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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Photography 101

Hey guys, first and foremost, I'd like to introduce myself, to those who are unfamiliar of me. My name, is Hamilton Jay, currently doing Architecture in Taylors PJ. You guys can catch me around college anytime. I go by the alias thelover and my weapon of choice is the userfriendly Nikon D40x. My posts from here onwards would be basically Photography tips and tricks, and also most likely Photoshop. If you have any queries, do contact me at native_survivor@hotmail.com.

First off, today I will be giving pointers on Shade>White Balance. Well, this feature is most likely found on DSLRS, SLRS, camcorders(some of them) and also the trusty digital cameras.

Basically, the option "shade" is a very good tool to enchance the picture. Shade gives a almost orange tint to the photographs. This remarkably enchances the picture's attraction factor. Well, to explain this to you guys, I'm gonna have to use my neice as a model, :P

Picture taken at f/5.6, without shade.


Picture taken at f/5.6, with shade. Notice the slight amount of blur around her hands.

The shade balance almost always makes it difficult to take a clean, clear shot. In order to avoid this blur, either pump up the ISO, or take your time taking the shot. Snap, and wait awhile; dont immediately remove the camera.


This would result in a much clearer and sharp image, minus motion blurs.

It is sometimes easier said than done though,

Picture taken at f/4, with a slightly boosted ISO of 800, without shade.

Picture taken at f/6.3, lowered ISO of 400, without flash, with shade. This picture still has a slight amout of motion blur.


Picture taken at f/6.3, with shade, and with proper hand timing.

The results of shade is phenomenal. Do try it, as photography is a trial and error hobby. I'll keep posting some tips and tricks as soon as possible! Take care guys =)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can we control the amount of shading? Because although we can see the difference in the white balance, isnt the colour too yellow? And by using shutter priority mode can we reduce motion blur?

thelover said...

well for my nikon, shading can be controled by stages, +1,+2,and +3, it can be minused also. shutter priority is an semiauto mode, nikon allows white balanced to be set in S mode, i believe canon would allow the same, and yes it will reduce motion blur albiet not fully removing it. the reason why i did not mention this in the above post is because shutter speed priority mode is only available on dslr and slr. digicams and camcorders do not allow this =)

Anonymous said...

The shading technique would be great when better controlled. The yellow coat here is a little extreme and have rendered the picture less colourful. Not all pictures when applied shading looks good based on the few examples given except for the last shot but still a little too extreme nonetheless

thelover said...

its based on personal taste. but it is a good technique nonetheless.

Ivan said...

u know.. White blance does not affect shutter speed at all. They're two entirely different thing.

thelover said...

its about minimizing motion blur as well ivan

Thien @k@ pioneer411 said...

Izzit shading +/- ev?? i not sure with it.. but im sure white balance is not related with speed at all :) motion blur got few way to reduce, 1st way tripod, or human tripod, VR or IS lens kekeke POISON thing,, Flash, or maybe bigger aperature lens, this may take pics faster :)

noob cents, wrong dun kick me :)