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Permalink Reply by Jessi on August 12, 2012 at 12:37pm

1. Turning th eflash off was right If you want to get the trails of the LEDs!

2. When taking pictures you need to adjust the aperture, the shutter speed and iso. The aperture is how much light the camera lets in when you take a photo. The shutter speed is how long the shutter stays open to allow light in. You need to find a balance between the two. When doing night photography you usually want a higher iso (film speed) as well. If you want to see the trails of the LEDs your going to need to use a longer shutter speed with the appropriate aperture, I like .5 to 2 seconds depending on what I'm tryin to capture. You should probably do some reading on the relationship between shutter and aperture there is lots of good info out there on the

3.larger apertures ( smaller f-stop numbers) will give you a more shallow depth of field. Smaller apertures (larger f-stop numbers) will give you a wider depth of field. So if you want the whole picture to be in focus you want a smaller aperture.

4. That is hard to do and you just have to play around with different settings. The longer the shutter is open the more blury the model will be because they are moving. So you would want to speed up the shutter but not to fast because you still want to get the trails

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Permalink Reply by Jessi on August 12, 2012 at 12:39pm

Hope that helps a bit you should really read up on manual photography it will help you out a lot! A lot of it is just trial and error too, it may take you several shots to get the settings just right!

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Permalink Reply by Jane "Electric Blue" on August 12, 2012 at 10:29pm

If you want to get a nice shot of the trails and the hooper you can play with a long exposure with a flash right at the end. If you get it right you will get nice trails and then a clean picture of the person.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Christin on August 12, 2012 at 11:13pm

I could give a lot of advice but I don't know if you are you shooting film or digital? If your shooting digital you should make sure to set your white balance along with all the others that Jessi mentioned. I was a photography major so I had to learn all the technical stuff involved in taking a photo but what Jessi said about trial and error is so true...after you learn the basics of photography ( aperture, shutter speed, ISO, etc.) then trial and error is the  best way to learn! Also, are you using a tripod? Message me if you have any technical problems. I would be glad to help = )

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StudentPermalink Reply by MaisieHoops of *HulaHoopers.ca* on August 23, 2012 at 1:29pm

Thanks everyone!  I really appreciate all of the help!  :) :) :)    

Lots of reading to do... but I love new hobbies!  :)

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StudentPermalink Reply by Ayla Hammons on August 23, 2012 at 2:14pm

So yeah, hat everyone else said but I will add.
If you can afford it buy an external flash. So much more amazing than the one it's equipped with . Mine died from battery corrosion :( so also if you get one, remember to take the batteries out.
One day I wan multiple flashes :D
Sooo many exspensive hobbies ...

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Permalink Reply by Linz Spinz on August 24, 2012 at 11:47am

so helpful!!

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