How to take indoor photos using a Canon Rebel T1i?
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at
12:56 am
Just A Dream Photography asked:
I am going to be taking indoor photos and I wanted to know the best possible settings. I have been practicing using AV mode but feel I am missing something.
I am going to be taking indoor photos and I wanted to know the best possible settings. I have been practicing using AV mode but feel I am missing something.
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You are probably missing the parts like setting the white balance to match the lighting indoors and raising the ISO so you can still hand hold your shots without any camera movement. You will get less chance of blurred photos if you make sure you are shooting with your aperture wide open and the shutter speed shows your camera is at least 1/250th second until you have a few years experience holding your camera very, very still
I just got my t1i and was playing with indoor lighting as well. Like the previous poster said, make sure to check your white balance- this has made a huge difference for my indoor photography. I focused on a subject and used every white balance option to find the one that worked best for those lighting conditions. If you have a steady hand or tripod you can use the lower ISOs but do make sure your shutter speed is fast enough. If you are using the 18-55mm make sure the aperture is at the lowest number/highest f/stop you can get (I think it is 3.5 or 4- can’t remember off the top of my head) I dont know how familiar you are with the T1i but you change the aperture by hitting the AV button just to the right of the screen and then scrolling right or left with the dial by the shutter release button. Good luck!
Put your camera on M (manual) mode, Open the aperture to the max. (lowest f- no.) Start with a shutter speed of 1/30 and keep adjusting after each shot.
Skip M mode. Use Av and set to the lowest number possible for your given lens as suggested.
Play with your ISO to get faster shutter speeds, especially shooting action/sports.
Look at your picture after you take it, hit the info button, if the histogram (the graph) looks like it’s all smashed up on the left side, your image is too dark. If it’s across the whole graph, it should be ok, and if smashed up on the right, it will be over exposed.
Another possibility is shooting RAW, assuming that the T1i comes with Canon’s DPP to process raw photos. If so you can adjust your white balance and tweak your exposure AFTER you take your picture in a much better fashion than if you were to just shoot in JPEG mode.