First pics with my new XSi.

[Darlene68]

Okay these are really Bad! Please excuse my little ragamuffin, he was out playing with his buddies all day and needs to be brushed badly, he is very tired and was NOT in the mood for mommy to take his pic..as you can see by his expression ( He was weighed at the vet today, my little angel is 3 and a half lbs!, bless his heart, I thought he was more )

I have a lot to learn with the camera, holy cow!! I can't wait to learn how to do shots with the blurred background, love those!!

[Breny]

Those are great! Your going to LOVE your camera! I have a Nikon D5000 and LOVE it

[RoscoesMommy42]

Oh they look good. You CAN tell he wasn't too excited though. LOL I just got the XS and I am still learning too. There is just so much you can do!

[Darlene68]

Originally Posted by Breny

Those are great! Your going to LOVE your camera! I have a Nikon D5000 and LOVE it

I think so too! I will love it even more when I learn how to do all the "fancy stuff"

[Darlene68]

Originally Posted by RoscoesMommy42

Oh they look good. You CAN tell he wasn't too excited though. LOL I just got the XS and I am still learning too. There is just so much you can do!

Yup, Poor Baby I woke him up to take a few shots and you really can tell he is not liking it one bit!, I would probably be ticked too if someone did that to me!
Yes, I think the XS is very similar to the XSi, there is tons of stuff to learn eh!? I'm going to look for the dummy book that was suggested

[Robin Lodal]

He is the perfect model.

[Darlene68]

Originally Posted by Robin Lodal

He is the perfect model.

Thank you Robin!, His eyes look a little sad and annoyed in the pics, like he is asking "why are you doing this to me!?" Makes me feel guilty for bothering him...next pics he will be wide awake!

[AprilLove]

Bailey is beautiful!!! Messy or not, clean or not, awake or not... does not matter!! Great shots, you can really see his beautiful coloring, and oh my what sweet loving eyes
Are you loving the cam yet??

[Darlene68]

Originally Posted by AprilLove

Bailey is beautiful!!! Messy or not, clean or not, awake or not... does not matter!! Great shots, you can really see his beautiful coloring, and oh my what sweet loving eyes
Are you loving the cam yet??

Thank you MaryKay!! The room was quite dim, and I only took a few shots, so I guess it isn't bad for the first time I am still try to figure out how to get the camera back to factory settings like you suggested, I really believe when it pertains to manuals I am somewhat dyslexic!

[AprilLove]

Originally Posted by Darlene68

Thank you MaryKay!! The room was quite dim, and I only took a few shots, so I guess it isn't bad for the first time I am still try to figure out how to get the camera back to factory settings like you suggested, I really believe when it pertains to manuals I am somewhat dyslexic!

The dim lighting is nice, really enhances his color

If you look in the index of your manual for: settings, restore, defaults or factory settings, it should lead you to the right page.


I know, manuals suck, lol. But when I got my first DigitalSLR, i was at an event ready to take some nice pics and all of a sudden it wouldn't work Talk about BAD feeling. I had no idea what the error was that was flashing in the screen and thankfully i had brought the manual with me It took a while to locate what the error was in the book, but it turned out, my lens was just a bit loose (must have happened when I put it in the bag) but I would never have known it if I didn't have the manual, I would have thought I bought a bad camera. I couldn't even tell the lens was loose, it was just one small click away from being locked in

[Darlene68]

Yes, The manuals are a must have!!!

[2girls]

Baily is a very handsome model and your pictures look great Looking foward to more pic's!

[marcerella02]

oh SO cute!!!!

to do the blurred backgrounds- change from Auto to Av- use the rotating circle thingy and move the f-stop down as low as it will go (somewhere around 4.5?) and that will give you the blurred background. Unless you are in full daylight you will need the flash up or the shutter will stay open for a long time and will make your picture blurry. HOpe that helped.

[Darlene68]

Originally Posted by marcerella02

oh SO cute!!!!

to do the blurred backgrounds- change from Auto to Av- use the rotating circle thingy and move the f-stop down as low as it will go (somewhere around 4.5?) and that will give you the blurred background. Unless you are in full daylight you will need the flash up or the shutter will stay open for a long time and will make your picture blurry. HOpe that helped.

Thanks!!!!

[Darlene68]

Originally Posted by 2girls

Baily is a very handsome model and your pictures look great Looking foward to more pic's!

Thank you!