Lessons learned can only lead to enhanced skills. Jack
--- On Thu, 6/17/10, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: Lessons from the past couple of days > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 12:30 AM > After not doing much photography over > the past few weeks, I took photos at a blues jam, then a > dance last night, and did portrait sessions with a couple of > my friends today. > > I've learned, or at least been reminded, of a few lessons. > > 1) When I'm photographing bands, I need to push the > ISO harder. Even if I think that the shutter speed is > fast enough, it isn't. Likewise depth of field. > > 2) I need to get better at focusing. Too many of the > portraits were blown from having the focus just a bit > off. I tried autofocus on some of the shots, but it > was too slow, too often. I guess I either need better > light, or more practice. > > 3) The blazzeo radio triggers are just fine when shooting > indoors, but even a plastic tarp is enough to block them > enough to screw up reliability. At some point, I'm > sure that I'll plunk down the money for pocket wizards. > > 4) At times I feel like my photography is getting to the > point that what differentiates me from a pro isn't the > quality of the photos nearly so much as the length of time, > and number of shots that it takes to get them. I wish > that I could blame it on my equipment, but I still haven't > made all the mistakes that I need to learn from yet. > > 5) When I'm shooting in low light, even if I'm just > "playing around", if my shutter speed is under 1/30 of a > second, I really do need to use at least a monopod. > Even if it looks OK on the camera display, I'm going to lose > most of the shots to camera motion if I hand hold the > camera. > > 6) Portraiture isn't about camera skills nearly so much as > it is about people skills. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
