A developing theme certainly seems to be forming: that of slowing it down, taking your time, "getting it right".
And that's great advice. There are situations, however, where that just isn't possible. A photo will appear for a very brief time and if you don't snap ~now~ it will be lost forever. The choice is sometimes between getting the (technically imperfect) photo and getting nothing. At times like that it's important to be as prepared as possible by understanding the "prevailing conditions" and being as ready as possible to do almost anything in a very short period of time. If you snap and the photo is "still there" be ready to then consider what adjustments might be important in the time you have to re-adjust. I think that one of the things that is happening here is that we're getting comments from photographers of different genres. Obviously a studio photographer, a sports photographer, a nature guy and a PJ all have different standards of technical requirement, different equipment available to them and different time frames in which to work. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> Sent: May 30, 2012 5/30/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: Improving the technical quality of my photography On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:18 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow! That's a very complicated way of saying "get the focus and exposure > right, keep the camera as still as possible." Mark! When I want the best technical quality in my photos, I use a tripod, focus critically (manually), and use a light meter to assess the correct exposure. More important than all of that, I slow way down and think carefully of what I'm trying to achieve first, form a plan to achieve it, then execute the plan carefully. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
