Recently my colleague has invited me to a party on the occasion of his 30-years anniversary. Thinking of that,that it is necessary to carry off boring evening, I have dragged myself to him,it's well that he lived a beside. When I have come there, guests were putting on various comical costumes. To me too have given a costume of a parrot. When all guests have set down for a celebratory table, the picture was similar to paintings of Dali. It has caused general fun. I have decided to run for camera to photograph this. So-called official part last not for long.After that the real carnival has begun.Music of 50s played. I have invited to dance a dragonfly and as it appeared subsequently very nice girl,we have then continued our acquaintance. I had so liked the party that I have decided to organize something similar. Unfortunately photos have turned out not so qualitative,because illumination was flickering,therefore I have decided to look the information both about how to give a party and something about a professional photography to get good photos under any conditions. I had searched for a long time a necessary info,but basically websites about sale of photobooks came across only. At last, I managed to find that is necessary in somewhere very deep.
Here is one of the ideas of a party that I have read there:
Old West theme party Old West theme party is particularly popular as it invites your guests to simply arrive in their old jeans and shirts. What could be more comfortable? It's also a good theme pick when kids are also invited. This is a party that should be planned to start in mid-afternoon and run well into the evening where your guests can gather around "the old campfire" after dark and tell stories. Don't have a place for a campfire? Sure you do. Just surround a 6'-8' circle of dirt (or 3" deep sand-fill) with large rocks. Don't worry, remove the sand the next day, use it to add to your garden soil, and your concrete or grass will recover quite nicely.
Decorations:
*Bales of hay to sit on (You can spread the hay later for weed control in your garden.) *Oil lanterns and/or oil lamps. Candles work too, *Disposable red, or blue & white, checkered table cloths with matching plates and napkins. *A handful of daisies or wild flowers tossed into glass jars for the tables. *If you have access to some old saddles or cowboy boots to set around, that's great.
Suggested Activities - Plan on picking up some fitting prizes from your dollar store:
*A 1 legged, potato-sack race. (You can quickly stitch these up from cheap burlap fabric.) *A pie-baking contest (The pies will be served for dessert!) *Horse Shoes *Square dancing *Who can tell the scariest Ghost Story around the campfire? *Who can tell the biggest and most believable lie around the campfire? *The best cowboy poetry. A double prize for an original poem by the teller. *If you have a friend with a guitar, do a sing-a-long, which is great fun.
Menu Idea:
*Pan-fried Chuck or Swiss steak smothered with gravy and *Mashed potatoes, or bake them in hot coals *Cowboy beans *Corn-on-the-cob *Sliced tomatoes *Hot, fluffy biscuits with butter and jam *Assorted homemade pies for desert *Iced tea, lemonade, coffee, and beer, if desired.
And practically there are ideas of a party for all occasions of life there.
Now about photography website that I have found.
There is,of course,not everything about photography there,but it is free. Here is one of articles.Estimate self:
5 Simple Steps to Better Color Pictures
Shield your lens from direct light One of the biggest image degrading factors I have seen is lens flare. When direct light enters the front of your lens, it bounces around in the lens lowering contrast and destroying color saturation. You will mostly encounter lens flare when photographing a backlit subject. That is to say when the sun is in front of you and behind the object of the photograph. There are several things you can do to eliminate this problem. One of which is to always use a lens hood. There are times when a lens hood will not be enough. When this is the case, you can "flag" the light by blocking it with your hand, a cap or a flag you cut out of cardboard. Just make sure the "flag" is not in your image area. Get the proper exposure Proper exposure is key to getting good color. One way to ensure a correct exposure is meter off of a gray card. You can pick one of these up at just about any camera store. All camera meters are calibrated to give you a middle toned picture. Therefore you need to meter a middle toned object. That is what a gray card is.
Another solution would be to use an incident meter. This in my opinion is the most accurate way to do it. An Incident meter actually meters the light falling on your subject not the light reflected from your subject, so you get a more accurate reading of the light. Once you have determined the proper exposure you can help to ensure a good picture by bracketing your exposure. You do this by taking 3 shots, one at your determined exposure value, one slightly underexposed and one slightly overexposed. You can do this in 1/3 stop, 1/2 stop or full stop increments. The choice is up to you. Just use aperture priority, select your f-stop and vary your shutter speed. Some cameras have this function built in so read your camera's manual. Underexpose for positive film and digital, overexpose for negative film You can increase your color saturation by slightly adjusting your exposure. Generally speaking, for negative film, color saturation will increase with slight overexposure. For digital and positive film a slight underexposure should increase your color saturation. Play around with it by bracketing as mentioned above.
Use higher saturation film or camera settings If you are using film you can purchase films that are designed to yield higher color saturation. If you are using digital, most digital camera's will let you select different degrees of saturation. Read your camera manual to learn how to do this.
Fill in shadows A lot of the scenes you will photograph will have a contrast range that is outside the ability of your film or digital camera to record. That is to say the exposure range from the shadows to the highlights is too great to record all the detail. Either the highlights will "blow out" (be solid white) or the shadows will "block up" (be solid black) or both! The best way I have found to handle this situation is to get the proper exposure for the highlight areas and fill in the shadows with some form of supplementary light, such as an on camera flash or a reflector fill card. A reflector fill card can be white, silver or gold and you use it to reflect light into the shadow side of your subject. As for using your on camera flash, read your manual to see how to set up the flash for "fill flash" and give it a try. If your camera allows for it, make sure your flash exposure is set so it is a stop or two weaker then the main light of your scene. A lot of camera's now have a way to change your flash exposure when it is set to fill flash.
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