Hi all. I'm getting my Canon 350D very soon (if God willing). I just thought maybe I would just post some photos I've taken with my friend's Canon 350D. These photos are taken from my work place. Not too much as my boss was not too happy about me taking the pictures and yes, you guessed it. I'm a teacher.

All pictures are taken using Canon 350D with the kit lens attached.


One of the teachers overseeing a roleplay done my the kids.


Girl: I'll smack you with my butterfly wand is you come closer!


Telling the story to the student. Everyone's listening except one who was too busy posing.


Listening attentively.


A scene from the roleplay.

I'll post more when I've finally gotten my own 350D. But now... I need some constructive comments (though my subjects may not be as interesting).

Thank you!

This post has been edited by CutieLynette: Apr 28 2008, 01:05 AM

hi hi,
one tip for you that i have read about in articles. when you are taking pictures of kids, go down to there level. the pictures would looks nicer that way

Nice but i agree with the orenzai, low angle shots would have been way better.

not sharp... seems like out of focus. or maybe shaky hands.

Seem a bit blur for me...^^

Hi orenzai and goregrinder, actually all the photos are taken from the children's level except picture 1 and 3. Maybe I failed to make it look like it.

Maybe I'm still trying to get use to the camera weight. I guess that explains the blurness. I just got myself a 400D yesterday. I hope I'll get used to it pretty soon. I'll post pictures later.

Thanks for all your feedback.

hi hi, remember to set to a high shutter speed possible since your subjects tend to move alot. In indoor conditions like that, it means you are going to need Fast lens or High ISO speeds to maintain a fast shutter. Alternatively, use bounced flash (because i don't want to be firing direct flashes at kids). But be careful when going down to their level because taller kids or adults could peer from the sides and damage their eye sight if you bounce

I had a silly experience where i composed a shot really low without peering into the viewfinder (i.e, stomach level) and forgot the flash unit was bouncing off to my face directly. (Fortunately i was looking to the front, not below to the flash unit)

without any kind of image stabilization, i guess u need to use faster shutter speed and with higher iso (indoors).

super steady shot? *hint*

I've been taking my camera out to take pictures but they don't look good enough to be posted up here. I only this one.



I only hope the microphone isn't that worn out.

it is DAT worn out... but ya skill is not... ample space to improve... gotta do something with the light position.... they steal the attention away... nway, practice makes purrfect! :thumb:

^^ Whalau... got flare?

This post has been edited by skyther: Nov 16 2007, 05:57 PM

Hi CutieLynette, when taking photos of children, zoom in and shoot their facial expression. Shooting a group of children requires extreme skill in composition so that the photos won't looks cluttered and busy.

Thanks for the encouragement!

Funnily enough I didn't notice the flare until check my photos with my computer! You see I blur or not?

Yea, noticed that now. Since they move around alot, I had a tough time trying to photograph them. Thanks for the heads up!

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Added on November 22, 2007, 1:33 amHere's some pictures I took at my cousin's wedding last week. It might not be as nice as others, but I hope I'll improve in time.

All pictures are taken just with my Canon 400D kit only and are all shot with ISO 1600. I can't afford a speedlite yet!

Pictures are Photoshop'ed (Curves and resize only)

















There's one thing I noticed after editing the pictures is that while the pictures looked good on my laptop (where I edited them), they looked underexposed on my desktop! I'm having a real headache about this, any pointers?

This post has been edited by CutieLynette: Nov 22 2007, 01:33 AM

u need to calibrate ur monitor...
i m having the same problem...
but so far i m ignoring it...
spyder is too expensive for me...

So did the pictures look okay with your monitor?

And what is spyder ah?

it is very soft for ur wedding pics

It's a good try nonetheless. Shoot more weddings and hold your camera firmly

You don't need Spyder. Just Google up 'monitor calibration' and you will get some decent online way.

Ditto. Some are blurred too.

Most of ur photos looks "normal" to me leh!...What's the stories u like to tell?

I dunno... the pics are just like out of focus.