Digital Camera - Ken Gilbert
Digital Camera - Ken Gilbert
Digital Camera - Ken Gilbert
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72 thephotoFixer<br />
We ansWer a reader sOs<br />
PHOTO<br />
FixED!<br />
No more winging it! Compare Jason's original shot (right) with his final photo of the day and you can see<br />
thattime spentwith The Photo Fixerhas given him the skills to take dynamic shots thatreally stand out.<br />
The image above was taken at 400mm – 1/1000 sec at f/5.6<br />
THE VERDiCT<br />
It’s all a matter of speed<br />
ThePhoto<br />
Fixersays<br />
“Jason has<br />
discoveredthat<br />
using afastshutter<br />
speed is vital<br />
for freezing a bird in flight,<br />
and that using a wide (fast)<br />
aperturealso plays ahuge<br />
part in capturing apin-sharp<br />
image that really stands out<br />
against its background.<br />
It’sreallyimportant that<br />
Jason experimentswith<br />
different aperturesettings<br />
rather than religiously<br />
sticking to one setting<br />
(apparently he picked up this<br />
With thanks to The Hawk Conservancy Trust. Visit www.hawkconservancy.org to find out more.<br />
<strong>Digital</strong> <strong>Camera</strong> July 2010<br />
habit from aphotography<br />
magazine,but needless<br />
to say it wasn’t <strong>Digital</strong><br />
<strong>Camera</strong>!). Another crucial<br />
consideration is exposure<br />
and metering. If Jason just<br />
relies on the camera to work<br />
it out (Evaluative metering),<br />
he runs the risk of getting<br />
under-exposed shots.<br />
This canbefixedin<br />
Photoshop,but it’sbetter<br />
to get it right in-camera by<br />
adding +3 stops of exposure<br />
compensation. Switching<br />
to tracking autofocus mode<br />
will also reallyhelp when<br />
shooting fast-moving birds.”<br />
Jasonsays<br />
“I rarely strayed<br />
from Manual<br />
mode, but<br />
The PhotoFixer<br />
introduced me to Aperture<br />
Priority, which gave me the<br />
freedom to concentrateon<br />
atight composition without<br />
the worryofmatching and<br />
juggling the shutterspeed<br />
with the aperture. I thought<br />
this would limit depth of<br />
field, but it turned out this<br />
is actuallyabenefit with<br />
birds. The dayhas gotme<br />
evercloser to my dreamof<br />
turning professional.”<br />
do you<br />
need help?<br />
Howyou can contactThe<br />
PhotoFixer forassistance<br />
Couldyour photography<br />
benefit from the help of an<br />
experienced expert? Is there<br />
an area of photographyyou'd<br />
like to know more about?<br />
If youthinkyour technique<br />
could benefitfromaday<br />
out with the <strong>Digital</strong> <strong>Camera</strong><br />
experts, send us an email at<br />
digitalcamera@futurenet.<br />
com. Make sure you put<br />
‘Photo Fixer’ in the subject<br />
line and explain what your<br />
favourite photography<br />
subjectsare,whichareaof<br />
your photographyyou’d like to<br />
improve and what camera kit<br />
and accessoriesyou own.
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