[katetomson]

Hello all

I'm very new to SLR photography and I'm going to see the pyramids in 3 weeks and stressing out that I won't take some GREAT photos.

Can anyone give me loads of tips on how to come home with some magical photos.

Thanks

[mXr8icOB]

Some very basic tips:

- Get the sun off to one side or at 3/4. Not straight infront of you.
- F-stop of around F8 to ensure good depth of field.
- Lowest ISO you can get away with (ideally ISO100), for noise free images.
- Once you have locked focus try to avoid recomposing your shot before taking the picture.
- Review the shot on the camera with the histogram enabled to ensure that you've not clipped either the shadows or highlights.
- Depending on the weather, consider using a polarising filter.
- Think about your composition, don't just snap.
- If you are shooting at night then its a whole different ball-game of course; you'll need a tripod for longer exposure shots.

[Fuerfsanv]

Some very basic tips:

- Get the sun off to one side or at 3/4. Not straight infront of you.
- F-stop of around F8 to ensure good depth of field.
- Lowest ISO you can get away with (ideally ISO100), for noise free images.
- Once you have locked focus try to avoid recomposing your shot before taking the picture.
- Review the shot on the camera with the histogram enabled to ensure that you've not clipped either the shadows or highlights.
- Depending on the weather, consider using a polarising filter.
- Think about your composition, don't just snap.
- If you are shooting at night then its a whole different ball-game of course; you'll need a tripod for longer exposure shots.

Cheers

[grattperret]

Cheers

Hahaha! No pressure.

I think you just need to relax. Get out and about before your trip and take some architecture shots to practice composition on fixed objects. You'll get a feel for what you want your pictures to look like that way.

[casinobonyanes]

i would say stick to iso200-400 to avoid shadow clipping with iso100

most cameras have more or less best dynamic range around 200-400

[Valdoyes]

when me and the wife went to belize a few years ago we went to some mayan ruins. getting good pics of the pyramids there wasnt the easiest thing. a lot of them have carvings in them that you cant make out in a lot of the first pictures we took. it took some tripod action with a long exposure and the right angle or the sun would screw it up. I dont know a lot about using slr, but luckily my wife is awesome at it. unfortunately she kept getting preoccupied taking pics of flowers and howler monkeys and we got left by our tour bus. luckily they did a head count and came back for us. usually i am the one that slows us down wanting to spend forever looking at stuff, but put a camera in her hands and she goes crazy.

enjoy your trip. that is one of my dream vacations. be sure to post some good shots when you get back.

[TheBest-Host]

i would say stick to iso200-400 to avoid shadow clipping with iso100

most cameras have more or less best dynamic range around 200-400

True that, although in most cases this is mainly a theoretical difference, as opposed to something that you will clearly see in a photograph.

Assuming the noise is not too bad, I'd follow this advice and go with ISO200 to be safe.

[KneefeZes]

1. Take the lens cap off.
2. Move your finger out of the way.