Photography Help

[tyroneman]

Have bought myself a nice SLR camera with Zoom lens and want to start taking a few good photos.

Can anyone help with giving me some pointers on what aperture, speed ect to set the camera at for

Sports (esp action shots)
Low Light
Portrait etc etc

Help appreciated

[scalder]

Get a good monopod - I have a "Silk" one and its solid - they are a must for sports though. I usually shoot manual when do landscapes etc but for sports I think the sport setting on the camera is as the best as the it with the movement you'll need to change setting quickly. Generally for outdoor work I set the ISO to 200 but if overcast go for ISO400.

[Bud Wiser]

My best friend died suddenly last Christmas 12 months (22nd) and he was a gas man.  He was always arguing with another friend of mine in the pub. My other friend had a girlfriend who wore a lot of makeup and he was slaging the other lad about her. The conversation went like this :

Where is the old girl frined tonight?

She will be here later and she is not old.

For F&**s sake, she was old when Big Tom was starting out.

I'll have you know that (name) was a model and only gave it up when she met me.

Her a model? Would you ever stop kidding yourself.

I'm telling you, I have the photographs to prove it.

Well if you have, they are in black and white because colour cameras weren't out when she was a model !!!

THUMP !   

[Pangurban]

For Sport you need to use a fast shutter speed, and tracking focus, all SLRS have a tracking focus, different manufactures give it different names eg. canon describe it as A1 focus mode. Check your manual  for your model.
Low light will require a tripod or good Monopod, and a fairly long exposure, anything from thirthieth sec up.
Important thing with portraits is to focus on the Eyes, and use a wide aperture to throw background out of focus.
Hope you enjoy your new Camera, happy snapping

[Tyrones own]

Actually the best thing you could do is to go and take a photography class or two,
I bought a nice camera a couple of years ago and it wasn't till i took the class that
i really got to enjoy the benefits of it.