Nice Photos.

OK, cheers Tony

I'll look out for the next one then...

The motor museum:

Chicago Auto Show 1976 

Kevin, something related but much more ancient. The auto show was an assignment for a photojournalism class.

Hope you passed, that is an excellent pic!

  All the fun of the fair

Thanks, Jamie, but it is not mine. Taken by a fellow classmate using my Nikon F2. I did the developing and printing. The guy on the right is me.

+1, that's a super shot Haim!

Maybe start a new thread, Howard?

Anyway......

Who could mistake that rear - great use of light Tony (as with the white car at the top of the page)

Great photo there Mr Lockhart!

It very much depends on the circumstances but;

For general shooting and for landscapes and portraits use aperture priority - F8 - F14 for reasonably sharp to sharp but be aware you need more light the higher the number.  You can always increase the ISO.  On a Canon I usually use ISO125 where there is decent light.  The camera will take care of the shutter speed in this mode.  For portraits focus on the nearest eye and use a small f number F4 for example to blur the background.  For landscapes do the opposite and use a large number, ideally with a tripod, to keep the whole shot sharp.

Where you are shooting moving objects, or want to blur things or want to ensure you keep things sharp in low light use shutter priority.  Slow shutter will blur things fast shutter speed will freeze motion.

For flash use manual and set to F8 and an appropriate shutter speed. 

Have fun and play around with the different settings

My biggest breakthrough in terms of consistent technical shot quality is switching to auto-iso. With this, I can then set my shutter speed to avoid (or create) shake and blur and concentrate on my aperture for depth of field control. The camera takes care of the exposure. I now use auto-iso for 90% of my shots. It's like shooting in full manual, but where the exposure is always correct, regardless of my choices of shutter speed and aperture. Just brilliant. (I just now need to figure out the composition aspects!)

The key is to understand how aperture, shutter speed and iso work together and to use them to achieve what you have in mind.  There is tons pf info on line about the exposure triangle and its worth a read but the best way forward is to get the basics and then experience with the three so that you can see what impact they have in different circumstances

+1, I only shoot in raw then its me who makes the decisions on how the pics are processed and not the camera

Agreed. Plus shooting in RAW and using either Photoshop (Elements is just fine) or Lightroom (my preferred option) to customise the picture to what you, rather than the camera, dictates. My advice is to get a good book on photography & get to grips with the principles.

Howard, have to agree with most of the comments above - shoot in raw if you possibly can. The files are bigger, but if you need to work on them, you can without too much loss of quality; if you use a program like Lightroom your original raw file is untouched. If you need to share your files, you can always save them as JPEGs later.

My other hint would be to turn as much auto off as poss (with the exception of your built-in meter, if it's any good, but you might be better off using a separate/discrete light meter any way).

My main camera is completely manual so I don't have the auto option but the thing is that if you use your own judgement on ISO, WB, focus, aperture etc, rather than the camera processor's, you'll get better pictures and you'll have more fun taking pictures. It takes practice but it's worth it.

There's certainly a variety of types. Super Guppy:

Blimey Tony, how does that even get off the ground?

's funny, I've gone the other way in that I usually shoot with Mirrorless camera these days, the X-T1 in the main, and find jpegs fine. My 5D3 and lenses are going I now feel (though I keep saying that!)

The modern world of adjustable ISO is indeed a wonder (the fairground ride above was at 3200) and makes life much easier! Although you'll find it's another dial to turn in anything but full auto. An EVF, as on the Fuji (and wifi connection to my phone) makes life easier in some shots too as you can see what you're getting right away before you shoot, though many times an SLR with an OVF as on your 40D is more practical, especially if taking pictures of very fast things.

Of course the major benefit of digital photography is you can take as many shots as you like and you can review them instantly too. So by all means read a book but just going out to try things is the most effective hands on way to learn IMO. There's plenty on the net, try another forum like Talk Photography and you'll be able to take in plenty of info. Take a look at the pictures you like in the respective flickr (or whatever) page and you may well find Exif info displayed, showing various camera settings too.

I use Elements and Lightroom too, for me Elements/CC is mainly for healing/cloning out bits, Lightroom is more for either subtle colour and light changes, crops or massive shifts in effects when the fancy takes me! Most of my pics go through Lightroom first.

It's the added lift provided by the set of Airbus wings it carried...

Could someone please report my new Photo help thread to draw Richard to my request in it?

Maybe start a new thread, Howard?

Anyway......

Very nice. Lovely starburst.  What lens did you use Tony?

Done. 

  Celebrate!