Thread: SarahJones' kickass picture guide [Dial Up Danger]

well I decided to make a few pictures to explain a few things, and they'll also give you some basic photographic knowledge.

So you just got that new yoyo and you just want to take a pic and show it off because it's uber coolness is something the whole world should see.

Find a clean background

where's the yoyo?

Focus the yoyo

OMG what that?!?! FUR STUFF!

Exposure

Under Exposed

Two ways to fix this problem, slower film/iso speed. Or if you have control over it, smaller F-stop, this will decrease your DOF(Depth of field, how much is in focus).


Over Exposed

Faster film/iso speed, or higher F-stop needed.


Flash

There are right and wrong ways to use flash. The one below is a wrong way to use flash. It should not be your only light sorce, use it to increase light(fill flash). Shadows look bad and are distracting

wow your cap is scratched


Lighting

Backlighting and other lighting can make your pic just a little more interesting to look at.




Then finally the fun part... that perfect yoyo picture

wow, that's amazing!
My base board is the background a piece of computer paper has covered my brown carpet.

Nice "Picture guide!" =)

I like it... It is very helpful!!! Thanks!

awesome guide...now i just need to gank someones camera lol

haha

nice guide Sarah...

did you use a light source and the flash for the "perfect picture"?

definitely good info though...you should add this stuff to AC's guide

I've always wondered what the F-stop setting did. I'll try that out next week on some of my collection...

I dont even know if my camera has an F-stop...

Originally Posted by Luke Vader

did you use a light source and the flash for the "perfect picture"?

No flash for the perfect picture I had enough light coming from the window above and reflecting off my lockers to light the pic

Crazy delicious!! Stickied.

Way to go ms!

Nice stuff.


Ricks

Nice work, Sarah.

One point I would add is that for online viewing, resolution should not be higher than the 72-75 dpi range. Higher than 75 dpi does not improve the appearance when viewed on a computer monitor. (According to HP photo guides)

i REALLY NEEDED THAT HELP. THNX

Originally Posted by jhb8426

One point I would add is that for online viewing, resolution should not be higher than the 72-75 dpi range. Higher than 75 dpi does not improve the appearance when viewed on a computer monitor. (According to HP photo guides)

I could be wrong about this, but I believe that for online viewing the computer will just display it at its own resolution, in a pixel-to-pixel size. That is, if the picture is 150x150 at 300dpi, it'll display as 150x150 at 72dpi (which is about two inches), but will print out as a 1/2" square at 300dpi on the printer. It's all rather complicated and I don't know all that much about it, but I think the resolution isn't important for onscreen stuff.

I would also like to add that every time someone posts a picture of a white yo on a white background, it causes the slow and painful death of at least seven innocent north African civilians.

how do i make sure that the file size is within the boards limits? any tips one the size of photo, resolution and type of file? mine always seem to be too big. when i resize and lessen the quality the picture looks blurry and bad quality.

sarah...you have amazed me again

Originally Posted by krazykongo

how do i make sure that the file size is within the boards limits? any tips one the size of photo, resolution and type of file? mine always seem to be too big. when i resize and lessen the quality the picture looks blurry and bad quality.

In PS: use Save for Web....
Resize to no more than 600 pixels wide using "Bicubic Sharper"
then pick the JPEG Low or Medium preset.

Then it will be good quality, nicely sized, and not too large.

if you set all your camera settings to normal/medium it gives you enough room to crop with out having bad quality or anything afterwords.

I think this needs a little updating... been thinking about it for awhile, I'll have it done sometime next year :P
More pics, some actual writing and instruction, fun stuff!

cool!!!

Originally Posted by SarahJones

I think this needs a little updating... been thinking about it for awhile, I'll have it done sometime next year :P
More pics, some actual writing and instruction, fun stuff!

Sounds excellent. PM me when you do it and I'll sticky it and remove this one (probably kill off my lame one at the same time).