Your Questions About Canon Rebel T2i Tips

rob answers:

You’re really good! I love your use of shadows on the black and white ones. Keep it up and don’t get discouraged is my only bit of advice.

rob answers:

Get a pelican case that’s dust & water proof and practically indestructible.

rob answers:

Nice work, good composition. The most abundant problem I saw is with the cropping of body parts. You need to be careful where you cut off (amputate) arms, legs, hands/feet/paws and even the torso of all animals. The lighting can also create the same amputee effect as with image 0119. You may want to lighten up a little on the post processing too. Overall, I think you are on the right track and learning a variety of skills.

rob answers:

This camera has excellent reviews. When an aspiring photographer finds that her images are not the expected quality, the first impulse is to think that there’s something wrong with the camera. They may know other people who have the same model and they get excellent results. In 99.9% of the cases, there is nothing wrong with the camera. The true limiting factor is the skill set of the photographer. An accomplished photographer can get a better shot from a cell phone camera than an inexperienced one with a Hasselblad.

If you are unhappy with your photos, it is probably due to one or more of the following: focus issues, motion blur, exposure issues, composition.

For proper focus, you need to take control of what your camera is focusing on. You may have to select only one focus point. You need to have a proper aperture set so that your depth of field is appropriate to the subject, meaning that everything you want in focus is. If your subject is moving, then you need to set AI Servo. If it’s not moving, then AI Servo will mess up your pictures.

For motion blur, you need a fast enough shutter speed. Motion blur can come from your subject and also from you holding the camera. A tripod is a way of dealing with the latter. Most macro photographers use a tripod because they need a large depth of field, which means that their shutter speeds are often low.

With respect to exposure issues, modern cameras are very good at getting average exposure of average subjects. Add a little too much dark or too much light and they get confused. The typical example is a snowscape that comes out gray.

For all of the above: aperture, shutter speed and exposure, your camera on auto will give you pretty good results in average circumstances. For better shots in un-average settings, you need to take control by switching to Av, Tv, or manual mode.

As for the last factor, composition, entire libraries of books have been written on this subject. Get one of them. Learn the so-called rules so that you can apply them appropriately and know when violating them will give you the better shot. Beginners make two basic mistakes: they don’t fill the frame with their subject and they usually put it dead center. Start there.

Good photography is a never-ending learning process. If you know any photographers, ask them to critique your best shots. Put on your armour for this. Most of the time, if somebody asks me what I think of a shot, I give them an encouraging comment. If they care enough about their photography to pursue the point and ask me for a technical critique, then they open the floodgates. It’s not always pretty.

rob answers:

The T2i shoots high definition video, You don;t need to buy anything even close to that expensive for Youtube video posts.