Comments on: 8 Tips For Capturing Family Gathering Candids http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marcia http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-218017 Marcia Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:07:53 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-218017 I love these tips and I would like to add something I just recently discovered. I have started allowing the children the use of the camera of course mine is not a real expensive one, plus I have a really cheap one that I have ready as well, but I have been amazed at what the children are able to capture, of course there are some shots that arent that great but I always seem to get some really great ones, plus it gives them a sense of being a bigger part of the family. Just a thought I love these tips and I would like to add something I just recently discovered. I have started allowing the children the use of the camera of course mine is not a real expensive one, plus I have a really cheap one that I have ready as well, but I have been amazed at what the children are able to capture, of course there are some shots that arent that great but I always seem to get some really great ones, plus it gives them a sense of being a bigger part of the family. Just a thought

]]> By: Lensman kc http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-196083 Lensman kc Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:27:35 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-196083 Really nice article! It would be great help for me :) Really nice article!
It would be great help for me :)

]]> By: Aayushi Sachdeva http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-149921 Aayushi Sachdeva Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:18:07 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-149921 I love clicking pictures of my family. The only problem is that I am not in any picture :) I love clicking pictures of my family. The only problem is that I am not in any picture :)

]]> By: jef nolan http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-149220 jef nolan Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:23:08 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-149220 and of course the best response is when your relatives and friends say, "when and how did you take that picture?" Candid is always fun. and of course the best response is when your relatives and friends say, “when and how did you take that picture?” Candid is always fun.

]]> By: "Ashes" http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-149195 "Ashes" Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:45:54 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-149195 Thank you guys SOO much for all these posts! I'm a first time photographer, well I've been taking photos ever since i learned how to point and shoot a disposable kodak but this is my first year in 4-H photography and I'm really trying to get the best out of my small fujifilm. I'm starting to think that I need a bigger camera, my parents want me to get interchangable lenses but I think it's too much... By the looks of this i do need different lenses! Anyway thanks for the help and everybody who comments really helps too :) "Ashes" Thank you guys SOO much for all these posts! I’m a first time photographer, well I’ve been taking photos ever since i learned how to point and shoot a disposable kodak but this is my first year in 4-H photography and I’m really trying to get the best out of my small fujifilm. I’m starting to think that I need a bigger camera, my parents want me to get interchangable lenses but I think it’s too much… By the looks of this i do need different lenses! Anyway thanks for the help and everybody who comments really helps too :)
“Ashes”

]]> By: Chris Branch http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-149149 Chris Branch Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:12:49 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-149149 Great tips. Off to ring bells to see the old year out and the new year in in 90 minutes from now. Ringers are not always the best subjects but I like to not use the flash, so as not to disturb the concentration on their faces and a fast action setting option .I also like to capture the spirit of family-fun and other gatherings by using Auto-Collarge 2008 requiring the best of at least 7 images - light colours and faces automatically take centre stage and look great. Happy New Year from the UK to all. Chris Great tips. Off to ring bells to see the old year out and the new year in in 90 minutes from now. Ringers are not always the best subjects but I like to not use the flash, so as not to disturb the concentration on their faces and a fast action setting option .I also like to capture the spirit of family-fun and other gatherings by using Auto-Collarge 2008 requiring the best of at least 7 images – light colours and faces automatically take centre stage and look great. Happy New Year from the UK to all.

Chris

]]> By: Jodjac http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-149128 Jodjac Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:36:07 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-149128 Darla- clean your lens! When shooting into the light, as in when there is a bright window behind your subject, light will reflect off if the dust on your lens creating those white spots. But be careful whenever you actually touch the lens, the surface is coated and can easily be scratched (or marked). Hope this helps. Happy Jolidays.......New Year!!!¡¡¡¡!!!!¡!¡!¡!¡ Darla- clean your lens! When shooting into the light, as in when there is a bright window behind your subject, light will reflect off if the dust on your lens creating those white spots. But be careful whenever you actually touch the lens, the surface is coated and can easily be scratched (or marked). Hope this helps. Happy Jolidays…….New Year!!!¡¡¡¡!!!!¡!¡!¡!¡

]]> By: Gayle Hardin http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-149107 Gayle Hardin Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:04:22 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-149107 Offer the camera if it is small and durable to a child in the room................let the fun begin. Every one is helping that set of young hands learn something and he/she might get an even better candid shot. I did it with a two year old and lumix we all had fun watching him. Offer the camera if it is small and durable to a child in the room…………….let the fun begin. Every one is helping that set of young hands learn something and he/she might get an even better candid shot. I did it with a two year old and lumix we all had fun watching him.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-149105 Andrew Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:17:53 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-149105 :: Happy New Year, thanks for the tips. One thing I don’t completely agree with. Shooting in Raw, Now that you can open jpgs in raw, makes it not so important, because you can now do all the adjustments to jpgs as you can with raw. I have been doing some experiments with this, by taking the same image in raw + jpg and doing the same adjustments on both, there is no significant difference. Ernie :: I appreciate your comment, but when you try to get people to believe what you say is not right. Just because you tried and it didn't work, it doesn't mean it doesn't work. The person who wrote the article, is in fact, a professional photographer and when pros share with you, you must admit to yourself that it's not some lame amateur telling you to shoot in RAW. Professionals know what they're saying, you can trust me on that one. If you do family candids once a year, yes, maybe you're right; but when you work everyday with photos, you gotta be honest with yourself - RAW is the way to go. It's just like video - you get raw footage, then you come home, edit it, and burn the edited version of your footage on Video CD / DVD. Anyone interested, please read an excerpt from an email I've received from a pro photographer recently: " RAW Quality " You might ask, why not shoot in JPEG from the start, if you have to convert RAW files to JPEG later? Well, if you had to brighten the image considerably, RAW files allow you to maintain the quality of the image much better than JPEG. It also allows more natural-looking images, which would be harder to produce if you had to considerably brighten JPEG images using Levels and Curves. The reason for this flexibility is because RAW files contain a lot more image data than JPEG. RAW files contain 12-bits of data, while JPEG files only have 8-bits. RAW files are also stored in a lossless format, while JPEG files are stored in a lossy format. A lossless format is one which does not have image data thrown away, usually resulting in a larger file. This means that the image quality is preserved, no matter how many times the file is opened and saved. Typical lossless formats are RAW and TIFF. A lossy format is one which has some image data removed with the intention of achieving a smaller file size. Each time you open a JPEG file and save it again in JPEG format, you lose a bit of image quality. Opening and saving a JPEG several times will result in a visible loss of quality. Typical lossy formats are JPEG and GIF. GO TO FULL ARTICLE: http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/raw-files-in-photography/ At the end of my comment here, I'd like to advise you on this: take the photo that you edited as JPEG along with the RAW file format and take them to the photo printing store such as Ritz Camera or Pro Photo Supply. Have the store enlarge both photos to 24" X 36" and you'll see the difference. Here are a few photos I've shot in RAW format (each un-edited, but saved as JPEG) : And I'm sorry the website is in a different language, photos are the ones that count, right? Interstate 5 Bridge - Connecting Oregon State with Washington State [eimg url='http://kubanphoto.ru/photo/115077/' title='115077'] Peaceful Lake http://kubanphoto.ru/photo/114734/ This photo I took in JPEG format. Made an enlargement to 20" X 30", I wish I shot in RAW!!! Lower River Falls, Washington State http://kubanphoto.ru/photo/114653/ :: Happy New Year, thanks for the tips. One thing I don’t completely agree with. Shooting in Raw, Now that you can open jpgs in raw, makes it not so important, because you can now do all the adjustments to jpgs as you can with raw. I have been doing some experiments with this, by taking the same image in raw + jpg and doing the same adjustments on both, there is no significant difference. Ernie ::

I appreciate your comment, but when you try to get people to believe what you say is not right. Just because you tried and it didn’t work, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. The person who wrote the article, is in fact, a professional photographer and when pros share with you, you must admit to yourself that it’s not some lame amateur telling you to shoot in RAW.
Professionals know what they’re saying, you can trust me on that one. If you do family candids once a year, yes, maybe you’re right; but when you work everyday with photos, you gotta be honest with yourself – RAW is the way to go. It’s just like video – you get raw footage, then you come home, edit it, and burn the edited version of your footage on Video CD / DVD.

Anyone interested, please read an excerpt from an email I’ve received from a pro photographer recently:

” RAW Quality ”

You might ask, why not shoot in JPEG from the start, if you have to convert RAW files to JPEG later? Well, if you had to brighten the image considerably, RAW files allow you to maintain the quality of the image much better than JPEG. It also allows more natural-looking images, which would be harder to produce if you had to considerably brighten JPEG images using Levels and Curves. The reason for this flexibility is because RAW files contain a lot more image data than JPEG. RAW files contain 12-bits of data, while JPEG files only have 8-bits. RAW files are also stored in a lossless format, while JPEG files are stored in a lossy format. A lossless format is one which does not have image data thrown away, usually resulting in a larger file. This means that the image quality is preserved, no matter how many times the file is opened and saved. Typical lossless formats are RAW and TIFF. A lossy format is one which has some image data removed with the intention of achieving a smaller file size. Each time you open a JPEG file and save it again in JPEG format, you lose a bit of image quality. Opening and saving a JPEG several times will result in a visible loss of quality. Typical lossy formats are JPEG and GIF.

GO TO FULL ARTICLE: http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/raw-files-in-photography/

At the end of my comment here, I’d like to advise you on this: take the photo that you edited as JPEG along with the RAW file format and take them to the photo printing store such as Ritz Camera or Pro Photo Supply. Have the store enlarge both photos to 24″ X 36″ and you’ll see the difference.

Here are a few photos I’ve shot in RAW format (each un-edited, but saved as JPEG) :

And I’m sorry the website is in a different language, photos are the ones that count, right?

Interstate 5 Bridge – Connecting Oregon State with Washington State

Peaceful Lake
http://kubanphoto.ru/photo/114734/

This photo I took in JPEG format. Made an enlargement to 20″ X 30″, I wish I shot in RAW!!!

Lower River Falls, Washington State
http://kubanphoto.ru/photo/114653/

]]> By: Rob Hickey http://www.digital-photography-school.com/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/comment-page-1#comment-149094 Rob Hickey Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:04:48 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/8-tips-for-capturing-family-gathering-candids/#comment-149094 Looks like a lot of us enjoy the candid shots. It's amazing the facial expressions that you can capture sometimes, so snap away as these are really hard to re-create or duplicate when not done naturally! Looks like a lot of us enjoy the candid shots. It’s amazing the facial expressions that you can capture sometimes, so snap away as these are really hard to re-create or duplicate when not done naturally!

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