It is just an average digital camera, I go on Tumblr a lot, and they have really artistic photo's, however they are mostly created from Nikons, Canons and other really expensive cameras. Please don't suggest Photoshop or any other complicated, editing programs that cost money and please don't suggest buying one of those camera's as I don't have the money.
Any help would be appreciated as to how I could make the most out of my Sony camera and make nice pictures, tips and tricks will lighting, focus, etc etc would be helpful, thankyou.|||There's nothing wrong with your Cybershot, and a top-of-the-line Canon, Nikon or a $2,500+ Sony Alpha 900 for that matter, won't necessarily give you better or more artistic pics, and most if not all professional pics need extensive software post-processing to make them look the way they are.
A few things you might want to try are: shooting in black-and-white for a moody atmosphere on cloudy days, looking for sharp contrasts, experimenting with the settings on your camera, creating a personal photo assignment (urban landscapes, animals, you name it). Try to think of with a number of alternative shots before you photograph something and have a look at some basic rules of photo composition (see link).
Googling "photo ideas" might also help (for instance, see kodak link below).
As for expensive software: there are lots of excellent, free alternatives for Adobe Photoshop (see link below). One of my favourites is PhotoFiltre.
Happy snapping.|||In the first instance, try interesting angles. Tilt the camera. Make the subject NOT the centre of the frame. Get very close. Get far away. Try and avoid the flash if you can and get used to holding the camera REALLY steady.
Go on to the Flickr camera explorer and find lots of photos taken with your make and model of camera and try and work out how they were taken.|||I know plenty of people with top of the range DSLRs who take boring, and often terrible photographs.
It's not the camera that takes great photos, it's the ability of the photographer.|||Simple really. Learn how to use the camera, and how to trick the camera. I have on occasion used a Cybershot to take photographs, with little effort might I add
If you don't know how a camera works, you need to learn. I will tell you a camera is calibrated to 0 when it detects something which is light grey (18% grey to be precise). White is usually +2 or +3, and black is -2 or -3. So when photographing something that's mainly black, you need to set exposure compensation to -2, whilst something that is white, set it to +1 or +1.3. You also need to be aware not to overexpose the sky. Always avoid shooting into the sun, and always meter at +2EV off the brightest point in the sky, if you need to preserve detail there.
You should also be aware of zone focusing. You should be able (in PASM modes) to set a focus distance and the camera will lock to that distance. For example for a landscape you should set this to infinity. This means you can leave the camera to concentrate on sorting out exposure.
When you're ready to expose, use spot metering, and the half press of a shutter to AE lock correctly. Then recompose your frame. Avoid using the built in flash, and learn how to use available light, such as window light and skylights, and how to add to it with reflectors. Finally, turn the ISO to the lowest possible setting, usually 64 or 100 will do.
Results can be like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciao_chao/5鈥?/a> and http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciao_chao/4鈥?/a> both of them were taken using my Cybershot T7.
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