Tue - September 20, 2005

Tips for better digital photography, no. I - turn off review mode 


Yes, I know it sound odd but think of it this way - taking pictures is all about composition; it's all about making sure that you get the best possible framing of a scene.

...When I got my DSLR (a Pentax *ist D, if you're interested to know) the first thing I did was turn off the review mode because my experience had taught me that I took better pictures when I concentrated on composition, on focusing (in both senses of the word) on the scene in front of me rather than checking the histogram after every shot. The most frustrating experiences I had as a photographer was, shortly after switching to digital, carefully checking the review only to find that the great picture I thought I'd taken wasn't there. In fact it was, a lot of the time, but the general poor quality of the screen, combined with poor visibility (trying to view a camera back LCD in bright daylight is no fun) meant that I thought I'd missed the shot I was after. What actually happened was that I had the shot in the bag (which I would later find out) and all of my messing around with the review meant that I'd missed "the" shot that inevitably appears seconds later. 

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