My neice gemma got married on Saturday and I recently bought the Olympus E-500 5 weeks ago shortly after buying it my Father in law was taken ill, So this is my first time with the camera and I was stunned at the results:luxhello: Here is a few shots from the wedding!!!!!!
Cheers
Colin
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/P7290355.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/P7290358.jpg


Anybody care to give me any tips,(BTW Thats me in the top picture with my 2 beautiful neice's)


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/P7290360.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/P7300362.jpg

I think the WB is way off in those pics. They all have a very blue cast. Were they shot in auto WB?

Use one of the presets, or take a manual one.

Geezer

to be honest, if i spent 500 quid on that camera, i'd be disappointed.

even with the WB sorted, my girlfriend's Fuji F810 is more than a match at £200+

to be honest, if i spent 500 quid on that camera, i'd be disappointed.

even with the WB sorted, my girlfriend's Fuji F810 is more than a match at £200+

I spent that on my E-500 and I am more than satisfied. Obviously the results are only as good as the set up of the camera and the person taking the pictures.

I am no expert but I don't think I will be swapping my E-500 for a Fuji 810 anytime soon :cuckoo:

Here's a few of mine using the Olympus this weekend at TOTB

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/totb-my-photos-t532703.html

They are all very blue. I'm not familiar with the camera but it looks like a white balance thing. Picture can be improved in photoshop with levels/curves and I've sharpened a little bit.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3452/p7290355bv5.jpg

The direct link here too

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3452/p7290355bv5.jpg

The TOTB shots are very good and certainly change my first impressions of the camera.

My candid fuji related comment was insensitive, so sorry. I do stand by my opinion on value for money though.

The more you practice the better you get

The TOTB shots are very good and certainly change my first impressions of the camera.

My candid fuji related comment was insensitive, so sorry. I do stand by my opinion on value for money though.

I don't doubt the value for money for a second.

As Steve777 said it is all down to practice. I have been using DSLR for nearly a year and whilst I am starting to get to grips with it there is still so much more to learn.

mgcvk,
Thanks mate I had litererally just used it that one day, and for a novice didn't think I did bad, but I really can see the differance in the first one and the one you have tweeked, where can I find the phtoshop thing please mate?
Cheers
Colin

You're looking at about £450 for a copy of Photoshop...

You can download a demo version from HERE (http://www.adobe.com/downloads/#imaging)

Colin, all you need is Photoshop Elemenents, to be honest, about £60 if I recall correctly.

Guys if I had changed my setting from auto to manual would that have helped?
Cheers
Colin

Guys if I had changed my setting from auto to manual would that have helped?
Cheers
Colin

Possibly! Now there is a clear as mud answer!

But only if you are fully aware of the manual settings required. Increasing the exposure would have made the images brighter, and in the generally unsteady atmosphere of a party you would probably want to run with as high a shutter speed as you can to avoid camera shake/motion blur (depending on how drunk you/the guest were), and then opening up the aperture by a couple of extra stops from what the camera thinks is the correct exposure.

What I tend to do in that "party" situation is set the shutter speed at max flash sync, and then increase the iso if needed to get a wide enough aperture to blur the background through reduced depth of field, and work from there.

If its bright enough generally, I'd not use the in built flash other than for fill in to get rid of shadows.

Colin, all you need is Photoshop Elemenents, to be honest, about £60 if I recall correctly.

Indeedy, Elements would allow you to do all the colour cast correction required.

I must admit I had had a few by then, when I get a moment I'll post some shots from the day as well I need all the tips I can get.
Cheers
Colin

(now back as Scoob99 and not ScoobyDooSubaru)

There was probably some software with the camera which would allow you to adjust the white balance too.

There was probably some software with the camera which would allow you to adjust the white balance too.

There is. Olympus Master.

Thanks guys!!!!!!!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Driver.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Con2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Con1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Chef.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/bus2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Bus1.jpg

Here is some pictures of the day, Please let me have your comments, as I am only a novice who wants to do something I have a passion for.
Cheers
Colin

Those confetti shots are pretty good, as confetti can be a bit of a lottery. Were they set up by the wedding photographer? Bit freaked out by the twin at first, wondered what was going on!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Driver.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Con2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Con1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Chef.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/bus2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Scoob99/Bus1.jpg

Here is some pictures of the day, Please let me have your comments, as I am only a novice who wants to do something I have a passion for.
Cheers
Colin

OK

The first pic - composition is all important and unfortunately the groom has a large metal pole growing out of his head. Had you been able to move round to your left to avoid it, and opended up the aperture to blur the background it would have been much better.

Likewise with the bus - the background is very distracting.

Third pic is good, although would have been better again if you had been slightly to your left.

Fourth pic - people in the background distract, subject on right has her eyes closed.

Fifth pic - the lads and the bus - much better composition, but crop an inch off the left hand side to even up the framing.

Sixth pic the composition lets it down, messy background on right hand side.

Colin,

Your biggest improvement will come from composition. Don't just look at the immediate subjects, but, more importantly, what's behind and in the rest of the frame.

Try to isolate your subject matter (which may include foreground and background) and avoid capturing anything else.

I assume your camera has an aperture priority setting. Auto is enevitably designed to give you max depth of field - not always a good thing.

As a very basic rule of thumb, you want a very shallow depth of field (everything other than subject all blurry) for people pics and you want maximum depth of field (everything in focus) for landscape pics.

So set it to aperture priority and lay out some garden pots in a line away from you for 30 feet or so.

Focus on the middle one, and take a few shots from your widest (smallest number) aperture to your narrowest (largest number) aperture and see what difference it makes to what is in focus and what isn't.

Then try the same with people.

And let us know how you get on

here's an example of a very wide aperture

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/Diablo/zz4copy.jpg

Diablo, agreed :)

Is the Grooms name Pete?
He looks so much like a bloke I know!!