On Sep 25, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Thanks for the comments. I was scrambling from one ladder on the left of the > stage to a ladder on the right of the stage. My biggest foe was not the > lighting...it was a split-second shutter lag which too often left the > actor(s) with eyes closed.
Set up a button to lock out autofocus. Pre focus and then lock out autofocus. When you press the shutter, it'll take the picture. Or, just shoot manual focus. > > Jeffery > > > On Sep 25, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > >> Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >>> I shot a play Thursday night with the 77/1.8. About 30 of the shots were >>> keepers, but this one looked least Play-Like. Sort of reminded me of >>> Wyeth's "Christina's World" in that girl was by herself in the scene and >>> reacting to something that wasn't there. >>> >>> http://www.400tx.com/files/NOLABW/39.html >>> >>> Aperture was probably about 2.8 (that's where it was pretty much all >>> evening). >>> >>> Jeffery >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Jeff I'm not crazy about this particular shot you are showing from the play >> -- shooting productions - such a tough go... >> I think she is too emotionless... nothing wrong with the overally >> "geometry" but lackd oomph... >> >> That being said __ I really loved your New Orleans in Black and White... >> portfolio... Excellent stuff... and good transfering >> to the digital platform, too.... >> >> (I'm missing shooting film sometimes... and tri-x was moi when I did.) >> >> Regards >> ann >> annsan.smugmug.com >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
