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I Feel Like I'm Not Learning.....
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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 357342" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>I'm going to suggest you spend some time really wrapping your brain around some of fundamentals of photography. A really good place to start would be <a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm" target="_blank">this tutorial on the Exposure Triangle</a> at the Cambridge in Color website. The importance of completely understanding the relationship between Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO is crucial to good photography and its importance can not be overstated. The Cambridge in Color website has a lot of really well-written tutorials that should help flatten out your learning curve.</p><p></p><p>More specific to your wanting to shoot those volleyball games in the gym, that's going to be tough with the equipment you have. A faster lens would help immensely but in such situations, I have also used a monopod with great success. I've mounted the camera flat to the monopod, meaning without using a head of any kind, and simply used it to stabilize my shots. You don't have the range of motion you would have shooting hand-held but you can lean and tilt and still have a modicum of stability in your shooting. Beside, most things in photography involve some kind of a trade-off and this suggestion is no different; I'm saying a monopod would HELP, not that it would be a Magic Bullet. And, since a decent monopod could be had for $50 or thereabouts, if it turns out to be a waste of time at least you're not out a ton of cash.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 357342, member: 13090"] I'm going to suggest you spend some time really wrapping your brain around some of fundamentals of photography. A really good place to start would be [URL="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm"]this tutorial on the Exposure Triangle[/URL] at the Cambridge in Color website. The importance of completely understanding the relationship between Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO is crucial to good photography and its importance can not be overstated. The Cambridge in Color website has a lot of really well-written tutorials that should help flatten out your learning curve. More specific to your wanting to shoot those volleyball games in the gym, that's going to be tough with the equipment you have. A faster lens would help immensely but in such situations, I have also used a monopod with great success. I've mounted the camera flat to the monopod, meaning without using a head of any kind, and simply used it to stabilize my shots. You don't have the range of motion you would have shooting hand-held but you can lean and tilt and still have a modicum of stability in your shooting. Beside, most things in photography involve some kind of a trade-off and this suggestion is no different; I'm saying a monopod would HELP, not that it would be a Magic Bullet. And, since a decent monopod could be had for $50 or thereabouts, if it turns out to be a waste of time at least you're not out a ton of cash. [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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