Mike Cash: I wish I could do that
Today was first of a total of 6 cultural days, where we have outdoors parties at multiple locations.
I figured it would be a good opportunity to gain confidence, so I went out. What I've learned so far is that I have much to learn. I came home with lots of crowd photos that didn't really tell any story, but composing with crowds is a different task altogether as well. I had a good number of photos that were good from a technical point of view, but other than that many were just plain and simply not interesting to look at.
Plenty of days left to learn a bit more, or at least get more confident. That's the biggest problem. As a result I rush too much. I've upload a small portion for you to look at. Feel free to comment. But few I'd like to point out as lack-of-confidence and routine shots:
Copenhagen Distortion - Day One
01: Using my voigtlander 58mm. Manual focus lens. Didn't quite nail the focus point.
04: Took me too long to focus. By the time I got it, the guy had turned his head. But I did nail the focusing this time though
10: blah, missed the focus point again. Really bad considering she posed for me (I think).
12: I dont understand this one. Took 2 pics, but with focus on the bike. Sometimes I go "blind" when manually focusing.
15: Had eye contact with these guys and they asked me to photograph them. I still have a bad habit of not using a small enough aperture and the composition is pure crap too
16: No idea what happened here. I might have had the cam set to continuous focusing (Using a Sigma now with AF). This is one shot out of 3 with these girls. All out of focus. Good thing they didn't ask if they could see the pics
19: The only couple I asked if I could photograph them and I blew it. Exposure is bad and I didn't check for it on the LCD. I also only shot once. Well, they asked to see the pic and I just rushed on after showing it. Shame on me.
A slight off-topic question: I shot in the shadow a lot and felt I should have used a flash. Should I? I didn't because I haven't used my Metz often enough when people are involved.
Ps. The pics still need some work in Lightroom. Mostly white balance adjustments. Processing pics takes so long time - cant be buggered any longer today.