Have you ever tried to take a photo of the Moon but only to find that it is impossible to take one good photo?
Many times, we see a beautiful Moon on the horizon or up in the sky and it looks so beautiful, we get tempted to take a photo. Let us assume we have a multi zoom camera- a camera with 10x plus zoom. We turn on the camera, zoom in and take a photo in Program mode or in Semi Auto mode. Here is the photo that most of us will end up with. Nothing but a ball of white light.
You can try few times but most of the time, your photo will not be good enough to satisfy you. Here is a photo I took with my 24x zoom camera. I am not sure which camera I used but I guess it was Fujifilm X-S1 with 26x zoom.
How to take a better photo?
It is a not difficult to take a better photo with Trial and Error photography.
In Trial and Error Photography, first take a photo in Auto or Program mode. Then look at the photo. If the photo is not good enough, find the issue. Once you know the issue, try to fix it. That's it.
What is an issue with this photo? The photo is over-exposed. In other words, camera took in more light that it needed. This caused the moon to be washed out.
So the issue with the photo is TOO MUCH LIGHT taken by camera.
How to fix the issue?
Simple. The issue is too much light taken by camera. How to tell camera to take less light? Professional, photography books and pundits will start getting into ISO, Aperture, Shutter speed etc. Who in our world has time for all that BS? We want to take better photos without getting too much in technical of photography.
There is one simple way to tell camera to take less light. Find this button or control that has this symbol. It is called Exposure Compensation. This is a great button when you want to tell camera to take in less light or more light.
Click on this button/control and you will see a sliding scale with positive and negative value as shown in the image here. To tell camera to take less light, move the value to negative range (with some scroll button or with left-right arrows). Set it to -1 and take a new photo. If that photos is also still too bright, set the value to -2 and take a photo again. With 2 to 4 different EV values, you will be able to take some beautiful photo of the moon as shown below.
Didn't I tell you that you don't need degrees to take better photos? Just believe in my Trial and Error approach and you will be able to make yourself happy in majority of the situations and that too without spending too much money on camera equipment or too much time behind a camera lens or photography books.
Enjoy photography- the easiest way. A lazy person's way ;)
Many times, we see a beautiful Moon on the horizon or up in the sky and it looks so beautiful, we get tempted to take a photo. Let us assume we have a multi zoom camera- a camera with 10x plus zoom. We turn on the camera, zoom in and take a photo in Program mode or in Semi Auto mode. Here is the photo that most of us will end up with. Nothing but a ball of white light.
You can try few times but most of the time, your photo will not be good enough to satisfy you. Here is a photo I took with my 24x zoom camera. I am not sure which camera I used but I guess it was Fujifilm X-S1 with 26x zoom.
How to take a better photo?
It is a not difficult to take a better photo with Trial and Error photography.
In Trial and Error Photography, first take a photo in Auto or Program mode. Then look at the photo. If the photo is not good enough, find the issue. Once you know the issue, try to fix it. That's it.
What is an issue with this photo? The photo is over-exposed. In other words, camera took in more light that it needed. This caused the moon to be washed out.
So the issue with the photo is TOO MUCH LIGHT taken by camera.
How to fix the issue?
Simple. The issue is too much light taken by camera. How to tell camera to take less light? Professional, photography books and pundits will start getting into ISO, Aperture, Shutter speed etc. Who in our world has time for all that BS? We want to take better photos without getting too much in technical of photography.
There is one simple way to tell camera to take less light. Find this button or control that has this symbol. It is called Exposure Compensation. This is a great button when you want to tell camera to take in less light or more light.
Click on this button/control and you will see a sliding scale with positive and negative value as shown in the image here. To tell camera to take less light, move the value to negative range (with some scroll button or with left-right arrows). Set it to -1 and take a new photo. If that photos is also still too bright, set the value to -2 and take a photo again. With 2 to 4 different EV values, you will be able to take some beautiful photo of the moon as shown below. Didn't I tell you that you don't need degrees to take better photos? Just believe in my Trial and Error approach and you will be able to make yourself happy in majority of the situations and that too without spending too much money on camera equipment or too much time behind a camera lens or photography books.
Enjoy photography- the easiest way. A lazy person's way ;)
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