ok so heres a whole dump of pics.

[Michael.]

nikon d fiddy. iso 200, P mode. nothing too special, 18-55mm lens usually.

[DD.]

WEAK!!!

JK...Nice pics man.

For the night pics, up the ISO to 1600 or the highest setting on your camera.
Then get a tripod.

[Michael.]

umm are you kidding? why up the iso to 1600? they'll be disgusting. and they were with a tripod. which pics are you talking about?

the 2 of the jetta were the only ones without a tripod. and if there is ANY slight bit of blur, i see it on my friend when she was posing, granted its hard to hold perfectly still like that when it was taking 20+ seconds to take the picture...

[DD.]

Im a photographer in case you didnt know...

Up the ISO to 1600. Trust me man.

Really low light conditions, say for night-time photography or to freeze the action would require using the faster ISO such as ISO 1600 or ISO 3200.

[Michael.]

but why? explain it. they will be grainier. and it will be faster. i wanted it to take a long exposure.

yeah i know it'll be faster, but i had time and i wanted them to be at 200. i had the tripod on all the shots, i wouldnt shoot at night without it.

[DD.]

ok so as you prob know allready,a camera's ISO function sets the light sensitivity of the camera's image sensor. A lower ISO setting is used when capturing overly bright scenes, since it reduces the light sensitivy of the image sensor.So like when your shooting at the beach or in the sun.

A higher ISO settings is used when shooting under dimmer conditions...cloudy days, indoors, etc. since it increases the light sensitivity of the image sensor.

As brightness in a scene is decreased, like at night, the camera tries to compensate by slowing the shutter speed which lets in more light but causes a slight blur. So you can increase the ISO or sensitivity of the camera, which allows the camera to select a higher shutter speed, thus reducing motion blur. Making the picture a little more clear.


ISO 100: Great for bright sunny days, at the beach or on the snow(Not in Florida).

ISO 200-400: Good for overcast or evening pics.

ISO 800-1600: For lower to no lighting. indoors, night time or when you need to capture faster moving subjects in lower lighting conditions. Or if your shooting a moving car or something. The reason a higher speed ISO helps you capture fast moving subjects is because a higher ISO makes the image sensor of the camera more light sensitive. This forces the camera to use a higher shutter speed to compensate for the extra brightness, Which freezes movement.

If you look at some of your pics, they are a "tad" bit blurry. A higher ISO speed will eliminate that.

Im not saying you have to change your way of shooting because they do look good. But we can all use some "Helpful" Critisizm.

-DD

[GsT Racer]

cmon darrell. its "criticism".

just thought you could use some helpful criticism.

lol just messin

[Michael.]

ok some of that about the iso makes sense. we have a big shoot planned down here in sarasota with our vw people and i'll play around with it, i'll take doubles using 200, and 1600 and see what happens.