I went on a shoot Sunday to a nice Botanic Garden area to shoot my Grandson some senior shots for his gallery in my Pbase and for printing. I took several lenses and my K20D and tried to remain calm and collected, not rushing and forgetting what I know. I had a great Bag Lady to carry my gear (her photo is over in the people gallery) and the weather was absolutely perfect, except for some very brutal bright sunlight. I took well over a hundred shots Raw/Jpeg combo, and changed lenses several times for the situations encountered.
When I got home and downloaded, I was happy with some, but not with the majority. I did manage to get enough to fully satisfy my Grandson, but not for my satisfaction. I had no problem seeing where I went wrong on any particular shot, but of course, it is too late at that point. Some were just not possible to get anything decent in the lighting available, but most I would say were just user error. The K20D performed superbly.
For those that regularly shoot people, and excel, my hat is off to you, you have worked hard to gain those skills and I am learning that like most things in life, there is no substitute for experience. I will continue to learn and eventually get better, but the hard reality is that I am much better at shooting squirrels and birds than I am at people. This is one of my better ones, and yes, it has problems! Do you ever feel this way about your level of competence?
Last edited by Rupert; 02-27-2009 at 06:42 PM.
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