Hi all,
2 questions to be asked and would appreciate your kind help and advice.
(1)
I previously posted a question on how to correctly focus because my portraits always turn out unfocus (the face).
So the solution I got was to use AF-S mode and 1-point-centre-focus.
I will have to lock the centre focus on the face and then recompose.
But I still have the same problem. My portraits still doesn't stay in focus most of the time (70%).
An example would be:
f/6.3, 1/180, ISO 400 (lowest).
No PP. Just cropped it for easier viewing.
As a result of that, I have to smart sharpen most of my portraits and sometimes, resulting in the photos being 'over-photoshoped'.
I'm quick tired of getting such photos because it is really disappointing and unmotivating.
Is there anyone who could give me some advice as to where I had gone wrong? I'm sure it has pretty much nothing to do with the camera.
(2)
Except for the build in flash, I don't own any other flash. And I noticed that when I take outdoor portraits, even when there is adequate light, I will need to overexpose a little so that the face is clear but in doing so, I overexpose the background. And that goes the same vice versa, where the subject gets very shadowed and underexposed if the background looks fine.
I know of people who shoot very well despite not owning a flash so how can I overcome this problem?
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR EFFORT IN HELPING OUT
2 questions to be asked and would appreciate your kind help and advice.
(1)
I previously posted a question on how to correctly focus because my portraits always turn out unfocus (the face).
So the solution I got was to use AF-S mode and 1-point-centre-focus.
I will have to lock the centre focus on the face and then recompose.
But I still have the same problem. My portraits still doesn't stay in focus most of the time (70%).
An example would be:
f/6.3, 1/180, ISO 400 (lowest).
No PP. Just cropped it for easier viewing.
As a result of that, I have to smart sharpen most of my portraits and sometimes, resulting in the photos being 'over-photoshoped'.
I'm quick tired of getting such photos because it is really disappointing and unmotivating.
Is there anyone who could give me some advice as to where I had gone wrong? I'm sure it has pretty much nothing to do with the camera.
(2)
Except for the build in flash, I don't own any other flash. And I noticed that when I take outdoor portraits, even when there is adequate light, I will need to overexpose a little so that the face is clear but in doing so, I overexpose the background. And that goes the same vice versa, where the subject gets very shadowed and underexposed if the background looks fine.
I know of people who shoot very well despite not owning a flash so how can I overcome this problem?
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR EFFORT IN HELPING OUT