Day 8: Experimenting with focus
Day 8: Experimenting with focus
In all my shots, I had the AF spot on James’ eyes. It never focused on his eyes, if it would even focus at all. This one did his shoulder. I was using my tripod. I really had a hard time getting my camera to even focus at all. Irritating.
I made it black and white because the brightly colored toys that often dot my backgrounds are less obnoxious when they aren’t brightly colored. Another thing I want to work on is black and white photography. For example, James’ eyes are not black. They are light blue. I want the black and white photograph to at least capture that he has light eyes. You’d probably assume he had brown from this photo.
I hope by the time I get to mid to end year I’m taking much better photos.
Yesterday was James’ month-a-versary. He’s freakin’ 11-months old! One month until he is 1 year old. It doesn’t seem that long!
You might not have sufficient contrast for the AF. Kind of a catch-22. More light will help with the contrast.
Okay, so what has changed? My lighting is the same. My living room is the same. My camera is the same. My lens is relatively new, but I’ve taken quite a few photos in the same living room and same lighting. Why did it all of the sudden stop focusing? I tried things other than that speaker, and it would not AF on anything. I mean, it wasn’t that the wrong point was focused or the picture was blurry. The camera would not let me take a photo because it the AF wasn’t working. Are you saying that even the contrast of the black frame of the tv against my light tan wall almost directly underneath my lamp isn’t enough for my camera to have AF focus on at least something? I have no idea how I could get more contrast than that.