NeWBiE HeRe: HoW CaN I TaKe GooD Pix from my SoNY CYBeRSHoT (DSC-W180)?

[beyee]

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Hi to all photo enthusiasts and experts

I love taking pictures and had my first cam last Christmas. It's a Sony Cybershot DSC-W180. Can you please help me with some tips on how I can take good pictures with my cam? I still dunno how to adjust some settings on my cam for fear that I might break it (from experience, I'm such a klutz and end up breaking stuffs).

Are there any classes for this or do i really need to have a DSLR cam to come up wid great pix like the ones in pic threads? or sa photoshop lang ko mag rely?

Hope you can help me with this one..

[sizzlingROBOT]

Everything you need to know is in the manual, miss. Things break because we don't read manuals.

[beyee]

I read the manual, thank you But there are some points in the book that gets too technical for me. I am asking for any tricks in the trade.

[josefarrugia]

I read the manual, thank you But there are some points in the book that gets too technical for me. I am asking for any tricks in the trade.

Hey there and welcome to the world of photography! I wrote an article about the basics of photography here - Basics 101 – Aperture, Shutter and ISO | Shutter Guru

[sizzlingROBOT]

What is it that you want to achieve using your camera. A sample image will help. And, from there, we can dissect the technical process involved in capturing it.

[beyee]

Hey there and welcome to the world of photography! I wrote an article about the basics of photography here - Basics 101 – Aperture, Shutter and ISO | Shutter Guru

Thanks joe, I'll check this out after this post

What is it that you want to achieve using your camera. A sample image will help. And, from there, we can dissect the technical process involved in capturing it.

I thought maybe a lil tweaks in my cam would do the trick or am simply second guessing that it only takes a photoshop to make a pic outstanding... i'm shooting blanks here being that i just started loving this art.

[josefarrugia]

I thought maybe a lil tweaks in my cam would do the trick or am simply second guessing that it only takes a photoshop to make a pic outstanding... i'm shooting blanks here being that i just started loving this art.

Yes, Photoshop is a tool which most photographers are tending to use more often nowadays. I am not a fan of Photoshop as it tends to complicate matters in "post-processing" one's image. I use Adobe Lightroom, similar to Photoshop however, targeted towards photographers. It's easy and straight to the point

[beyee]

ei joe, i've read ur link, what was understandable for me is the ISO part.. i'll delve more on my cam later. Photoshop doesn't work for me, i suck in that department lols... i'll check the lightroom since it's my first time i've heard about that. thnx so much joe

[sizzlingROBOT]

The ISO is a property of the sensor (film for analog) how fast it reacts to light. Meaning, ISO 100-400 has a slow exposure rate, and is not ideal for low light situations and a burst of light from the flash is necessary to get the correct exposure, at least. ISO over 400 works well in dim places but in exchange for a grainy image.

However, the camera can do the math exposure for you, set the ISO to Auto and the camera will select which is ISO setting is ideal for a particular light situation.

ei joe, i've read ur link, what was understandable for me is the ISO part.. i'll delve more on my cam later. Photoshop doesn't work for me, i suck in that department lols... i'll check the lightroom since it's my first time i've heard about that. thnx so much joe

[beyee]

Got it Rob... i figured out the iso part in joe's blog cept for his two other things -- aperture and shutter <--- i dunno where in the settings i can find these features