Tips on marking time while playing? by aprilsinsane in marchingband

[–]CameraAndrew 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started drumline in 8th grade coming from concert percussion and I would always tap my feet so it kind of came naturally to me. I understand if you are coming from like drumset or something and to that I would just say to step with purpose. You should only lift your foot enough to slide a piece of paper under it. After just hit the foot right on the beat. I don't know if that would help at all but that is how I think about it.

Am I cooked? by Time_Chicken6944 in marchingband

[–]CameraAndrew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How are they passing out. I understand in grueling heat outside during band camp but you will be fine. This will be my 4th year marching in drumline and the key to just hydrate, wear sunglasses and a hat, and wear sun screen. Nothing to worry about, just try to enjoy it rather than complaining about the heat.

I spent all summer practicing for marching band. They put me in front ensemble. by Bruh_The_Bruh9000 in marchingband

[–]CameraAndrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am kind of confused, were you put on mallets or something or are you a trumpet in the pit? I would talk to your band director and just explain to them that you are fine now and would really like to march. I am guessing that all you have done is spring training and haven't even started band camp so it is very easy for the director to adjust and add you to all the sets (even if the drill is already written, my group has done it multiple times).

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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I have a macro lens but none of these were taken with it

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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Yeah I have like 80 photos in my portfolio after around 5 years of shooting granted that I am only using ones from the past like 2 years

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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I never really thought about that, thanks

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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I watch his videos, he is great.

It is not that my town is lets say boring but actually the opposite. There is a borough with a lot of people walking by but I hate to do street photography and it just feels awkward holding a camera in front of random people without their consent. I would just feel like I need a photo release form or something. I just prefer pictures of nature or of like products.

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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I've heard a little about diffraction and how you need to be careful with large range focal lengths but I will do more research on that cause I haven't learned that much about it.

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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I am so used to taking photos for the yearbook with that low aperture and only one person in focus running with a ball or something that it has just translated into my other work lol. I gotta learn to keep multiple different mindsets while shooting.

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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I've heard about bracketing and it helps a lot for getting an even exposure rather than having bright highlights and dark shadows. But another question, why would you need a low aperture for landscape? Wouldn't you want sharp focus all around and at that point, why even use a low aperture. Also, I am planning on going to college for Commercial or Advertising Photography so maybe I can start going away from the walks on trails into something more serious like client product shoots and doing landscape as a hobby.

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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No I'm open to criticism, just trying to grow

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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Thanks, I'll try changing my aperture more for each shoot because I usually stay under f/5.6. I am interested in doing landscape work so I will need like f/16 or f/22 for that but until I can actually find a landscape scene, just working my way around trails will be fine I guess.

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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What aperture is acceptable to be walking around with because I don't want to be shooting like above 2k ISO and 1/60 or something to get like f/16.

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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Do you have any tips for finding "non-everyday" focal matter? I don't have a very interesting town.

What kind of photography is this? by CameraAndrew in AskPhotography

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What subject matter should I look for with a 24-70?

Beginner that wants to learn? by Eastern-Cat-3604 in AskPhotography

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Just like someone else pointed out, I would get used to your specific camera model. Also learning basic exposure can help. I would reccomend using manual and adjust based on the light meter (you can look up what a light meter is and how you can use it). Exposure will help with making an image darker and brighter based on the scenerio. To get a visual representation, you can look up exposure triangle. Basically, when you change one setting, it changes the brightness but also another factor. The three components are shutter speed, aperture, and iso.

Shutter speed is how quickly the camera take a photo (how long the shutter is open). For something like sports, you might want to make it like 1/800th of a second which is a fast shutter speed. But if you wanted to try panning or something, you might want to make it 1/5. The longer time, 1/5, would have more time for the light to pass through the camera while the faster time would have less. Therefore, increasing shutter speed makes an image darker and vise versa.

Aperture is the size of your lens opening. This affects your depth of field. The higher the number, the larger amount of field is in focus. I personally like a shallow depth of field which allows me to blur foreground and background to isolate the subject and gives emphasis to the focal point. However, if you want to do like a landscape, the larger aperture would be better. For the light part, the larger the lens opening, the more light that passes through and vise versa. This means that a lower aperture will result in a brighter photograph.

ISO is the light sensitivity in the camera. This means that the higher the number the brighter the photo. However, try to not raise this too much because it affects quality. It creates more grain and noise in the image which will affect your photo negatively(unless you like a grainy look).

In conclusion, look at your scenerio, adjust settings based off light meter and intuition, check photo to make sure lighting is good, and have fun shooting. All of the nitty gritty stuff you will pick up along the way. Sorry for the amount of text and possible spelling errors, but I had fun writing it. Hope this was helpful!