I was at the St. Louis Art Museum this morning, so I thought I would see what I could find for this week’s photo challenge. The theme this week is curves, and here is my little gallery:
Curves are pretty easy to find in art. I picked a variety of mediums to represent that. Photographing art can be a bit of a trick. For this outing I used my Canon Powershot. A few weeks ago when shooting in a museum I used my Canon 50D. The biggest difference between these two posts is really the weight of the two cameras. Taking a point and shoot really is easier and the results aren’t bad. Since I couldn’t use the flash, I did bump up the ISO to 800. When shooting in a museum you do have to take a moment to think about the angle you want to shoot from. Two big concerns for me are always glare and the background. So, generally I try to get as close as possible and then sometimes crop the photo later.
How about you? what are your museum tips and tricks? feel free to leave them in comment section below. If you have written a blog post about it, feel free to leave a link.
Cheers!
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Excellent.
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Thanks 🙂
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Nice choice of photos for the challenge. Yes, I also bump up the ISO for museums. I have found that most museums do not allow use of the flash.
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Yes, bumping up the ISO is pretty much my go to trick in situations like this.
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Museums are not the easiest that is for sure. My important factor is how open do I want that aperture for what I am seeing at that moment.
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Yes, that is true, do you take a tripod with you?
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Only if my husband is willing to carry it♥ If not, then a monopod.
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Ha, good answer my friend. I took a look at your pinterest site the other day. I am thinking about creating a site myself. Yours looks really nice.
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I agree with you..get in close, and also try to be as straight on as you can, to avoid odd perspectives. No flash, because you are usually not allowed to use it, an also because it can create it’s own glare.. 🙂
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Yes, usually flash creates its own problems, and that is if you are even allowed to use it. I have never come away with an odd perspective photo 🙂 haha, or I got rid of the evidence.
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😀
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One can never go wrong with Van Gogh.
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I agree 🙂
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great information on ISO .
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Thanks!
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Lovely choices for the theme. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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