So last Christmas my best friend from high school asked me to come and take pictures of her brothers wedding. This was before I had any desire whatsoever to try and take photographs professionally. I took a point and shoot and did my best. The church had really bad lighting and all the pictures turned out orange-y and with horrendous shadows. I didn't know much about post-processing then so I slapped a matte or vignette around some of the better shots. I bumped up the saturation and shadows in this photo. All I have to work with is iphoto as far as editing software goes. What would you do?
For this next shot I made the colors cooler by sliding towards the blue end of the scale.
What would YOU do? Do you have any tips for taking photos with a point and shoot? In bad indoor lighting?
2 comments:
Wow. Tips for shooting with a point and shoot in bad indoor lighting? Well, I am certainly not an expert : ) but I think you did one thing good. You positioned them near a window! Great move! A lot of people on I heart faces are fans of not using flash on your camera. If you can do that, definitely try it. Keep having fun and practicing and you will get better and better! I love your blog background. Very pretty!
I thought the same thing....tips for shooting with a P&S with bad indoor lighting...hmmm. I agree, putting them close to the window would be a good start. Have you thought about upgrading your camera? Nikon has some great starter cameras like the D90 for those who are serious amateurs in photography. And if you pair that with the inexpensive ($100 approx) 50 mm 1.8 lens you can do indoor pictures extremely well! I use a bounce flash on top of my dslr to bounce the light off the ceiling when I need to use flash. That way it is not harsh and there are no strange shadows. Thats good that you noticed the white balance issue. I think the first photo looks better than the second. I am not a huge fan of the vignette, it seems too strong. Your posing is fantastic though- and you definitely have the right idea! Keep practicing :)
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