Love Takes Work

Have you ever fallen out of love with someone, or something, only to rediscover the passion again? Well, I fell out of enchantment with my 

camera the past few weeks. I blamed the lighting - even the trees! 

(not having enough leaves to shade me properly)...

What do you do when a relationship is in trouble? You work on it! So, I 

trolled the internet, read my manuals, and read the 'dslr for dummies' articles.

I then took my camera out and just spent quality time with her...

Most experts say to carry your camera everywhere and take lots of experimental shots.

I had stopped using auto mode months ago. The problem was overexposure. No matter what I did, I had blow-out! Then, after much fiddling with the setting, I got into spot metering and Wa-La!

My depth of field is again blurry- the 'noise' is gone and we are in love 

all over again. Canon DSLR's are notorious for overexposure problems. 

(Now they tell me)... So be prepared: use spot metering for better 

details and use the 'cloudy' setting to warm up your images -

(another DSLR issue-they seem to shoot in a bluer tone). 

Also, shoot in RAW and largest format for better editing after the shoot...

You'll be glad you did! - Reva

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