HyDef:


Wow... I'm learning a lot from you. And I'm a little lucky to have a phone where I can adjust exposure... Couldn't do that on my old one.

Yeah... I've always had issues deciding how long I should set the shutter too, hoping I won't choose too much. I guess less is a little better here than too much.

Yeah... Going out tonight... Hoping to get a better light trail than my last one. Cant wait.

Thanks for the tips man!

SmooshCHN:
Long time Brimmie.I also have the B/W version and I'll take that into consideration. Thank you so much. How've you been?

Brimmie:


I've been good bruhh! Just trying to polish my Videography skill. And how is your Acer Machine?

SmooshCHN:
From tomorrow I'll be uploading few of my portrait photoshoot and the complicated shots (the ones I love the most) and how I got them.

Please subscribe and please drop your observations.

SmooshCHN:
Kai! You want me to start drooling about my machine. Mhen! Every time I remember how you guys helped me into picking up the Acer I just keep smiling and Say God bless those people. It's lightning fast ever day, back to back. Hope to see you soon shooting next Iyanya music video

SmooshCHN:
1. In preparation for a shoot.
2. A friend.
3. Portriat of a Chinese friend. Won't lie, I was very much angry on this day due to some racist shit, useless joke flying in the air but one has to do what he has to do.

SmooshCHN:
This is one of my favorite images. I'll be explaining how I shot it.

It's no doubt a slow shutter speed photograph in day time. No tripod, no solid ground.

Around 6:00pm Before i got on the horse moving whatever , I wanted to get exactly this kind of image as i imagined and i knew once this thing starts moving, they'll be no time to check for focus, under or over exposure so i manually focused on my GF, she was kind of in front of me, set my exposure to 2secs and since i knew it'll be 2 secs i used F/22 to aid focusing and balance exposure and the life saving AUTO-ISO. And when it got moving positions changed, the person i focused on was now beside me and for sure focused won't be accurate so i took like 6 shots and this one turned out well. I'll go back to try it when it's night time by summer. I think the light will make it look nice.

SmooshCHN:
Another slow shutter speed photo. Handheld. I was at the back of a taxi and the trail of lights are the street lights.
F/2.8
ISO 50
2.5secs

HyDef:



Interesting image.

You were on one of those swinging thingies... No idea what they are called. And I understand only half of your explanation. But very nice concept.



Your black and white images tend to always be astounding. I live the symmetry here. You're talented.

SmooshCHN:
Thanks Bro. What don't you understand? I'll try to explain better.

HyDef:


You said you used F/22 to aid focusing and balance exposure... What exactly does that mean? Plus AUTO-ISO, why so important?

And BTW, I love the picture of the Chinese lady. You kept your cool, and took a great picture.

SmooshCHN:
Ok, I'll try to explain more clearly.
Here as at 6 pm it's still daytime and everywhere is still bright. My final exposure was 2secs, F22 AUTO-ISO 50.
Auto ISO is used when you don't have time to manually adjust it. The camera chooses the most suitable for the scene.
First, 2secs with F/2.4 or F/4 in daytime will make the picture totally over exposed and everything should be white normally. I used F22 for two reasons
1. the camera light meter shows the scene will be over exposed if i use anything below F12.
2. For focusing; So since i'm also on the ''swinging thingies'' the camera was strapped to my neck and resting on my lap so there's no chance to adjust camera settings once there's movement. When using lower F stops like F1.8, F2, F4, F5.6 or even lower, you'll get shallow depth of field and less part of your image will be in focus unlike F22 in which everything would seem to be in focus.
If i had used F2.8, the picture would be totally white and also almost everything might be blur. If you have a camera you should try long exposure in daytime you'll see why you need F16 and above.

HyDef:


Ah, I completely understand now.

Lower F number is a wider aperture, let's in more light... Am I right there?

Higher exposure itself allows more light to reach the sensor, cuz you're keeping it open. I've tried increased shutter speed in day time, got a white picture as you said.

Lower F numbers also allow for shallower depth of field, they take the background out of focus. A larger F number will seemingly make everything focused.

I got it! Thanks man!

SmooshCHN:
Was out today in the rain.
Original vs Edited

HyDef:


I prefer the edited picture. Wonderful shot.

Do you use autofocus or manual?

SmooshCHN:
For camera I mostly use auto focus and for phone I use touch focus. This shot was taken with my phone.

Victoriousvic:
Wow! SmooshCHN, You know Sukie?

Your work is amazing, btw.

HyDef:


Alrighty. Thank you for all your help and advice so far. Learned A LOT.

SmooshCHN:
Yeah. I know him. We're classmates. Are you in Calabar?

SmooshCHN:
Forced myself to go out cos it's just too cold.

HyDef:

Wow... Don't know which is my favourite... All wonderful. I think I'd say I like the middle one the best. I love the layout of those escalators as well. Makes for a fantastic shot.

Victoriousvic:

We attended the same secondary school.
Yea, I'm in Calabar.

SmooshCHN:
Thank for your encouraging words. You've not been posting much on the other thread. why?

Brimmie:
SmooshCHN, my Oga! This ur last picture would make a cool BG picture or wallpaper.

Awesome!!

BTW: Help me beg dollar to reduce o! Imagine within the space of 2weeks Nikon D5300 is nw 170k frm 138k.

Something I've been saving up for months to buy.

Brimmie:
SmooshCHN, my Oga! This ur last picture would make a cool BG picture or wallpaper.

Awesome!!

BTW: Help me beg dollar to reduce o! Imagine within the space of 2weeks Nikon D5300 is nw 170k frm 138k.

Something I've been saving up for months to buy.