I love photos, but I'm still not happy with what I produce. I'd like to think that it's something wrong with the camera, but I know better than that. If you ever want to see what other people can do with your camera, just take a look on flickr for some examples. Here are the ones using the same camera as us - a sony cyber-shot DSC-P73.
A couple of years ago I had "figured it out" for what I was doing wrong with sunset pictures and how to fix it. I now think that I was wrong and it has more to do with the white balance rather than anything else. Here's one page that explains white balance pretty well.
Another site that I've been spending a lot of time reading is one with tons of tips on... well, everything. There is a how to photograph section as well as portrait photography tips section. Pretty useful and interesting, but be warned - I've lost like 1/2 day or more reading that site. General tips are as follows:
1) get low to your subject if they're kids / pets / animals
2) rule of thirds
3) when shooting people / animals, use the burst / rapid fire mode because the 3rd picture might be the best
4) experiment and take your camera everywhere - but still put it down and be a person
5) plan ahead if possible and be prepared
One thing that I have a lot of trouble is wrapping my head about the concept of aperture and quotes like "Set a small aperture (ie a larger number) to increase the depth of field". Wait, set a small number to get a big number? Huh? I think that I understand - because the aperture is a expressed as a function of the f stop over the number. Bigger the number on the bottom - the smaller the fraction becomes - the smaller the hole.
Ya, I've probably got that totally wrong. Oie. I just get confused when big equals small which changes depth. Ah well. I'll have to keep looking at it until I figure it out.
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