new father noob photographer help!

htc8phtc8p Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
edited September 15, 2009 in People
hi all,

just became a father. my son is 2 months old. i take great pictures of our honeymoon scenery etc. but when i went to have pictures printed it was all grainy and noisy for my taste. effort and cuteness were gone to waste. when i looked at in through lcd monitor it looked fine but prints were bad.

here are my given:
cant shoot with flash (sensitive baby eyes)
so iso is 800
files is is m2
camera is canon ixus 850is
shoot only indoors

how can i remedy this? experts are welcome!

later on i will have to learn how to shoot active babies in the outdoors. but as of now NOISE is my main concern. Thanks!

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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited September 14, 2009
    Welcome.

    I've never heard of your camera so I can't really give specific advice.

    If you are taking photos of your baby without flash, try to shoot as wide open as you can. This will keep your shutterspeed up. This will become more important as he/she gets older.

    Can you post examples of photos you found too grainy for your liking?
    Mitch
    http://clearwaterphotography.smugmug.com/
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 14, 2009
    That series of camera isn't all that wonderful at ISO800. I don't have the IXUS, but have a SD1100 which appears to be similar. You may need to get into post processing the noise to solve your problem.

    However, based on my transition from P&S to my first DSLR, catching moving children is much, much, much easier with an SLR because of focusing/metering speed. If you can afford it, getting into an entry SLR will be a wise investment.
    - Andrew

    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
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  • htc8phtc8p Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited September 15, 2009
    here are the sample pics
    totally not crisp and sharp. these pictures came out from the printer

    indoors
    no flash
    iso 800
    manual mode
    ixus 850 is
  • htc8phtc8p Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited September 15, 2009
    :( not happy with crispness
    heres another what can i do
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2009
    This looks like camera noise, and there's not much you can do. Not knowing your camera specifically, I don't know if there is any High ISO noise reduction options in the user settings, but here's what can be done with NoiseWare plugin and some unsharp mask (130%, 3.0 radius, 5 [I think] threshhold).

    baby.jpg

    I've deleted the file from my machine. Hope this was okay by you.
    - Andrew

    Who is wise? He who learns from everyone.
    My SmugMug Site
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