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You can turn it off sa menu settings. Its a setting called AF Assist.

By the way unsa diay na model na camera nmo? Not clear on the question. Are you talking about the focusing points on the range finder or AF illuminator (this emmit a tiny light on a subject to measure read outs within the scene)

heheh....

If you're shooting wildlife, when you're composing the image, don't frame it so close that the animal has nowhere to go. In other words, give the animal some space in front of the direction it's going for a much stronger composition one that tells a story. If you crop in too tight and don't leave room for the animal to exit the frame, it's almost like trapping them in your shot, and the photo will look uncomfortable to the viewer. When you're composing in the viewfinder, leave some extra space to "run" in front of your subject, and your photo will be that much stronger for it.

Bonus - behind the lens

With sports or action photography, most of the time you're going to want to stop the action, and to do that you'll have to switch to shutter priority mode (or manual mode if you're comfortable with it), and then shoot at a speed of at least 1/640 of a second (or faster) to stop the motion and keep your image sharp. The slowest you can generally get away with is 1/500 of a second. Go with 1/640 or higher for better results (there are times when you're going to intentionally want to shoot at slower speeds so you can blur parts of the photo to exaggerate the movement and speed, but for most situations, you'll want to freeze the motion with a faster shutter speed like we're using here).

The Cars will follow later

Grabeha gud, thinner. Sayon na kaayo mga companies ron mo-ingon na "sorry economic crisis lang" nya reternch dayon..tsk tsk. To be honest hinay kaayo molihok ang OWWA about this kind of issue.

For me is a great take. Nice work..

About Portrait Photography 101



There are not many aspects of photography that have a specific focal length you should try to shoot with, but luckily portrait photography is one of them. Most pros shoot portraits with a short zoom lens, and one of their favorite focal lengths is the 85-100mm range. In fact, telephoto lenses in the 85-100mm range are often called portrait lenses because they let you shoot from a good working distance (10 to 12 feet from your subject, giving you and your subject some breathing room, while letting you still fill the frame with your subject), but more importantly, shooting with focal lengths between 85mm and 100mm eliminates the unflattering facial distortion wide-angle lenses are notorious for, while avoiding the compression long telephoto lenses give. Some portrait pros swear that the 85mm focal length is the portrait sweet spot, and others swear by 100mm, but that's the kind of thing pros debate in online forums all day long (and you can try both with your zoom lens and choose the one you like best, because they both give a pleasing perspective for portraits). Another reason these short zoom lenses are ideal is because you won't have to pick up your tripod and move it (or your model) each time you need to slightly recompose the shot. So, get yourself a zoom lens that covers the 85-100mm range, and you're good to go.

Kuyaw kaayo mga abstracts is Ms Dabinsi.

law-ma kaayo na bisaya dah..poetic kaayo..

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 19, 2009, 03:01:50 AM


I agree with you Jer. too many equipment for the begginers like me is too much to study at a time. I am tring to polish my skills then i'll get the sophisticated lens later.

But anyhow here is my guy...


"When my guy meet its subject! They were like a perfect and compatible odd couple!"

5D na madam? Naka full frame na diay ka?hehehhe

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 18, 2009, 11:22:05 PM
Pretty woman!

aguuuy kanus-a pa mobalik akong tijan ing ana! (ambisyosa nga unggoy!)

hahahhahhaa

you got good equipment there, Jer!

Kaya tingali oy, basata sige excersie lang..heheh

One my TFCD shots

Quote from: apothecary on February 17, 2009, 12:40:27 PM
Ms da binsi ug Nikon,

got a D40. What do you reccommend as a nice lens that could give me the best perception of the DOF? or what remote strobe would you reccommend i buy? Please?

Hmmm.. here's my D40 before...

My Cute D40


Lock and Load Mode


Dli akoa lens, just borrowed it from a friend of mine. Well kung naa gyud ka wawart kini na setup nindot ug bokeh.

But I would suggest getting a Nikkor 18-200mm VR, basically cover na nmo most focal lengths and  a Sb-600 would be a starter strobe. Ang D40 is equipped with a commander na pwede nmo ma-gamit with the Sb-600. If you would shoot low light I would suggest  getting a 50mm 1.4G, kay ang 50mm1.4D dli mo fucos sa D40 kay wala man sya motor mechanism sa body.

There are third party lenses that gives you similar results but mas cheaper. There are considerations that affect DOF, one is the lens and the distance of your subject. Google lang about it..

Again don't worry about your hardware focus on your skills una. And keep on shooting kay free man ang pixels...hehehehe

I see and thanks for the comments. Yes we have different view points and with the reactions to fellow members I will be putting down and deleting the that I modified images. I believe this images shouldn't be modified in the beginning due to its solemn and meaning.

Revised post.

Quote from: Ginger on February 12, 2009, 05:34:59 PM
will you improve this shot?

with your permission.. try like nako improve.

Follow-up lang ko gamay. One additional comment is aside from the great lighting, people should also consider composition


Be carefully cropping certain parts of the subject. Like the leaf on the bottom 


In this image I would suggest filling the frame kay murag there's a blank space on upper right portion.

Cheers people..

Quote from: hofelina on February 12, 2009, 07:24:05 AM
Bitaw kanang mga models with perfect skin and legs, puro retoke. Apan ang imong beauty Indayon... pure

I agree pure jud kaajo..

I also agree 98.9 percent mostly sa cover magazines are retouched. Kay lahi naman gud atong perception sa beauty. Mao na maka eye catching kanunay ang mga advertisement sa magazine.

Naa jud ko experience kanang mo-adto ko Mcdonalds nya nindot kaayo ilang picture sa burger nag-laway gyud ko tanaw ug gigutom ko kaayo, nya sus tawn gagmatoy kaayo...maka depress na hinoon ko kaon..heheh

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 11, 2009, 08:52:22 AM
GF na sha nimo Jer? mao man na sha ang nag bronda noh? She is really very pretty!

Yeah you got very nice portraits Jer. Di jud ko kamao ana kay wa man kuy payong diri. And i will never get it kay wa man sad kuy model diri. But i might get it one of these days in this century! hahahha

Lighting is just soooo perfect! enough so i could see the detail of her French Nails! karon pa jud ko nag tan-aw sa picture ni Kate Hudson diri with that same kind of lighting...

heheh, dli tawn...and she is so young to be my GF (she's is 18), post post lang ko sa onemodelplace.com and she msg me to do a TFCD for her port. Bali akong gamit is Sb800 with shoot thru umbrella and one source lighting camera left lang na. The good thing about sa Nikon CLS kay built-in na man gud ang triggering system niya. Not sure sa canon pero what I know you have to buy the IR trigger para gamiton nmo ug trigger, tama ba? Naa man ka 580EX dba? Kaya na nmo oi...hehehe

Murag barato ra man ang shoot thru umbrella. The one I use is AUD$12.00, pero daghan siguro mapalit sa agora oi or sa mga shopping centers dha. Heheh, kasuway na gyud ko ug mga DIY lighting setup. Kasuway man gani ko kurtina lang akong gamiton as diffuser.

Hinoon daghan na man ron ningawas ug mga strobes ug mga continuous lighting na gkan china na barato ug nindot.

Heheh, pwede gud suway ka self portrait nmo or imo bana kaha as model para ma-practice ka ug portrait photography...heheh thats what I did. Mao ni mga first shots nako with my family.

Ever wonder why sometimes when you upload you pic online it sometimes have dull colors or you want to print it in a photo lab and it doesn't look great compared on your PC? Well one reason for this could be that you are using different color spaces.

To show an example, below are the same picture but save in different color spaces.

Adobe RGB


sRGB


Sharing some tips to get your images better.

Cheers.

Quote from: glacier_71 on February 10, 2009, 11:58:04 AM
murag di lang ramasola ang kompetensyahan ani, Nikon...dia pas Apo. mas advance lang og treament ning kang Apo kay paapilan og Voodooism...Good Luck Apo`s would-be costumers. LOL.

Kujawa diay, naa diay addtional services offered..heheheh

Yes I agree she has gud composition thru her pics. Hmmm, murag naa na man competensya si Ramasola.

Cheers

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 09, 2009, 06:11:05 AM
Jer, ang abs ni Matrix, nakakasilaw!!!

Awww!

I have couple of shot in my flickr

OT
Hehehe...mano man nah noh? Mostly mga aussie lady friends nako na mo-admire gyud ug abs, dli na sila nahan sa nawong. Sa abs na lang gyud..mao na WIP akong abs ron...

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 08, 2009, 11:06:57 PM

Jerwin, im really injoying your terminologies! hahahah
They are not only good players but OMG! ang mga abs dear!!!
I like beach volleyball!

Heheh..nahan diay ka abs..sige post unya ko mga abs pohon..

Volleyball Terminologies

The Spike


The Toss



The Stop


The Block


The Matrix


The Dive - in Local term "na-mo-mo"


The Hi-5 - local terms "apper mare!!!"


The Sign - Hit me baby!!!  local terms - "Bunali ko!!!



The Sign - Hit me baby one more time!!  Local terms -  "bunali ko utro beh!!!"

Quote from: Angie Gulle on February 08, 2009, 08:12:24 AM


Dha gkan lng ang ako imnun

heheh, mao sakto straight from the tree

hmmm, lisod dah... naa ko sa AU..

hmmm, I have a cokin slip-on system with lens adapters that I rarely use nowadays.. Where are you now by the way?

"Igor"  ug "Bolt"

Murag story from a James Bond film...basin para to sa usa ka secret agent ug nasayop hatag sa iya..hehehehe

Great Article Kiamoy!!! But I believe that we be should driving one right now dli pa 2012. Cause I have been working for Automotive companies and suppliers for sometime now and the technology is already there. I believe there was already an electric car EV-1 built by GM and was produced sometime back in 1980's. But GM pulled it all out and all its production. Not sure what was the reason but they say having an electric car would jeopardize the US Government's revenues. Kay murag majority sa revenue US government at that time and now is in OIL.

Heheh..Wala unta tay war sa Iraq kung dayon to...ako ra ning speculation

Quote from: grazie7y on February 03, 2009, 01:36:51 AM
Hoy, nia ra ko, Maring Bil!  There's just a lot going on in my end here, as in!  Ay, basin bya akoy ma libel case ani ni Daddi Pronix ha! hehehe Bitaw, tinuod na!  Sya na gpitol karon sa mga apo while kami sa una, grabeh kurog mi!  Kon sa kang Lito Lapid pa, isang bala ka lang, pero si Daddy, isang salita ka lang!  (ngek!  si lito lapid ba gasulti anang isang bala ka lang or si fernando poe?) hmmm, 

Murag kang FPJ ma nang saying.. cheers..

Quote from: lumine on February 02, 2009, 11:24:42 PM
ms da bins, if ako i-eye to eye si baby matt, kasabot dayon na sya and immediately would say, "sorry mommy!" na if imo tan-awon iya pagsorry murag dili na moutro sus kay inartista diay.da,mahapakan dayon sa kamot!

hahaha maro-maro diay...kabalo siguro madam na..mamom kaayo kasing2x si mommy mao na dali mailad. hehehe...pero ako hadlok ko oi sa buckle sa sinturon..

Cheers people...

hmmm... I dont know the real story but libel cases murag bug-at na ni dah.

I agree with kiamoy dli lang pikon ba. Ug for me and most forums i have been thru I believe good ethics is still a must. I am new to this forum site and I believe in seniority when it comes to posting(dli nako pasabot ang age ha..heheheh).

But when I believe there is something wrong I would rather PM him/her instead posting it in a thread which is appropriate in my opinion. I would also expect be done the same on me when I make a mistake or I made a wrong post.

Cause I was brought up na dli gyud kasab-an sa atubangan sa mga tao, my dad would bring me sa daplin ug istorya-an. Murag "makasala ka now, latos later ok" heheheh 

I believe most of us can distinguish personal attacks from constructive criticisms. Depende ra siguro kung unsaon nmo pag-approach.

Quote from: Gingah on February 02, 2009, 05:40:35 PM
here's a candid shot using my ordinary digital camera

any suggestions to improve the shot?

My approach would be a tighter crop cause of the eye contact, i would give emphasis on the eyes cause of the joy within it. Tama sad na you should consider right composition but again its subjective not all can be included in rules of thirds. Again photography is also breaking the rules.

My processing approach would be subtle cause I want to retain the sense of candidness within the image and I would also darken the surrounding areas of the image making the viewers draw focus within the eyes and facial expression.

I hope you don't mind.


Credits: original images courtesy from Gingah of Tubagbohol.com


Im not a master nor a pro but I love making images.

One golden tip that I learned thru photography is "Pixels are free so keep on shooting"

Quote from: Angie Gulle on February 02, 2009, 12:47:38 PM


Taal Lake

Nindot na shot unta ni kung dli pa hazey... TFS
Cheers

Quote from: kiamoy on February 02, 2009, 09:57:22 AM
hehe.. lisud jud ni ma achieve. te, you think I can we take a similar shot ani using digicams?

I could say that shot can be achieve. But i doubt kung ma achieve ba with a P&S bisag tingali ka pareho ka kamaayo ni Ken Duncan. You might consider doing post processing to achieve that effect.

Here are some links of Ken Duncan's works http://www.kenduncan.com/gallery.php



Just sharing the shot I took during the weekend. Love the formation of the clouds during the sunset.

Yabaga oy!!! hahaha... lingaw ko dah..

Hhahah..nalahi na man ang topic. Bitaw, kung sa pinas pa murag lahi ra man ang baye maoy manguyab. Pero ngari sa AU mostly babae maoy manguna mo hatag ug motibo na mo-angay.

Occasional drinker(inom lang kung naay occassion)  but not a palahubog..hehehe

Here are some of my favs...

Tuba - kung walay kwarta
Gintonic - pangkatulog
Tequila - pang party party
Red Wine - pang layso-layso

Cheers..

Drama Queen

Some additional Tips

Think about your need.
     - When buying a cam think about what you need it for. There are three types of digital cam in the market today. Point and Shoot, Pro-sumers, DSLR

  P&S or (point and shoot) which is just point and shoot, kung dli ka nahan daghan og kuting-ting about sa settings and you want it to be light ug madala-dala lang this is a cam for you.

Pro-sumer cams have better image quality and can have more optical zoom. Mas dako ni siya compared to P&S but not as bulky as a DSLR's. It give you power to override the settings and a little bit of tweaking to take good images. Mahal ni gamay tungod pod sa daghan sa mga features ani.

DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera have superb image quality and gives you the power to be creative. The most unique feature of a DSLR is if ganahan ka i-blur(bokeh) ang background and just focus on your subject mas dali buhaton sa DSLR and you can vary your optical zoom tungod sa interchangeable lens capability ani(only lenses that are compatible sa camera body). The only draw back is mahal gyud ni and you need to buy a particular lens for your particular photography subject. Bulky ni gamay pero it gives you superb results that a P&S and  Prosumer can't give.

But anyway karon with technology booming, you can buy smaller P&S with a features of a prosumer. Prosumer have greater optical zooms and a little smaller now. There are cheaper DSLR which are the same sizes of a prosumers. It all depends on how much you would spend.

These are some tips and will add more..

Nice takes.. Lomo indeed has its own unique characteristic. But for me I would rather mimic the Lomo effect in PS.  Camera takes images, but the person behind the cam creates the images.

Cheers!!!

Kaila ko ni Ma'am scarlet.  Pero wala ko na under niya.

The other side of being a Filipino icon i could say it also helps the Filipino people like me. I have been one of the pioneers part time student staffs on its first opening at Plaza Marcella. I could say that its was a good training for me. It help me boost my confidence and social communication. Plus nakatabang gyud sa akong pag-iskwela.

Mao ra man siguro na company sa Pinas na dli apektahan sa global crisis... 

Quote from: apothecary on January 23, 2009, 08:58:04 AM
Latin Nikon. By the way, you got a nice equipment. I could only afford a D40. You got the ceiling pix right, and the yellows showing are the results of putting up the steel sheet backing on the holes eaten by rust on the ceilings. Tan -awa ra gud balik?

Yep, I saw that mao gyud lisod na i-restore ang ceiling. And regarding sa equipment I started with a a canon S3 P&S and then got a D40. Eventually after 3 yrs dha pa ko ning upgrade kay  dli na kaya sa D40 akong requirements.

But I could say that "its not a matter of the pana but its matter of the indian behind da pana"

I've seen D40 users take superb shots....I know you can do it as well.

Thanks and will keep that in mind

Thanks apothecary for the info. Is this latin or greek?

Thanks for the welcome Bambi.

I'm not a professional but I consider my self as an amateur photographer (its not my actual occupation heheh). Just love taking pictures and its my hobby. Been taking pictures around 3 yrs na.

Pohon siguro inig retire nako I would be doing this as a sideline in Bohol. So karon as much as possible I need to sharpen my skills para sad maka-tung2x ko sa level nila ni Ryan Macalandag ug  Ed Canuto.

Hopefully kung hanas na gani ma parehas ko ni Joe Mcnally

Thanks for viewing. Well its a first for me to see these kind of festival's. Kung saato pa ni.. ambot nalang dagahan siguro manamay cause murag dli gyud liberated ang mga tao saatoa.

Cheers...

I love the texture and structural of the church. Pohon I'm planning to take snaps of my own of the churches of bohol.

Starting off in with my wife's home town church.

Loon Church

Nag photo walk ulit ako in the city. Here are some snaps that I took.


Little Man


Snacking out in the sun


I know what you did last summer....


Spending time with dad


Snaps of the lovely ladies


Lovely day for a bike ride


Flying Chicken Technique


There was a Gay and Lesbian festival in the park.  This is how Aussie's show there freedom of expression.

Here are the snaps that I took.


I love rock and roll!!!


"Pare!!! I love you"


French Kiss

Move to Travel and Tourism Section. 

Naa ko sa city na puyo pero naa ko parente sa Laverton ug Glenwaverly.

Nalimot na man ko asa to nga winery among gi-adto pero layo2x gyud to mga 2hrs kapin gud amo drive.

Anyway nice meeting you online madam.

Hmm, I never been to outskirts of Melbourne before. Dha ba dapita kanang daghan winery ma'dam?

Have you been to the Boholanos  Christmas Gathering last December?

Cheers 

Na Putol man.

Can't Help noticing the post of Renegade about sa nahitabo. I understand how it feels na ma-palaw. I would suggest go to bombo radyo and tell them para sad. Ingna taga ICM or you can email obiter@boholchronicle.com para sad ma news ba. Ug a public apology would be sufficient.

Suko siguro si renegade kay murag daghan to entry nya bisag usa wala kadaog.

About  pod sa all caps. Sakto ang gibuhat sa admin giving a warning.  The proper explanation was given, my mom usually says "kung dli ka gani mutuo paka gyud" . And bisan siguro masuko we should be responsible for the consequences.

IHMO

Thanks Lorenzo for viewing.

Not sure unsa ni na move


Naa bay ngani sa Bohol


BMX'er

I did a  day out Photo walk in Melbourne City

Here is the full link of my Photo walk
http://www.jerwinphotography.com/day_out/

Here are some snap shots.

The biker


Walk in the Grass


Skateboarder


My drum set

Quote from: A Layman on December 05, 2008, 07:30:20 AM
Yes Nikon, you are exactly right. Hope you are doing well as a CAD Engineer in Australia.

Thanks Layman , things here are slow due to Global Financial Crisis. But so far its been ok.

Quote from: A Layman on December 04, 2008, 01:53:18 PM
Although may influence sab ang eskwelahan sa mga klaseng estudyante, pero ang tanan depende ra na sa estudyante nga gusto maningkamot. Ang pagkabantog sa usa ka eskwelahan gumikan ra na sa pagpaningkamot usab sa mga estudyante.

I 2nd emotion on this. Its not a matter of the school but its a matter of the student.

Iam proud BIT Mech Engineering Graduate. Hhehehe, now im in Australia working as a CAD Engineer. The way I see it most companies in other countries don't mind which schools you were studying, as long you have a good credentials and good character you will get the job. Cheers people.

Either play with my PSP or tweak some of my photos and do creative processing.

Quote from: smiffytheninja on November 30, 2008, 03:38:55 PM


Just cleaned my mirror. 

Hmmm, D60 imo gamit? Dli man maklaro tungod sa bokeh. hehehhe
Nice shot!!!

Quote from: smiffytheninja on November 30, 2008, 03:37:09 PM
Awesome picture! What kind of lens did you use for that?

Just used my 18-200mm @18mm

Quote from: hofelina on December 01, 2008, 06:17:15 AM
Hallo Mr Nikon,
You are a nice looking  guy.

Manay Tess

TY po

hehehe

This is me.

Sydney harbor Bridge

Suroy gamay sa Melbourne, Australia


Cute kaayo bata-a.




Mao ni Langgam nila sa Australia

Shot taken sa bukid sa Loon


Did some macro shooting when I was there.

Dli ko gusto naa Airport sa Panglao. Might as well improved the facilities that we have in Tagbilaran.

Instead Airport ilang buhaton sa panglao, Family Water Theme park nalang parehas sa Singapore Sentosa Island. Heheheheh

Quote from: insurectus on November 26, 2008, 03:41:18 PM
mas dako og kita ang lan games kaysa magchat og browse
and also pwede man isumbong if naay cafe sa Tagbilaran
nga nagpasulod og elementary og high schools students
within class hours sigurado ma raid jud na

Bitaw, I believe murag 70% sa income sa cafe is gkan sa lan gaming. Well its up to the discretion sa cafe owners na lang gyud.

Hahha, nag-kawise pud mga HS students ron. Kay mag ilis ug uniform or balon daan ug sanina usa musolod sa Cafe. Mao na lusot japon.

Salamat kaajo Angie Gulle

Nice works. By the way gi-unsa nmo si Ryan Macalandag?

Kinsa naman ron Dean sa Engineering Dept?

I think banning student in cafes will not help. To be honest internet is a technological breakthrough and Cafe's in most municipalities bridges the gap between local and worldwide information. Imagine sauna iskwela pa ko mautas nalang ko ug pangita og info sa amo school library and hubakon nalang tawn ko ug mga abog na books na karaan na kaayo. Karon pwede na nmo ma-access millions of library in the world with a few cliks lang. Internet has its benefits, I was watching my nephew a grade 6 updating his friendster site. Kuyawan ko kay mas nindot pa iyang site kontra sa akoang friendster..heheh, what im pointing out is that the development of his creativity is impressive which i believe is not taught in school nowadays. Internet is good medium of learning. Mao siguro mag-cutting mga students kay boringan sila sa ilang maestra mo-tudlo..(joke lang)

Instead of banning the users, the cafe owners should limit the amount of service that they provide. Usually pataka lang gud ang owners (dli tanan) ug tukod ug mga cafe's na wala no how to setup sa ilang workstation basta lang makakwarta.

Cafe owners should implement like:
1. No Lan games!!
2. Limit access to Chat!!
3. Implement parental control on there browsers and servers. Daghan na man ron mga software's na mo-prevent to access sa mga unwanted sites.

Municipalities should also do random checks if these cafe establishment are implementing the law.

With technological advance ron mostly the generation of this age are fast growing techcy savy. And parents should also guide their kids and be involve to technology as well.

IMHO lang po...heheheh...