If I ask you, what are the 3 things you are looking for in each of your photographs?I’m sure of quality. This will be one of your answers.
All photographers are obsessed with photo quality: crisp photos, beautiful colors, as little noise as possible and perfect focus. But why is it so hard to find the perfect photograph?Because there are certain factors that beginner photographers in this wonderful art. I often forget.
- In today’s article we will review some of these factors or errors that.
- Although they are usually easy to solve.
- Can end up ruining your photos:.
Getting the perfect quality in each of your photos isn’t as complicated as you imagine, you just have to take into account a few aspects that, if you leave them to chance, can easily end up ruining your shots.
That’s why I’ve prepared 8 simple tips and tricks so that the next time you go out looking for your next photo, you can take a leap of quality to your photos.
The camera in your hand is much more powerful than you think. How is that possible? Most photographers overlook a simple but powerful look: the manual of their camera. While it’s almost impossible to control the anxiety of having the camera in your hands for the first time, it’s important to take the time to read the camera manual. Because? You may inadvertently have overlooked some features that will help you get sharper photos, such as noise reduction.
Before taking your next photos, pay attention to the following settings:
Your camera’s sensor converts the light reflected by subjects and objects in the scene and converts it into data that is stored in a digital file, that is, in a photo, so the light is information and the lack of light or darkness is not, so the more light you can capture, the more information will be stored in each of your digital files.
So how is it possible to maximize the amount of information in each of your photos?Make a correct measurement and exposure in each of the photos. Don’t worry, it’s not complicated at all, it’ll just take a little practice and you will. read the following article:? Detailed guide: How to make a correct measurement and exposure in your photos ?.
If you want to get quality photos, it will be essential to get the right measurement and exposure. Therefore, I highly recommend, however comfortable, to abandon the use of automatic and semi-automatic modes (Auto, TV, PV, etc. ) because they do not make the most of the sensor capacity of your camera.
To minimize noise in each of your photos, it is necessary to correctly measure the light present in the scene in order to adjust the ISO to the minimum possible:
It’s not about keeping it at its minimum value, but adjusting it to the limit of what the lighting conditions of the scene allow, first trying to compensate for the lack of light by slowing down the shutter speed or opening the but clear, always depending on what you want to achieve and transmit with your photos, in this way we eliminate the noise and help the sensor to give us better resolution results.
If you are not yet familiar with managing your camera’s ISO or want to update some concepts, I recommend reading the following article: How to use ISO correctly in your photos?
However, while it is true that at higher noise levels the sharpness and therefore the quality of the photographs decreases, the noise does not always spoil a photograph, but often even the power. Always remember that the advice you read here is just advice and in no way strictly complies with the law. Dare to break the rules.
Among the factors that can most easily ruin your photos, unwanted vibrations are the main ones, no photographer is free of this threat, from amateurs to professionals, in a carefree second, they can lose a spectacular shot thanks to apprehension. Worry, however easy they seem, so easy they leave. All you need to do is take some precautions before preparing to photograph your camera:
While it’s true that the quality of your goals is limited by the budget you can spend buying them, that doesn’t mean you have to spend money on the first one you have on hand. Before you buy a lens, research its performance, search for sample photos, download its manuals, and analyze reviews from other users.
The targets are the main responsible for the quality of your photos, not the cameras.
If you want to maximize the quality of your photos, it is very important to pay attention to the resolution of each lens at its different focal lengths, the amount of elements (crystals) with which they are built, the aberrations they produce and whether its distortion is compatible with what you expect from it. The best way to choose a lens is to make comparisons and read reviews from other photographers.
Although zooms or lenses with very variable focal lengths, such as an 18-200, are very comfortable thanks to their versatility, they are usually much less sharp than, for example, those?Prime? Or the focal length fixed as a 50 mm. Because? Because the more crystals (elements), the quality of the photos is reduced.
Cheer up and wear fixed lenses: Thanks to their much simpler systems with fewer elements, these lenses allow you to take much sharper photos than zooms, and are generally brighter and, last but not least, much cheaper. are less versatile than zoom or variable focal length.
This is a much more common mistake than you can imagine, especially since the placement of poor quality UV filters has become common to protect the front lens from very expensive lenses. It won’t do any good to have a goal of thousands of euros if you put a questionable quality filter in front of it.
If you are looking to get the highest quality and the photos you are trying to take require the use of a filter, I recommend that you get one that meets your goal, however expensive it is. money on super cheap filters that will simply add halos, reflections and aberrations to all your photos. Who pays poorly pays twice.
If you want to know which brands I recommend, check out the following article: “8 Ways to Enhance Your Photos with a Filter”.
To protect your goals, just be careful and put on your protective cap every time you finish using it, you don’t need any filter that reduces the quality of your photos, no less expensive.
All glasses, regardless of price or brand, have a point called “optimal point”. What is it? This is the aperture of the diaphragm in which the performance of the lens is maximized, that is, in which you can get its highest quality point.
You can find this point, usually by dividing the maximum aperture by two: if your lens has a minimum aperture of f/22, approximately f/11, you will get your best performance and better sharpness.
Note that this will limit the blur you can get because when you use narrower apertures (f/11, f/16, etc. ), the depth of field will increase and therefore blur will decrease.
I recommend that you take a moment to read the following article: “Everything you need to know about the focal length of your goal”.
Once the shooting is complete, you can correct or improve the quality of your photos by editing them on your computer. Keep in mind that editing is not the same as retouching: when editing, you adjust certain shooting settings, such as sharpness, contrast, or white balance without modifying or adding items that were not taken into account or, did not exist at the time of shooting, unlike retouching, where the photographer alters or alters the original photo, affecting it in its entirety.
By editing your photos you will be able to improve certain aspects that make up the resulting quality, such as focus, contrast, sharpness, lights and shadows, etc. You’ll only need to use editing programs like Photoshop or Adobe Lightroom or each camera manufacturer’s programs, allowing you to change these settings.
Here’s a short video to give you an idea of the possibilities that this type of program allows you to improve the quality of your photos:
We’ve just reviewed some of the easiest ways to dramatically improve the quality of your photos, but not all of them. There are as many ways as there are readers on the blog, so I invite you, in the comments, to share with all of us how you can improve the quality of your photos.
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