Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, Thanks, You are an amazing source of useful and pratical advice. Barney Ted Grant wrote: > Eric asked: > >I think my brain is edge seeking and the obvious edges are the side of the > >head compared to background. I find it tough to lock in on eyes. I tried a > >ground glass screen and that was a minimally helpful. > >> > >>I often shoot a 50mm lens at f5.6 > >> > >>Tips?<<< > > Hi Eric, > Bottom line? Practise, Practise, Practise, Practise, Practise and then do > it > several thousand times more!! > > When you're sitting watching the idiot box and a commercial comes up, > practise focusing on all kinds of "HIGHLIGHT POINTS about the room no > matter > where or what!" As soon as a commercial comes on screen look about the room > for a highlight, camera comes to eye and you focus, camera down look for > another highlight point no matter how small. It's a no brainer, see > highlight, camera up, focus and do this until you're all most sick and > tired > of doing it. > > As far as the eyes go? 99% of the time there is a highlight in the eye! > Surprise! > > And all that practising you've been doing between commercials, you did do > it, didn't you? I mean I'm not telling you this for the good of my health, > hell I've already done it some many multi-hundreds of thousands of times! > ;-)... > > So now you've practiced and you're as fast as all get out putting those two > little highlights together in the viewfinder, the eyes become a piece of > cake. Focus on that highlight! It's that simple and at 5.6 you should have > enough depth to cover yer sweet buns even if you miss a tiny bit. > > HOWEVER! If you practised, you did didn't you? ;-) Yeah I believe you. You > will rarely miss by going for the highlight in the eyes!. > > Focusing on highlights constantly doing it with all kinds of locations and > situations even when you are not taking a real photograph will improve your > handling ability and it'll just be "on the eyes, click and sharp!" > > ted > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Barney Quinn, Jr. (301) 688-1982 (O) (240) 535-3036 (C) (877) 220-0981 (P)