Nice portraits, but soooooo serious. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 15, 2012, at 7:26 PM, David Parsons wrote: > >> #2. Set up your tripod. Sit where you'll be posing. Bring camera to >> your eye and focus on the head of the tripod. Turn off AF. Mount the >> camera. Adjust focus slightly as needed. > > That is a great idea! I wish I had known about it 8 years ago when I was > doing self portraits with my SRT-101 by standing a broom handle where I was > going to stand, focused on it, then set the timer. > > For what it's worth, here are a few from this afternoon: > http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630144251768/ > > >> >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> When there is noone else around to photograph, self portraits can be a way >>> to experiment with lighting, however when it comes to actually getting >>> decent photos, I keep running into three problems: >>> >>> 1) Framing, I just have to set the camera wide and hope that most of what I >>> want is in the frame. >>> >>> 2) Focus, It's a hell of a lot easier using a camera with autofocus, but >>> even so the camera keeps focusing perfectly, on the wrong thing. >>> >>> 3) My biggest challenge is that self portraiture is like trying to make a >>> silk purse out of a sows ear, or perhaps the whole face. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> David Parsons Photography >> http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com >> >> Aloha Photographer Photoblog >> http://alohaphotog.blogspot.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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
