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Hi,
Firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong section. I wasn't sure where else to post this.
So, I purchased an EOS 1100D a few weeks back, and need to get more practice in. Me and the Mrs are going to America for a month in November, spending time in NYC, Vegas & then Arizona. We went to NYC a couple of years ago, and I took some "decent" pictures on my point and shoot compact. We was going to have some printed, to canvas, mainly of us. We got a couple of good "selfies" and also a few that others had taken of us.
Anyway, I plan on getting some awesome pictures this year. As we are going over to celebrate both our 30ths (hers at the start of the month, mine at the end), I don't want to spend all my time messing with the camera. Truth be told, I'll probably set it to full auto for most of the pictures, and treat it as simply a point and shoot camera. HOWEVER, I would like to at least try and get some cracking pictures, either in full manual, or aperture priority settings or whatever. I will also be taking several memory cards, one just for saving in RAW.
So, any ideas or tips that I can practice whilst at home in my local town? A friend of mine gets some cracking pictures of London, and I would like similar (I'll post his examples later when I get 5 minutes). I guess my "problem" is feeling daft stood in the middle of Chesterfield with a camera and tripod - whereas in the middle of London (as my mate does), even if you live there, folk will just assume you're a tourist or something and not think twice about what you are doing.
Thanks in advance
Mat
Firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong section. I wasn't sure where else to post this.
So, I purchased an EOS 1100D a few weeks back, and need to get more practice in. Me and the Mrs are going to America for a month in November, spending time in NYC, Vegas & then Arizona. We went to NYC a couple of years ago, and I took some "decent" pictures on my point and shoot compact. We was going to have some printed, to canvas, mainly of us. We got a couple of good "selfies" and also a few that others had taken of us.
Anyway, I plan on getting some awesome pictures this year. As we are going over to celebrate both our 30ths (hers at the start of the month, mine at the end), I don't want to spend all my time messing with the camera. Truth be told, I'll probably set it to full auto for most of the pictures, and treat it as simply a point and shoot camera. HOWEVER, I would like to at least try and get some cracking pictures, either in full manual, or aperture priority settings or whatever. I will also be taking several memory cards, one just for saving in RAW.
So, any ideas or tips that I can practice whilst at home in my local town? A friend of mine gets some cracking pictures of London, and I would like similar (I'll post his examples later when I get 5 minutes). I guess my "problem" is feeling daft stood in the middle of Chesterfield with a camera and tripod - whereas in the middle of London (as my mate does), even if you live there, folk will just assume you're a tourist or something and not think twice about what you are doing.
Thanks in advance
Mat