HOW TO AVOID SOME BASIC MISTAKES.
Know where the manual is for your camera.
Keep it in an accessible place in your house.
TAKE IT WITH YOU ON VACATION AND ON THE PHOTO SHOOT.
Look at the situation around you before you begin
photographing. Last year’s
conditions will not necessarily be the same as this year’s.
Make adjustments for the conditions as they are now.
Take your first shot and preview it.
Then look at the info that includes the histogram.
If it is not correct, make your adjustments.
If you don’t know how to make adjustments, look
it up in the manual.
If you sense there is a problem, adjust your
ISO, and shoot RAW (if not already doing so.)
When shooting with a lot of light around the
subject, stop down. Look in your
manual to find out how to do it.
Always take extra memory cards and batteries
with you on your trip. Take more
batteries and cards than you think you’ll need.
Excessive heat or cold will drain a battery even if it is not in a
camera. If your battery runs out
too quickly, take it out of the camera and then reinsert it.
Download your photos at least every night onto a back-up device or a
laptop, and recharge all batteries.
Do not delete the photos from your used memory cards unless you absolutely have
to.
Review the photos you’ve taken at least once, preferably
before you go to bed (if not immediately after the photo shoot.)
Figure out what you did wrong.
If you can’t figure it out, read your manual.
Spend the money on a good tripod, take it with
you, and use it whenever you can.
An alternative is a bean bag. Per
Al W’s suggestion, when going to far-away places, take an empty bean bag and buy
the beans to fill it at the destination.
Show bean bag and remote shutter trip.
Do not change lenses in a wind storm.
If the weather has been dusty, use a UV filter on your camera and rinse
it with water when finished. Do not
wipe it with a cloth. It will
scratch the surface.
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