Shooting Style [Archive] - Canon Digital Photography Forums

JPayne

28th of September 2009 (Mon), 04:37

Morning all,

Just wondering what sort of shoot style you guys shoot in. I've been doing a few G&N shoots lately and have a few questions for those of you who do similar, but not in a studio as such.

What is your average keeper rate? I have a lot of shots that I focus on the eye and then recompose, only to find the focus is out again. I think I should try selecting a different AF point other than centre, or tripod all my shots.

How may shots do you typically take and out of those shots, how many would you PP and save?

Thanks.

Gary_Evans

28th of September 2009 (Mon), 10:40

I focus on the eye and then recompose, only to find the focus is out again.

Is your camera set to servo focus? If so reset to one shot.

Other than I cant help you as I tend to be only after one or two specific shots from a shoot

AxxisPhoto

30th of September 2009 (Wed), 15:49

Depending on the model and how well he/she is working with the camera, and what kind of lighting I'm using, out of 60 shots I'll usually have 10-12 really good keepers.

As for your AF question:
Is your camera set to servo focus? If so reset to one shot.

charlieharper

23rd of October 2009 (Fri), 18:05

RDKirk

31st of October 2009 (Sat), 13:12

Now I'm sure there is someone smarter then I here, someone who can point you towards a thread they pointed me to a while ago, which GUARANTEED out-of-focus images by using the focus-recompose method !!

It's all about trigonometry !!

Austen.

I can point you to a thread showing just the opposite. Here, in fact, is an exmpale of focus-recompose that does not result in an out of focus result.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdkirk/3908514678
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdkirk/3907739055

If you actually the geometry (it doesn't take trig--plane geometry is sufficient) you will see that focus and recompose isn't a problem except with very wide apertures (faster than f2.8) at very close distances (closer than six feet).

"Back in the day," everyone used focus and recompose because focusing aids were only in the center. Even today, Leica photographers use nothing but focus and recompose...and their photographs have always been some of the sharpest ever.