Bought my first camera and a spontaneous and small Borders Meet

[Charged SVTF]

Well it was nice, then it got cold as hell out of nowhere. Damn Cold Fronts FTL.

Just took a few pictures, picked up a Canon Powershot S3 IS. Need to learn the ins and outs of photography, but love this damn camera. Tigawoods (mike) or Lagos (art), wanna give some lessons and pointers on color filtering and photoshop?!?

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008023.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008024.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008025.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008026.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008027.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008028.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008029.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008032.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008033.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008035.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008036.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008037.jpg

Think its an STI?!?
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008038.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008039.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008040.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008042.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008043.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008044.jpg

[DPancoast]

! HEY GET AWAY FROM MY CAR! hehe...

[97TurboDSM]

they look pretty good. They seem to be a bit dark though. you could try bumping up the iso(if you can) and/or using a slower shutter speed(if you can) shooting in manual mode will help you out in those low light situations.

[SpEcRv9]

damn i misssed all the fun by like 2 minutes....chaos i was the one that you said bye too even though "you didnt introduce yourself" lol...i also think i saw you on morris road like 20 minutes after you left, goin the opposite direction than me twoard 202 and montco.

[Tigawoods]

sigh...u guys should hold off ALL meets until i get back home

[DPancoast]

haha thats obsurd :lol:

[laxmiddi42]

its a start!

[PoorMan'sR]

look good to me, then again im photo illiterate

[jc8889]

Whos the husky fello with the STI? hes kinda cute.

[ILLJIM69]

they look pretty good. They seem to be a bit dark though. you could try bumping up the iso(if you can) and/or using a slower shutter speed(if you can) shooting in manual mode will help you out in those low light situations.

odd because i thought the ISO was too high or something. the first couple pics look a bit noisy.

hey..........is that Chaos?

jim

[CHAOS]

damn i misssed all the fun by like 2 minutes....chaos i was the one that you said bye too even though "you didnt introduce yourself" lol...i also think i saw you on morris road like 20 minutes after you left, goin the opposite direction than me twoard 202 and montco.

yea we left and went in search of an ATM and ran into some dude with an 04 sti and we bullshat with him for a while... then headed back home

[CHAOS]

odd because i thought the ISO was too high or something. the first couple pics look a bit noisy.

hey..........is that Chaos?

jim

lol yea thats me jim...

[CHAOS]

Whos the husky fello with the STI? hes kinda cute.

i heard hes looking for a shopping bag glory hole.

[jc8889]

i heard hes looking for a shopping bag glory hole.

Its an asian glory hole.

[ILLJIM69]

lol yea thats me jim...

thought i recognized that beard. :lol:

jim

[CHAOS]

lol the amishfailbeard.

[lagos]

Nice shots Tim. Your going to love that camera. Ive taken some really nice shots with mine in the past. Its a really good starter camera to get you into photography, while still having the ease of use of a point and shoot.

As far as photoshop goes, just play around with some color temp, saturation, brightness and contrast. A few small tweaks in the right places can go a long way.

[OutOfStock]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/audiostank/Borders/3-30-2008033.jpg




Pepae!

[JSpecV03]

pretty nice tim...takes real good pics

[Tigawoods]

shadows and highlights tim shadows and highlights

replace color if you want to get creative.
next time im home i will bring the mac by and show u some tips

[Charged SVTF]

Pepae!

Best dog ever!

shadows and highlights tim shadows and highlights

replace color if you want to get creative.
next time im home i will bring the mac by and show u some tips

YES PLEASE,

i realized my ISO setting was high instead of auto on some. With the stand i just realized i need to have it lower for clear settings. Mike, give me some basics and then i can experiment from there.

[lostsoulx316]

hey i was there but you all left right as i got there lol

[yellow2000S/R]

I have a Canon PowerShot S2 IS (previous model). I usually have mine set in the Av mode. I've started messing with carrying a white 3"x5" card with me so I can set the white balance manually instead of having it on the Auto mode. Sometimes on the auto mode, stuff will be pale, or have a slight blue hue to it. Shooting in the basement which has fluorescent lights makes pics have a green hue. If I use the manual white balance, it gets rid of it.

ISO is usually set to 200... sometimes when I'm taking pics I put it to 400... never used a pod and set it lower yet. On 400 it gets grainy if lighting conditions aren't good.

I have effects always off... you can mess with that if you want. It also has a low sharpening effect... but I'd rather do that in Photoshop if needed. I mess with flash settings if needed.

I have it set on M1 (2048x1536).


Overall, its a nice camera and has taken a LOT of abuse. I've had it up at the local resort and never use the bag. Its had some snow on it, its been dropped a few times, has scratches. The Panorama feature is very nice also.




Below are some links to pics I've taken messing with the settings in the camera. I'm still an amateur but IDK, I might pick up a better camera and mess with it sometime.

http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/CustomerCars/Brad2004VWJetta/Josh/IMG_0033.JPG
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/CustomerCars/Brad2004VWJetta/Josh/IMG_0062.JPG


10 week old puppies we just got on Friday.
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/Dogs/10.jpg
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/Dogs/13.jpg


Panorama effect:
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/Garage/pano3.jpg
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/ShowCoverage/Sonic/Pano1.jpg

Ice storm 12/16/07:
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/Photography/16Dec2007/3.JPG
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/Photography/16Dec2007/6.JPG
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/Photography/16Dec2007/10.JPG

Sonic Meet 3/15/08
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/ShowCoverage/Sonic/G2.jpg
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/ShowCoverage/Sonic/G3.jpg
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/ShowCoverage/Sonic/G5.jpg

[Tigawoods]

Mike, give me some basics and then i can experiment from there.

i come home may 2nd. can u wait that long? haha if not i can make a list of different settings u can use

[97TurboDSM]

tim, i dunno wtf i was talking about earlier. my brain must've been on hibernate. its late now but if you want some tips, lemme know. i also posted in your other thread if you want tips there too.

[lagos]

I've started messing with carrying a white 3"x5" card with me so I can set the white balance manually instead of having it on the Auto mode.

Thats a great tip! Im going to have to try it out with my s3.


This is a good example of how its not all in the camera, but in the person using it... .
picture taken with your older s2.
http://www.endlessmotorsports.net/Gallery/ShowCoverage/Sonic/G2.jpg

picture taken with my newer s3.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lagos3sgte/Sonic%20Meet/IMG_2168Medium.jpg

needless to say yours is 10 times better.

[Charged SVTF]

I have a Canon PowerShot S2 IS (previous model). I usually have mine set in the Av mode. I've started messing with carrying a white 3"x5" card with me so I can set the white balance manually instead of having it on the Auto mode. Sometimes on the auto mode, stuff will be pale, or have a slight blue hue to it. Shooting in the basement which has fluorescent lights makes pics have a green hue. If I use the manual white balance, it gets rid of it.

ISO is usually set to 200... sometimes when I'm taking pics I put it to 400... never used a pod and set it lower yet. On 400 it gets grainy if lighting conditions aren't good.

I have effects always off... you can mess with that if you want. It also has a low sharpening effect... but I'd rather do that in Photoshop if needed. I mess with flash settings if needed.

I have it set on M1 (2048x1536).

Great tips and awesome pictures. Mind if i use that garage lol?!?!? I have it set to its largest file size as of right now and auto ISO since i dont have time to pop out a stand, and am worried about taking a blurry picture. Cannot wait to take some better shots from the plane ride home!

Tiga Mike......the more info the better.

[Kuz]

Is that in montgomeryville? Let me know next time you head up.

[bmatyeah]

Is that in montgomeryville? Let me know next time you head up.

if your talking about his first pics yeah its montgomeryville. theres a thread on here. its usually every thursday night, they just wound up there on sunday night.

[Charged SVTF]

Is that in montgomeryville? Let me know next time you head up.

Every thursday night. People start showing up at 7:30-8pm. There is a good thread dedicated to it on here.