Dinner at the Isle of Skye can be lonely business. Most residents cook and eat at home and once in a while when there are family guest at home that they go out to a some what fancy restaurant to have dinner. Sat there is the Carter family from the Carter's Rest Guest house located at Glendale.
Yet another photo taken with the D5000 in my early days of photography.
Perhaps I would like to take the opportunity to share my experience over the last 2 years when it comes to photos taken on holiday trip that keeps all parties travelling together happy while on the move, including myself. The steps may look long but with practice, I am able to steal away a few shots before the "Are you done yet ?!?" shouts rain down.
1) A memorial photo is first observed from its composition. Be aware of the situation and frame the shots well and observe the next step,
2) Identify the depth of field or other wise the aperture size,
3) Get the correct exposure. Due to light conditions, there are likely hot spots and shadowed areas. If its just too extreme, forget the shot and just enjoy the scene. If the exposure in the frame is NOT too extremely apart, either spot meter or center weight meter to obtain the mean exposure. Slightly over or under exposed photos can be recovered. Learn to use the AE-L or Exposure lock. Lock in the exposure with AE-L at a spot that best presents the exposure that can recover the photo, then recompose if required,
4) This key step that is always missed out is to Watch your shutter speed. If your hand holding technique is sturdy, that's cool, but always be wary that shutter speed should not go below the reciprocal of the focal length. Image stabilization technology helps, but you'll need to understand the limits of the equipment you are holding,
5) If you had ISO on auto and set the higher limit to a noise level you are comfortable with, check all the previous steps, then take the shot. If not, check your ISO before making the shot.
