The learning curve to photography is real and I got humbled by my XA10.
When I first used Sony DSC H-300, a point and shoot camera with minor adjustable options and superzoom bridge, it already felt like I was unstoppable. It was easy that with a minor lightroom edit, the result will look somewhat flawless.
I weaved through traffic, pointed out at sunset, flower, after rain, and landscape, 8 out of 10, I already got the shot I wanted. Sometimes, even turning out better than I expected. Now that I have my XA10, I know, I was getting good at pressing buttons and didn’t actually know/realize the complexity of a real camera.
This collection of pictures showcased for example, I wasn’t quite satisfied with the result despite you can see the tiny drops of the water. And despite the bokeh style I was going without any editing on lightroom, I wasn’t really satisfied.
The thing is, with DSC H30, I loved its super zoom range and with XA10, I am limited to the kit lens, the 16-50mm f/3.-5.6 that I could not zoom in far enough. Now, I have to actually think about all that, how to get a closer shot and a clear one at that.
Right now, I am still very much trying to understand this camera. What was easy then, isn’t quite easy now. I go over the settings quite often to learn more about different results of pictures it can give me. It also helps me to re-learn my understanding on a good photography result and redefining what’s actually good in photography.
 | 𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘺 (𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺; 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴. |
Beautiful photos. The photos with the point and shoot camera are great, but I think you'll feel a lot more pride for your work when you really get to learn the new camera.
It seems daunting, because it is complex, but you'll get the hang of it in no time.
You're doing great with the kit lens, but I think a game change would be to get yourself a little 35mm or 50mm prime lens. I have a 50mm with an F1.8 and it allows for some amazing close ups with a really shallow depth of field.
I'm more into videography, but one thing I loved doing for photos was light painting. It's so much fun. You set your shutter speed as low as it can go, place the camera on a tripod to keep it still and then take the picture.
The shutter stays open for a few settings, and then just move some coloured lights in front of it until it shuts.
I can't find the original, but here is one I took for a local band. I just had the shutter open, waited for a car to pass and took the picture. It's important though that the camera and subject stay perfectly still
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ngl the different lenses feels so daunting for me. It's like a whole research and experiment on its own. Currently, I am looking for a macro lens that fits this one camera. I am also exploring videography, it's really fun. Though with videography, it's a lot more complex due to the editing process.
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Thank you, it didn't come out as I expected it to be but I am still learning.
Shoot, shoot, shoot! That's the best you can do with a camera. And compare the ExIf from the shots you made with different settings to see what works best.
People always look at how much a camera can zoom in. And although it's very useful in some cases it's always better to use the manual zoom (read: walk closer towards your subject).
I had a cool photography beginners training that covered both technical as composition subjects. I will look it up for you.
I love lunar photography and with DSC H300, it was possible to get an extremely close up look to it. So, now I need to get extra lens just for that hehe. I'd appreciate if you can find the beginners training and send it my way. Suddenly, this all becomes a new hobby to me once again.
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