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Hey all,

Powercruise 2009 is coming to Perth this weekend, so I'll be there for most of the weekend as pit crew for my mates. Anyway, I want to take my camera and take as many photos as I can. Because I'm only starting however, I was hoping you could give me some tips for those conditions.

Bright daylight

Night time

Action shots

Lots of smoke

Far distance

I have a Cannon 1000D body with an 18-55mm lens. Not the best reach, but i can always crop and enlarge if its good enough quality.

Thanks guys,

Rhys

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Is the subject going to be still?

If so just use a tripod for night time with a long exposure.

Action shots - Day time or night time? If night time your lens will be hopeless. If day time - set your camera to tv mode and set the shutter speed between 1/60-1/250th. Depending on how much motion you want adjust to your liking.

But honestly since its your first time just experiment. Go have some fun :P

Before you do go, just remember what apeture, shutter speed, iso etc etc means.. and how to change them depending on the condition.

Have fun :(

Like Sidd mentioned, it'll be all in the relationship between shutter speed, aperture and ISO - if you want to learn more about this, have a look at the videos done for Canon Australia here: http://www1.canon.com.au/worldOfEos/learn/home/default.aspx. Those same videos and more are also directly viewable on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CanonAustralia

Could give you a uber huge lecture on everything but i will tell you what i tell other people who take there camera's out for the first few times.

Just go out there, shoot pictures, capture the moments and have fun. Doesn't matter if its green box mode or M, everyone i've lectured worried so much about there shutter speed/iso/aperture and couldn't remember what did what and ended up missing heaps of stuff because they were snapping away and saw a great moment and they missed it because there settings weren't correct.

Over time, the settings will come too you, and you will know what you want. Just enjoy the day and take some pics, that's what it's all about!

But if you want settings, as Sidd said and Goldzilla, focus on shutter speed/ISO/aperture.

Make sure to post pics!

Since you're a beginner I'll suggest:

Bright daylight - Auto

Night time - Auto

Action shots: freeze the moment - Sports

Action shots: blurry background - Shutter Priority (Tv) using 1/250

Lots of smoke - Auto

Far distance - Auto

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ps. enjoy :P

As long as there is petrol in the ground there will always be shows like Powercruise.

This means that you should take the kit you've got and learn from it, learn about what you can and can't do while you're out there. Obviously in-field shooting is going to be a waste of time with the 18-55mm lens but you can still do stuff in the pits and shoot cars from the pit wall on the straight. :whistling: Don't forget that if you do decide to buy a long lens or anything else that it must also be usable outside Powercruise. I have a 70-200mm F2.8L which not only gets used for Powercruise it also gets used for studio work and wedding gigs. :D

Food for thought.

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As long as there is petrol in the ground there will always be shows like Powercruise.

except they refine crude oil to make petroleum (and other fuels etc). it doesnt come straight from the ground lol

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