I've always wanted to be able to take great pictures inside, mainly so I have some really good "studio" type pictures of my daughter. I took a few pictures for the fun of it earlier and I learned a couple of things. One thing I learned is that for now I won't or don't have to worry about any special lighting. I don't know about a sunny day yet, but on a cloudy day, the huge window in our living room provides great lighting. Backdrops are another story, and I'll probably work on that next.
Another thing I learned was I have to be veeery careful to focus just right. Zooming in on her eyes in this picture, I get this:
Yuck!! I can tell it's not quite focused anyway, before it's cropped or anything. Unfortunately, I can't tell from the little screen on the camera unless I zoom in. I need to be really careful about that, because it's hard to focus on wiggly, squirmy toddlers. I guess it's just something that I'll have to practice. Now compare it to this one that I took awhile before:
Yeah, that's much better. It does help that she was sitting more still in this one, but I can't let that affect the quality of my photos too much. I need to remember to re-focus more often, and not just set it and go crazy. I would like to make it take the picture a bit faster, but I don't want to mess with the ISO too much if I can help it, and keep it on the lower end, so I think this is going to come down to practice.
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