It is essential you get to know your best friend, your new camera body! But how do you do that and at the same time, make it an integral part of your photographic arsenal? Well in this video I give you some ideas on just that topic from learning its functions to imputing you first settings. I mention in the video my settings, you can find them here.
A CRITICAL thing I didn’t mention in the video (because I stopped reading my list, duh!) is to do the Teddy Bear Exercise to understand the meter, the advice your best friend provides and make the exposure yours.
Ever since my post yesterday I’ve had lots of questions about the D7500 which is great! It’s fun to see excitement about a camera body. There have been lots of good questions, many I don’t have an answer too since I’ve only been shooting with it for a few days. To answer some, ya it feels really good in the hand and is very light. Shooting with the 300PF worked really well as you can see above. Its firing rate is pretty impressive for such a small thing with a really nice buffer. The viewfinder is really bright but it does have the square exit pupil which personally drives me nuts. The big question, would I recommend it? From my first impression, ya, it’s a really fun, light responsive DX body producing sweet files!
The Arctic Hare was real fun to work last night at midnight. At first, we seemed a little shy but within five minutes we were walking around working it in the last rays of the Arctic sun to our heart’s content. Shooting handheld and knowing that to many, cranking up the ISO is a must, I shot it at ISO800 just to see how it would do. While I’ve not made any prints, I think the file looks very clean. Shooting the lichens was great fun as well looking for a pattern in the color. The D7500 did great hear from obtaining focus to exposure and white balance. So while this is only my first impression, I think the D7500 is a body I can easily recommend.
Yep, a D7500 arrived on my desk last Friday from B&H and I’ve just started shooting with it. After mentioning that in my podcast this morning my email lit up. The question comin in, “Should I buy one?” My first thought is always going to be, yes! But in reality, I don’t know that answer yet for myself let alone you. My initial impression is, it’s a sweet little camera. I’ve only taken a few serious photos so far with it but its feel and results are pretty sweet. But I’ve just begun and I’ve done no prints from it yet. So I’ll work on my settings list and will shoot more and let you know my thoughts when I have some :-)
Yesterday, 1 June was simply a great day! Brent and Katt were married on a gorgeous day in Spokane. We couldn’t be happier or prouder of them both, love them being part of our family.
And as you might expect of a Peterson, there was nothing normal about the ceremony or the photography. Levi Sim did a marvelous job photographing the event (I highly recommend him!)! While he might have made fun at Photoshop World about being nervous with me being the groom’s father, he did a fantastic job! Nope … neither Jake or I were the photographer of record. In fact, I was quite the contrary! Levi figured out how to deal with me …
Yep … he made me a VAL and I was honored to do it!!!
Photography in large part is about growing personally and photographically just as much as capturing that amazing moment. Our Workshops and Adventures are geared to meet those common needs and a lot more. We have a couple of openings, one might just be what your photography and you need to grow! Many find the time in the vehicle and at meals just as helpful as behind the camera. I’m here to help you with YOUR photography.
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