I’ve been trying to take photographs with my new, wonderful camera. But there are two main problems. One, as I am reminded constantly, is that I have no photography experience at all and know very little to nothing about main photography concepts such as light, exposure, aperture, etc. Two, all my pictures from this weekend seem to be grainy. When I look at them in 100% in Photoshop, they are mostly out of focus or almost pixelized. I do use the medium setting but the smooth medium so I don’t think it’s the camera. I think it must be me. Something I am doing wrong.
I know I need to learn more about the art of photography and I am working on it, albeit slowly. And I must say the beautiful surroundings of La Jolla don’t make for much photography other than flowers. Which should also show me that I don’t really have a photographer’s eye. These all should be reason to give up. But I do like taking pictures very much and I am not ready to give up just yet.
I just wish I could figure out what’s making my pictures so grainy.
Sometimes grainy is good. This looks nice to me. Not really that grainy at all. Take care.
Cole
hi there, i know excatly what you mean and the picture here is pretty clear. but then if you look at this one it”s a bit blurry or grainy or something because at full-size i can’t crop the birds and have that produce a clear picture. doesn’t that mean I’m doing something wrong?
a-ha. figured out one of my problems, i think. my ISO was set to 1600. Wouldn’t that make my picture grainier?
Correct, the higher the ISO, the grainier the image. Ideally, you want to use the lowest ISO you can set your camera to. Of course, there will always be situations where you will need those higher ISO settings…
Don’t feel bad, though. I’ve had my camera for a year now, and I still take a few crummy pictures.