More Valuable Vacation
PhotographyTips
Before traveling, run a roll of 12 exposure
film through your camera and have it developed to insure your camera is
working properly. Buy extra film and a battery -- and pack it in your camera
bag.
Try to avoid passing your film through
the x-ray detectors at the airport. Put your film in a separate bag and
pass it through to the attendant for inspection. PLEASE SEE BELOW
For general photography, color print film
with a 200 ISO rating is best. Purchase your film locally, as film is
always more expensive at the vacation venue. For lower light levels, purchase
400 ISO rated film.
If you have a 35mm outfit, a small tripod
and cable release is suggested for longer (night) exposures.
Be camera ready! You never know when a
great photo will "happen upon you!"
Don't forget to "exploit the qualities
of a particular location." Lighting, scenery and climate are things
to look for when taking photos.
When photographing, look at the background
in the viewfinder and try to eliminate distracting elements by shifting
camera angle, either up/down or side to side. No poles should come out of
your subject's head.
Remember to have fun and enjoy picture
taking!
Super Secret Tip!
- Many amateur photographers may not
know the following!
- TiP:
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With
point-and-shoot type cameras, (both digital and film) locate the small sensor in front of the
camera that measures the amount of light that will activate the flash.
While outdoors, and with your foreground subject in shadow, cover up the
sensor with an extra finger, being careful not to block the lens. The flash
will activate, thus giving a pleasing "professional" flash fill
effect. Do this when the sun is low and you'll achieve a great flash fill
subject in front of a great sunset.
If you point the camera in sunlight without blocking the sensor, the
camera will read the available light and the flash will not activate.
Better yet, get a small piece of black masking tape and cover the
sensor. Point-and-shoot and digital camera flash usually have a distance
no more than eight feet.
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- PIMA Issues Warning to Airline
Passengers
- The Photographic & Imaging Manufacturers
Association, (PIMA) is warning to airline passengers carrying film: "Keep your unprocessed
film with you -- do not put it in checked baggage." A new round of tests at the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Technical Center on the most recent version of X-ray
machines that scan checked baggage has reconfirmed what had been known:
the machines cause damaging streaks and unacceptable fogging on all speeds
of film. Higher speeds of film show more damage. The machines only affects
unprocessed film (that's film that hasn't been developed yet).
A Few Tips if You're Traveling With Film
Never pack unprocessed film in checked baggage.
Store all film in clear plastic or mesh bags that fit in carry-on bags.
Remove film from carry-on bags and request a hand inspection of these
items whenever carry-on luggage is subjected to high intensity x-ray
security scanning.
For x-ray scanners used for carry-on baggage, request a hand inspection
for all film. Better safe than upset.
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