosgrove]

Yes I should shoot RAW but rarely do, the size of the files puts me off a bit. 

[**meep**]

Thanks Poddy   Should be fun.  Especially looking forward to taking more macro shots.

Isn't digital photography great?  For my first eBay listing, I used scanned photos taken by a film camera.

[poddster]

Try a butterfly's or a moth's eye 🙂

Be prepared to be surprised

Perhaps a macro photography thread in the new year would be cool 🙂

[chuk_77]

I wish I had the funds for a proper macro lens. The one I really want is $1100 😞

[poddster]

Chuk more expensive does not equate to better 🙂

[poddster]

[**meep**]

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@chuk_77 wrote:

I wish I had the funds for a proper macro lens. The one I really want is $1100 😞

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Really????   Which one are you after?