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Technical Shooting Notes
There are a number of very common problems that recurr for all of us photographers in the shooting situation we encounter on PhotoNaturals shoots. We are all guilty of over-dependance on the automatic features of our cameras and this is the number one cause of messed-up photos. A little bit of vigilence and perhaps more use of manual features can improve things considerably. All of us are guilty of these problems, even those who have the most "professional" experience.		There is no way to be 100% perfect and since I get all of your frames I see all the mistakes; I am perfectly aware that lots of test frames have to be shot sometimes. What is disheartening is when a long string of images of what would have been great shots are all way overexposed because of a dark background - this shows a lack of connection between photographer and the camera.
❂ AUTO FOCUS keeps going for the background rocks or scenery rather than the subject. Really watch the indicator lights and switch to manual if necessary. Many great photo sequences have been lost because of this problem. You won't notice while you are shooting because you need to look at images in full resolution to see.		Whenever there is a dominant texture within 10 feet or so behind the subject, it becomes difficult for the camera to know where the focus should be. This is maybe THE most common problem in the photo sets I get.


❂ AUTO EXPOSURE keeps overexposing the pale skin of subjects. If your background is darker than average then light-skinned bodies will burn out. You may not know this is happening unless you check the levels graph on your camera screen. If you are an experienced photographer you should have learned to shoot manual exposure and be constantly adjusting to the conditions.		Common situations include a river or water surface background and a shaded area background. Pale non-tanned people are at high risk of overexposure even under good conditions. Shooting in raw format gives me the latitude to correct a lot of problems.

❂ SLOW SHUTTER in combination with UNSTEADY handling (or subject movement) will cause some motion blur. This is an easy mistake to make if you are not keeping an eye on the shutter speed. Once you get under 1/100 you are entering the danger zone. On our shoots I want to see bodies in motion and I want to see everything sharp, including splashing water. So try and get your shutter up to 1/500 or higher.		Be aware that if you are using your flash for fill there is an upper limit to the shutter speed. The occasional deliberate blured-motion shot done for effect is OK of course. This photo was shot ISO 100 f11 1/100. Perhaps a better setting would have been ISO 200 f 5.6 1/400. Notice that the background has motion blur indicating an unsteady camera.

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Technical Shooting Notes