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Focusing can be difficult.

Saturday, April 21, 2012 Posted inALL,ARTISTIC INSPIRATION

Hello lovely readers,

Firstly I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday yesterday, and I am so pleased that the image was well received. It was a self portrait, so lots of nice emails from wonderful photographers found their way to my inbox asking me how I get my focus so perfectly. The truth is that most of the time I don’t. I just experiment moving back and forth until I get it absolutely perfect. Or I put something in my place, focus on it, and then take its place.

Here’s proof that in most of my photos I get the focus all wrong.

The truth of the matter is we are all human, and can only learn as we go. In fact, I’m thinking of buying a music stand to put in my place so I can get the focus spot on. Don’t get discouraged by the difficulty of self portraits, it is the difficulty that will help you grow, learn and improve as a photographer and artist. Rock it out and don’t give up.

PS this photo was 100% edited using Scarlet Love. Buy it for yourself today here.

 

Posted inALL,ARTISTIC INSPIRATION

  • http://yellowmelle.blogspot.com melissa

    During that tutorial video you posted a while back about self portraits, I thought it was pretty nifty that you could just… focus so narrowly like that and have everything else this sweet, un-distracting blur.

    One gets pretty used to the horrible flat-focus of the disposable cameras at the grocery store and sometimes I don’t think my old Powershot A620 is much of a step up; I can only get dreamy blur when doing extreme macro shots!

    Though auto focusing has its charm, too. LOL.

  • http://thephotogshelper.com Kathy

    Still amazing. Absolutely amazing! Your birthday picture was definitely one of my favorites of you!

  • Rachel

    You have the same birthday as my hubby! Happy belated to you.

    Also, it’s nice to see you have the times where focusing can be a pain in the…….

    Sometimes it’s a matter of repeating until its right. Now, doing it for a self portrait, takes a whole other level of patience!!