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02/01/2007 05:51:38 PM · #1 |
so I have come very far with my photography in the last year or so. I am having problems getting my iso and my exposure to work in harmony with each other. Every now and again I get a fantastic portrait with nice crisp clear eyes, but most of the time all I get is a noisy mess. I can't really post examples of what I mean, because I no longer have a portfolio. Can anyone help me with this? So many awesome photographers on this sight that have this down to a science it looks like...
Also what is the best auto focus setting for portraits? I often find one eye is in focus and the other isn't. |
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02/01/2007 06:01:21 PM · #2 |
if you don't have a studio it is much harder. quite often my studio apperture setting is in between 14-22 so that the entire face and usually the entire picture is in focus. I do often try to make sure the focus point is the eyes and not the nose or whatever else may be while shooting. IF your shooting in day light you can usually get your aperature up to a good 6-9(is that not enough? I believe it would be providing your subject is facing you and not at an odd angle causing one eye to be much farther from the camera than the other. Hope that makes sense.
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02/01/2007 06:37:26 PM · #3 |
makes sense. Thanks. I usually tend to shoot at a lower ap. This is because of the lighting aspect. a lot of the time when i am shooting, there isn't much natural light. I had a digi light kit, but I had to sell it. I have tried lamps but nothing seems to be strong enough. I have heard about the industrial type lamps at wal mart, but I am in england and I am not sure what our equivalent to those are. I wouldn't know where to find any either.
I would like to get some kind of lighting. I hate using my flash as I just have on board at the moment and that is about as useful as a chocolate fireman, for anything other than fill. |
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02/01/2007 06:46:08 PM · #4 |
Search online for a depth of field calcultor and figure out how much of your subject is going to be in focus at a given aperture, focal length, and distance from subject.
This was taken standing next to a window with the blinds down, iso 100, F2.whatever-it-says. The eye is sharply focused. The rest is not. I knew that going in because I checked the aforementioned calculator to figure out what f stop would get me what I was going for. So for your situation, sounds like you need to do a little research and then plan accordingly.
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02/01/2007 07:01:25 PM · #5 |
| thanks router. I have had a look and it looks rather complicated. I shall do my best to figure it out. :) |
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02/01/2007 07:34:24 PM · #6 |
In portraiture, you always want theeye to be the sharpest point of focus. Therefore, you focus on the eye. I use AF, but (unless I get dumb and forget) try to always hit the eye with the focus point. Having adequate DoF helps too.
Here's an online DoF calculator //www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html
It's not that difficult, ballpark figures can get you the results you are looking for.
Also, once you get to the point of getting good eyes focus, I'd point you to Cindi's "Pimp those eyes" tutorial for even better looking eyes.
//www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=48
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