#2. Set up your tripod. Sit where you'll be posing. Bring camera to your eye and focus on the head of the tripod. Turn off AF. Mount the camera. Adjust focus slightly as needed.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > When there is noone else around to photograph, self portraits can be a way to > experiment with lighting, however when it comes to actually getting decent > photos, I keep running into three problems: > > 1) Framing, I just have to set the camera wide and hope that most of what I > want is in the frame. > > 2) Focus, It's a hell of a lot easier using a camera with autofocus, but even > so the camera keeps focusing perfectly, on the wrong thing. > > 3) My biggest challenge is that self portraiture is like trying to make a > silk purse out of a sows ear, or perhaps the whole face. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.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.
