I wish I had enough knowledge and experience to be of help on this,
Larry. The only thing I can really offer is that, in my personal
experience, I noticed that the biggest improvement in my photography
happened when I started shooting almost exclusively with my manual primes.
It's pretty limiting, but I found the effect to be something akin to
running with ankle weights. I began to slow down and pay much closer
attention to focus, composition, etc. Yes, I missed out on certain shots
as a consequence, but I also started finding shots out of sheer
necessity that I normally wouldn't have noticed.
That said, I've been in an awful slump of late, myself. More than
anything, I just need to get my ass out of the house and go shooting.
But, when the heat index is around 110-120 degrees and there's not a
cloud in the sky, you can find all kinds of excuses not to do it.
Hope you figure out what's ailing ya soon.
Best,
Walt
On 5/30/2012 3:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
It often seems that the bulk of my photography is in situations where I'm
pretty much trying to make the best of a bad situation, and I'm not so much
going for a sharp photo, but a photo that is as sharp as I can get at the
moment.
Call me bourgeois, but the poor technical quality (sharpness, exposure etc.) of
my photos has been bothering me lately.
What have you done, if anything, to improve the technical quality of your
photography, and how much difference did it make?
I can't really afford equipment upgrades at the moment, but if changing gear
made a huge difference, that's important to know.
In a related note, if people have noticed consistent technical flaws that I
make, like camera motion, or poor focus, that would also be helpful, and they
could send me recommendations wither on, or off, list.
One thing that I do intend to do is start taking some photos in situations
where it's theoretically possible to get extremely sharp photos, so that,
frankly, I don't have any excuses that I can blame on the gear.
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