Being a Professional Photographer

You are a Professional Photographer when you earn a steady income from it.

Professional photographers will always admit to their abilities and shortcoming.

They can think on their feet and make a shot happen with their skill level.

You Must Understand Your Equipment, Light, Settings, Techniques, and be able to use it under the conditions and ambiance of your shoot.

Preparation is 100% of your Success or Failure.

Scout The Surroundings and The Back Drop of your shoot. Anticipate the light, Sun, and Possible Weather Conditions.

Work the weather into your quote.

Make sure all aspects of the shoot is covered.

Props, Hair, Makeup, Light, Reflectors, Back Drops, and Extras (People to complete the scene)

Remember every Photograph tells a story. You are there to capture that story and portray it.

By Petrus Viviers

(+27)813427371

Best Settings on Canon PowerShot SX430is (Wildlife and Bird Photography)

Camera

Canon PowerShot SX430is

This Photo can be compared side by side with one shot on a very advanced Camera (Canon 90D)

The interesting part is that these results are achieved by changing some of the settings so the best possible outcome was delivered by this entry level base model Bridge/Super Zoom Camera.

Settings

IS Off

100ISO

Mode AE/P

Zoom 160mm

AWB

Spot Metering

Image Size: L

Image Quality: S

Light Meter: Spot

AF Frame: Centre

Servo AF: Disabled

Continuous AF: Disabled

iContrast: Off

Conclusion:

What was found that true crisp image is obtained on 100ISO with Image Stabilization (IS) turned off.

Video Settings

This will impact on Video Settings. Best Video Results are with all of the above with these changes.

IS: Continuous 2

iContrast: On

Digital Zoom: 1.6x

Photographer

Petrus Viviers

(+27)081 342 7371