i think his problem with the pictures, the ones of the girls, were not because of handshake.. but more of,
you press shutter halfway down, so it locks focus... .then u take ur time to compose... TOO LONG time, until the girls move out of focus. and THEN u press all the way down...that time, pic OOF di.

like the guy above said, u need to be quick. also, for beginners, dont' start with manual mode. screws up all ur pictures, for u're not fast enough to play with ur dials (exposure and aperture) and the other is , u cna't get the prope composition you want.
stick to aperture / program for these kinda events - wedding, modeeling etc. learn how to use ur camera first before moving up to Manual. i'm speaking from experience .screwed up a lot of shots because i tot i'll be more 'pro' if i use manual.

also, don't bother about ISO too much. leave it as high as u can take it. dont' leave it to say 400 and try to take in mid/ low light conditions. pump it to 800 - 1000. train one thing at time. and composition and sharpness should be first IMHO.

My advice to you is use P-mode, dun dabble with Manual mode and manual focusing if you're working under stressful environments like event portraits coz if you're not extremely familiar with your camera, it'll wreck your images.

yeah i believe so.. but why play around with Manual mode in the first place? issit becoz the D40 built-in motor thing??

Your pictures were ruined quite bad it seems.. wait to the next roadshow.. hehe

Oh he is using Nikon D40 I forgot
Patutlah manual focusing adoii ... time to change body already

I was using p mode and A mode most of the time while using the 50mm lens. I did tried using M mode which make me puke blood.

As afs mentioned, the problem is its hard to focus when the subject is keep on moving and posing different pose constantly. That explains only the pros can use 50mm lens for such events, and the majority uses zoom/kit lens for such shoots.

Lesson learn. Thanks for ur words

Next one, PC Fair, hope it is much better coz the models will stand rather than constant posing. Also hope my skills will improve.

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Added on June 17, 2007, 10:22 pmWill other cams have auto focusing for 50mm lens?

This post has been edited by travis_ckf: Jun 17 2007, 10:22 PM

i dun understand this. hard to focus using af-s lenses?

I reffering to the 50mm lens, which i found difficuly using that lens for constant changes of the subject. It uses manual focus, not af-s lens.

oh ic... u didnt have a af-s lens! mmmm...no wonder so hard to take shots.
in that case, nice shots coz without the af-s.... i'm cacat

Well lesson learnt that my d40 with 50mm lens is sucky for model posing. But dont worry, i have taken some shots with my kit lens which is af-s, so normal service will resume shorty

For me, i prefer the AF-S + VR combo!

Professionals dun use only 50mm lenses, they're very familiar with all their lenses and their camera bodies, hence they have 1001 ways to capture good images, that's the difference between amateur and professional photography ... 'common sense'

come come, af lense pict got longkang?

VOL 2: Local race queens

All exception for the last one is using kit lens. the last one is taken frm 50mm lens which i need some comments if there anything i lack off. Pls c&c and enjoy!

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4. I need comments on the composition on this pic.


5.kawayi!


6. the last pic which i used the 50mm lens. Pls comment if its better than the earlier portrait shots. I do know the background is overexposed.


This post has been edited by travis_ckf: Jun 17 2007, 11:58 PM

Composition for 2, 3 and 4 could be better.

6 just doesn't feel right. Seems that the girl is bigger than real life.

4.horizon line, n
most of d picts seem like chin chat shoot lor

edited: wait....u crop them?

This post has been edited by tongyam: Jun 18 2007, 12:48 AM

The reason was for pics no 2,3, n 4 the models were standing at the stand above us, so there nothing much i can do as well as the other photographers.

Cant say chin chai shot, the reason is as models are changing pose and position constantly, u have to be quick to get good shots. I only chopped pic no 2.

wow nice output there. flash fired rite? and yet nicely exposed good job, u make d40 owner proud of their cam

Seems like the girls enjoy getting shot by you man Travis

lucky guy

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Added on June 18, 2007, 9:33 amtravis : ur composition need to be improved

This post has been edited by shinchan^^: Jun 18 2007, 09:33 AM

no offence, still prefer your landscape/nature/sight photo
always feel like it is telling a story


anyway, u really should work on composition for your portrait
or maybe your cropped it wrongly?

Composition could be better with the above sets. Keep on practising with ur 50mm...