Hey mate I was wondering if I could have a 1280 x 1024 version of this photo for my desktop wallpaper. This photo is way too cool to look at only once.
Also, just wondering about the album launch photos generally: I noticed that you didn’t use a flash. Therefore, I’m assuming that you need to keep the shutter open for longer to get more light in. How do you leave the shutter open for longer but still manage to get people who are not blurry? Something to do with ISO? so confused about these things – but the camera attribute tagging is a jolly good addition to the photo blog.
Regarding low light exposures. The key is to find a balance in the exposure triangle (shutter speed, ISO and aperture). I had a really “fast” lens, which has a really large aperture (f/1.8), allowing you to use faster shutter speeds than “slower” lenses. I had my ISO at 400. The lowest ISO my camera does is 200, some cameras have 100; increasing the ISO increases the camera’s sensitivity to light. I also had my shutter speed reasonably slow, but not too slow for me to hold it steady (it’s a personal thing, some people advise you shouldn’t do hand-held longer than 1/60s, but I know I can go down to 1/30s, maybe 1/15s if I’m kneeling or leaning). If the people in the photo were moving a lot I probably wouldn’t have gotten the photo, I sure got loads of blurry ones of the musicians in Garage Hymnal, but I managed to grab a few.
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Thanks for the exposure triangle reference – totally awesome article! Another odd thing – the comments section of this page is rendering a bit funny for me. Admittedly, I’m using Internet Explorer 6, because I am at work and they won’t let you use anything else. I’ll see if I can email you a screen dump.
Hey Tim, Ha! Good old government and businesses who won’t allow anything other than IE6. If it weren’t for them I think we could give up on it entirely (it’s the bane of a designer’s existence… although I’ve had recent problems with IE8 too). Got your email. I will fix it up 🙂
Hey mate
I was wondering if I could have a 1280 x 1024 version of this photo for my desktop wallpaper. This photo is way too cool to look at only once.
Also, just wondering about the album launch photos generally: I noticed that you didn’t use a flash. Therefore, I’m assuming that you need to keep the shutter open for longer to get more light in. How do you leave the shutter open for longer but still manage to get people who are not blurry? Something to do with ISO? so confused about these things – but the camera attribute tagging is a jolly good addition to the photo blog.
Sure Timmeh! I’ll email you the image.
Regarding low light exposures. The key is to find a balance in the exposure triangle (shutter speed, ISO and aperture).
I had a really “fast” lens, which has a really large aperture (f/1.8), allowing you to use faster shutter speeds than “slower” lenses. I had my ISO at 400. The lowest ISO my camera does is 200, some cameras have 100; increasing the ISO increases the camera’s sensitivity to light. I also had my shutter speed reasonably slow, but not too slow for me to hold it steady (it’s a personal thing, some people advise you shouldn’t do hand-held longer than 1/60s, but I know I can go down to 1/30s, maybe 1/15s if I’m kneeling or leaning). If the people in the photo were moving a lot I probably wouldn’t have gotten the photo, I sure got loads of blurry ones of the musicians in Garage Hymnal, but I managed to grab a few.
Thanks for the exposure triangle reference – totally awesome article!
Another odd thing – the comments section of this page is rendering a bit funny for me. Admittedly, I’m using Internet Explorer 6, because I am at work and they won’t let you use anything else. I’ll see if I can email you a screen dump.
Hey Tim,
Ha! Good old government and businesses who won’t allow anything other than IE6. If it weren’t for them I think we could give up on it entirely (it’s the bane of a designer’s existence… although I’ve had recent problems with IE8 too). Got your email. I will fix it up 🙂