by shanemcd | Jul 16, 2014 | Night Photography
My Canon 70-300 lens got a battering over the past few years (I had it over 6 years) so I invested in a brand new 70-300. The latest version of this zoom lens has IS and 2 auto-focus modes. The zoom is incredible and I have taken some great shots of aircraft at 36,000ft, on […]
Tags: 70-300, 70-300 Canon Lens, Autofocus, Canon, Canon 70-300, Good, IS, Is the Canon 70-300 good, Lens, Moon, Photo, Photo of Moon, Quality, Supermoon
by shanemcd | Jan 16, 2013 | Photography & Camera Settings |
This is my 6th year using a DSLR and my 12th year of using a digital camera and over this time I have learned a few photography lessons … some, the hard way!! This post has 10 things to remember before you start taking photos, either on a photo shoot or before you set out. […]
Tags: 10 Photography, Advice, Auto-Focus, Before, Camera Bag, Camera Settings, Card Readers, Changing Camera Lens, Clean Camera Lens, Clean Lens, Drink, During, f/8, Food, Hot, Image Stabilization, IS, ISO100, Keep Warm, Lens, Lens Clean, Lens Ready, Memory Card Full, Memory Cards, No Card, Photo, Photo Shoot, Photography Items, Photography Tips, Photoshoot, Remember, Reset Camera Settings, Things to Remember, USB Cables, Winter Photo Shoot, Zipped
by shanemcd | Jun 20, 2012 | Project52
Tags: Blurry Photos, Evening Photo, Filters, Focus, IS, IS Causing Blurry Photos, Manual Focus, N25 Bypass at Sunset, N25 Bypass Photo, N25 Sunset, ND Filters, ND Grad, ND Grad Filter, ND4, ND4 Filters, NDGrad, Sunset, Sunset in Waterford, Sunset Photo, Sunsets, Tripod, Waterford, Waterford Photo
by shanemcd | Mar 6, 2011 | Photography & Camera Settings
Sometimes when taking a photograph you don’t want your background to be focus as you might want the foreground. Normally you will want your subject to be in focus and the background to be either slightly out of focus or very out of focus. In order to do this you need to take control of […]
Tags: Aperture, Aperture F11, Aperture F2.8, Aperture F22, Aperture F4, Aperture Priority, Aperture Priority Mode, Blurred Background, Blurry Background, Bokeh, Depth of Field, DOF, f Stops, f/value, Focus, IS, Which f-stop makes Background most blurry
by shanemcd | Feb 13, 2011 | Photography & Camera Settings
Did you know that by having your Image Stabilization (IS) or Vibration Reduction(VR) can cause Blurry images? Some people told me this is a myth, I even found some websites saying this wasn’t the case. So I tried it out myself. I setup a shot with a 30 second exposure, on a tripod, F/18 shot […]
Tags: Blur, Blurry Images, Canon, Image Stabilisation, Image Stabilization, IS, Nikon, No Tripod, Tripod, Using a Tripod, Vibration Reduction, VR
