Multimedia, Photos | Feb 06, 2010 |
Test photos in downtown Stockton
Like Record photographer Clifford Oto, I was inspired by the clouds that marked the skies around San Joaquin County this week. Unlike Cliff, however, I lack skill with a camera. I’m still learning.
After I left the gym Thursday and Friday morning I spent a few minutes taking test photos of the sky in downtown Stockton as seen looking east on Main Street from Hunter Square. Most of the photos I shot Thursday looked like this.
Far from ideal. You can see the sky somewhat, but its effects on the surrounding buildings are lost in darkness.
My camera was set to macro – I tried the night scene, night portrait and auto settings to no avail. I also made sure I was shooting at the highest speed on my camera – ISO 1600 – to capture as much light as possible (while also sacrificing some clarity.) Still, my photos did not improve.
Eventually on Friday I clicked to manual settings. I noticed the aperture was set to f/8, which after reading Cliff’s blog I thought might yield good results. I spun a dial to the right and set my sensitivity to the biggest positive number I could, +3 (I still need to learn exactly what this means,) took a photo and got… darkness.
I spun the dial to the left, to -3, and got…
[...] results are below. In the photo on top, you can tell I still need to get my camera settings right. I thought I had everything set for the photo in the middle, but it obviously came out too bright. [...]
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