Photography Tips

I have put together some tips that might help you out the next time you dust off the old camera. These tips are compiled from articles and personal experience. If you have any good tips you would like to have me add to the page, please let me know.

Mistakes
Everyone makes them. Sometimes they are embarrassing (like not putting a roll of film in the camera on a job), sometimes they are not your fault (film jam), and sometimes they lead to interesting results. For example. I shot an entire roll of film at a Bruce Springsteen concert that had already been exposed. This was the only salvageable image. Now I just need a good title for it. <g>

Double Exposure
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Theater
Shooting in a theater can lead to special problems.

• Metering
  Theater lights can create a stark contrast between the subject and the background. Consider bracketing your shots.
• Film
  Most theater lights are Tungsten-balanced which means that you should use a tungsten based film. Using daylight balanced films will give you a yellow cast to the photograph.
• Shutter Speeds
  Keep the shutter speeds fast.
• Digital
  The lighting is probably going to be incandescent so make sure you change you white balance to the little lightbulb.