https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 12:13:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-any-photography-bees-help#post-1180405 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:53:57 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1180405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: hm...with your kit lens, you're definitely more likely to get good results with groups, since the f stop/aperture doesn't get too low. </p> <p>There is no need to shoot in manual, but I would recommend trying A/Av, which is aperture priority if you want to start learning about what your camera can do.</p> <p>I just searched quickly for a better article online that would explain aperture and depth of field, and found this, which will probably explain a bit more clearly what I was saying before:</p> <p><a href="http://www.exposureguide.com/focusing-basics.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.exposureguide.com/focusing-basics.htm</a></p> <p>When you shoot in A, you pick your f-stop, and the camera adjust everything else to give you a properly exposed photograph. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-any-photography-bees-help#post-1180386 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:46:39 +0000 travelgirl1 1180386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: @Adira: Thanks, lovelies. It all sounds rather complicated to my sleep-deprived brain but I'm going to read up about f-stops now then try it out tomorrow :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-any-photography-bees-help#post-1180382 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:45:03 +0000 Adira 1180382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: I would try switching to Av mode so you can set the aperture yourself. The wider the aperture (the lower f-stop number), the more light you let in, but the smaller your focal length. You'll want to close the aperture (increase the f-stop number) in order to increase your focal length so that people on different planes can be in focus. This will mean a decrease in light let in though, so your shutter speed will decrease to accommodate for the less light, unless you're shooting outside! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-any-photography-bees-help#post-1180381 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:44:15 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1180381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually you want an F-stop of 3.5 or higher to shoot multiple people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-any-photography-bees-help#post-1180368 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:37:03 +0000 travelgirl1 1180368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Confetti: It's a kit lens, it says 18-55mm on it. The outdoor pictures are a lot better than the indoor, now you mention it. If I was shooting in manual (and understood it, lol) would that help? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-any-photography-bees-help#post-1180350 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:27:59 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1180350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is one of the great challenges of shooting in with a low aperture - it makes your depth of field really narrow. I'm guessing you are shooting with a 50 mm/1.8, and your camera is adjusting to the low light inside, on auto, shooting at 1.8 or close to it. My best suggestion is to do your best to have the subjects all be equidistant from you and your camera, so they can be on the same vertical plane for focus. Otherwise, you could stand a LOT further from your subjects, which could also help, and then just crop in editing. </p> <p>OR! go outside where you have a lot more light, so you can use A/Av mode set to anything 4 or 5.6 and up, which should also fix the problem. </p> <p>This is coming from an amateur, and I'm not sure how well I explained, but I hope it helps!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-any-photography-bees-help#post-1180306 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:09:00 +0000 travelgirl1 1180306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm getting to grips with my DSLR and still shooting in auto.</p> <p>I find though, that if I take a picture with more than one person in it, only one person is in focus. How do I fix this to get both people in focus? </p> <p>I can post a picture if I haven't written in clearly enough. </p> <p>Thanks guys, I'm a total novice at this photography business. </p>