Comments on: Learning to Use Camera Modes http://a1phototips.com/learning-to-use-camera-modes Digital Photography Tips Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:06:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chelsie Thorell http://a1phototips.com/learning-to-use-camera-modes/comment-page-1#comment-1892 Chelsie Thorell Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:24:45 +0000 http://www.a1phototips.com/?p=120#comment-1892 Hi, Thanks for all the great info! I just bought a Nikon D90 and I've been trying to get some professional looking photos of guitars for my husband's website (he builds guitars). We bought a light tent and I've been messing around with the manual settings... The close up pics of the headstock and body are turning out fairly well, but I've been having a hard time getting good shots of the entire guitar. Also, the shiny-ness of the body gives reflections that sometimes diminish the quality and look of the beautiful wood tones. Can you give me any advice on how to maybe get better pics? I know that shiny objects are difficult but I really want to get it right. Everytime we have to shoot a guitar professionally it costs an arm and a leg so it would be great if we could at least do some of the photos ourselves. Thanks again for the great articles!!! Hi,

Thanks for all the great info! I just bought a Nikon D90 and I’ve been trying to get some professional looking photos of guitars for my husband’s website (he builds guitars). We bought a light tent and I’ve been messing around with the manual settings… The close up pics of the headstock and body are turning out fairly well, but I’ve been having a hard time getting good shots of the entire guitar. Also, the shiny-ness of the body gives reflections that sometimes diminish the quality and look of the beautiful wood tones. Can you give me any advice on how to maybe get better pics? I know that shiny objects are difficult but I really want to get it right. Everytime we have to shoot a guitar professionally it costs an arm and a leg so it would be great if we could at least do some of the photos ourselves.

Thanks again for the great articles!!!

]]> By: admin http://a1phototips.com/learning-to-use-camera-modes/comment-page-1#comment-13 admin Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:57:23 +0000 http://www.a1phototips.com/?p=120#comment-13 @<a href="#comment-12" rel="nofollow">ِAouni</a>: Hi! Thanx for your kind words, looks like I have made myself reasonably clear. Re. the police vehicle: it is actually moving and the photographer "panned" the shot, that is, followed the vehicle in the viewfinder while pressing the shutter; using a moderately short shutter speed (like maybe 1/100 of a second). Therefore the background is quite blurred while the vehicle is (almost) sharp. This is a classic way of rendering a moving subject, to show it is really *moving*. @ِAouni: Hi! Thanx for your kind words, looks like I have made myself reasonably clear.
Re. the police vehicle: it is actually moving and the photographer “panned” the shot, that is, followed the vehicle in the viewfinder while pressing the shutter; using a moderately short shutter speed (like maybe 1/100 of a second). Therefore the background is quite blurred while the vehicle is (almost) sharp. This is a classic way of rendering a moving subject, to show it is really *moving*.

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