So Many Features So Little Time

If your like me when I got my newest addition to my camera collection, you were scratching your head wondering what all of these buttons do. Months later I'm still perfecting and learning what all of those buttons do. For months I shot photos on the auto button which does exactly what the name states. Basically I was on "Camera Auto-Pilot", the images I created were great but never got fantastic results I was looking for. One day I became brave and ventured to an unknown feature on my camera, and have never looked back! My Camera, a Nikon D3000, in total has 13 feauture selections on the dial. Which are:

1. Guide-helps you get used to using the camera
2. Auto- Great for fast snap shots
3. No Flash- obviously No flash
4. Portrait- Perfect for taking shots of people
5. Landscape- Nature Shots or Architechture
6. Soft Ambiance- Ideal for snow shots, on the beach, or newborn portraits (lower ISO Settings)
7. Action- Ideal for taking pictures of fast moving objects
8. Close-Up
9. Night Portrait- uses flash but has a slower shutterspeed ideal use is with a tripod
10. Manual- Tripod Mandatory (used with Manual Lenses)
11. Appeture- Priority- This Tells the camera the Color and Exposure of your images are more important than everything else.
12. Shutter- Priority- Allows you to adjust shutter speeds to create blurs or make moving objects stand still
13. Programmed- Auto- Perfect for snapshots

We will have future blog posts that shows you how to use the various settings and what they can create, until then experiment with your camera and drop us a line if you have a specific camera you want to know what a odd button does.

Why Use Larger Millimeter Lenses for Portrait Photography?

Many people ask us why do you use a 55-200 mm Nikkor Lens rather than using the smaller 18-55 mm Nikkor Lens for Portraits? The answer is the larger lens allows for better quality photographs. This means for one the composition in your photograph is better because less of the background is showing in the photo. It's simple technology, smaller lenes are typically wide-angle lenses that have a wide angle of veiw, capturing a larger amount of unwanted material in your photograph. Larger lenses have a small or short range of veiw which only captures what is desired. Smaller lenses often distort an image by making people's noses or other body feature look larger than they are, and unless you are trying to make something stand out on your client, then this is not what you want. Smaller lenses also make you have to get closer to your client which can get very uncomfortable not only for them, but for you. Remember your clients enjoy their personal space as much as you do. The larger Lenses allow for you to stand back from a distance and shoot full body shots, quarter shots, 3/4 shots, and headshots, all while standing in the same place. This is not only more effective, but can give you excellent candid shots in between times that the client or model thinks you are not taking shots. Even though I prefer larger lenses to take most of my client's photographs I have used smaller lenes for some of them. When It comes to choosing which one is best, go with what's comfortable for you and your client of course. Great photographs can be created by using both lenses, it just takes a little practice to perfect the technique for using the various lenses. Now grab your camera, and give it a shot, leave a comment about your results.

Eyecatcher Photography's Humble Beginings

Eyecatcher Photography was an overnight dream that after several months of hard work became a reality in 2009. Locally owned and operated in Walterboro, South Carolina we bring you the very best image possible for your events. From our stratigic planning of the perfect shot to the ordering process Eyecatcher is here to serve you thoughout the entire process.  Our fresh eye for new and exciting shots are what sets us apart from the older generation of photographers. Through intergration of technology we are able to shoot, edit and show your images before everyone has left your event adding a memorable touch to a special evening. Our prices are highly competitive because we believe photography should be a service everyone can afford, however,we never sacrifice quality for price.
We offer a variety of  photography services for events, birthday parties, family portraits, Seniors, Weddings, etc. All images taken are photo finished and lab corrected for the absoulute best quality photo. Don't be stuck buying those one size fits all photo packages.  We give you the option to build your own photo packages.A full price list of these services and products can be found at www.eyecatcher-photography.webs.com