Over the past year I've been working on a new camera, Sony a6000. I don't have the luxury of the deep zoom of my old camera. But I do get forced into being better and capable of pro-quality photos
I just have lenses that are best used for portrait and wide angle views. Very different from the point n'shoot with a 500 mm equivalent zoom. So I am getting used to this, finally.
But, to be clear... this still is better than my old Nikon COOLPIX P510 when taking figure skating photos... even when cropping to about 8 megapixel of the 24 mp on the sensor. And best lense I have is a 50 mm f1.8 on loan from my brother.
Think about this, I have a better picture at 8 mp cropped (original photo is 24 mp) compared to the 16 mp on the Nikon COOLPIX P510. I still need better lenses for wildlife and sports, but for now, I can do good. And I'm honored that some people have actually paid me for some of my shots.
In the next couple of weeks, I'm going to document some of what I have to do now for my figure skating photos. The sorting, sorting some more, cropping, editing, sharing. Because last Friday, there was an end of season ice show for a local park and rec, and yesterday I shot action photos for a basic skills competition.
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| Just a sample, I like shooting in B&W with RAW. I find it helps me compose better. |
