Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Davis" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Lessons from the past couple of days
Lessons learned can only lead to enhanced skills.
If they are applied. :-}
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.
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Larry Colen [email protected]
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