If a photo enthusiast is very creative, he/she can turn any normal-looking situation into interesting photographic subjects via the use of color and angles. There are a lot of things around you that can be seen in a photographic viewpoint through your camera and lenses. And it is up to you, as a creative hobbyist shooter, to bring that vision on film. Take for example, the water in a swimming pool, ever think of it being a suitable subject matter in the first place? An indication that the water is from a pool One side of the water under the shade     The shimmering effect of the water Foggy atmosphere during early morning, Kuala Lumpur Foggy days can also be one of the occasions to use your camera and create some nice photos. Just because you can't see the distant buildings and other scenes clearly during a foggy or hazy day doesn't mean that great images cannot be obtained. Far from it! The foggy scene of an early morning in Kuala Lumpur (above) with the famed KL Tower is one example. It was photographed by a 300mm lens with ISO 100 film. Owners of Type A camera models like the EOS 300 (Rebel 2000), EOS 50/50E (Elan II/IIe), EOS-3 and the pro EOS-1v, aside from having the advantage of using both E-TTL flash illumination and Flash Exposure Lock (FEL) with EX-series of Canon Speedlites, also have the flexibility of utilizing the High-Speed FP (Focal Plane) feature. This feature allows the Type A EOS owners to use their cameras to synchronize at shutter speeds faster than the standard X-sync speeds! It is useful to freeze fast-moving subjects in broad daylight as well as enable a shallow depth-of-field outdoors. Slow sync flash at 1/30 sec FP Flash at 1/2000 sec However, the distance coverage is limited whenever the Speedlite/camera combination is being used for the FP feature. The overall exposure may also be slightly underexposed if the ambient light is too low - a heavy overcast atmosphere during the day is not a good time to experiment with FP flash as the fast shutter speed selected may be too fast for the background detail (ambience level) to register on film. One of the beauties of the 35mm frame is the choice of shooting the scene in either horizontal or vertical format. While different focal lengths and lenses will give you various angles-of-view, make sure that in any of the subject matters you want to record on film, be shot in both the horizontal and vertical formats. Some scenes look better horizontally while others are great being photographed vertically. Shot horizontally Shot vertically << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .