Larry -
When I've taken photos of myself for various reasons over the years I
used a couple of different methods.. most recently I set a chair with a
back on it
a few feet from the camera and put a gray card or something like it at
the level my head and shoulders would be .. then I took a photo of the card
and checked the exposure , etc... changed the focus to manual so it
wouldn't change.. set the self timer on to 10 sec .. and sat down. it
never is right the first click of course... if I had had a remote I
would have clicked away, changing my expression, etc..
also, you can set up a mirror next to the camera at the level of the
lens and use a remote for the exposure .. it's more about teaching
yourself how to model
than anything else.
You end up with a bunch of shots from which you can chose one..
ann
On 12/1/2021 3:55 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
If you're doing portraits, you should be able to use some kind of
stand-in to set framing & focus. I've got one of those Elvis cut-outs
I use.
Just set it up so the distance to the flat is the same as the distance
to your eye when you take its place.
At school they had a half mannequin, but I know some people who use
one of those head forms they sell in wig shops.
On 12/1/2021 12:03 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
I need some recent portraits, and have made some attempts at
selfies. It’s extra challenging when you can’t see what the camera
does.
I had the clever idea that I can plug an external monitor into the
HDMI and use that for framing etc.
It *almost* works. Unfortunately, if I set the camera’s exposure to
use strobes the live view is so dark it won’t auto focus. Even when
I put it on manual focus, it often refuses to fire the shutter.
Also the screen is so dark, it’s damn near useless for live view.
And there is no way at all to change things so that you can use live
view with a flash.
Sigh.
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