Check (your focus) please!

My last two posts both focus on, well, focus.

Specifically having you pay more attention to where in your frame your camera is deciding to focus and making sure you and your camera are in agreement on the subject of your shot.

Also showing you how to recompose so that a) your subject is not

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To the left, to the left!

Here I wanted the dog (Pal) to be in focus, notice he is nowhere near the centre of the frame.

Ok this is just about recomposing, “to the left, to the left” just sounds like so much more fun, and will now drive you crazy as you sing it to yourself all day!

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Great group shots (the eyes have it)

OK this tip is totally er… borrowed, yeah, that’s it, from Scott Kelby the Photoshop guru, a great guy who is obviously from another planet whose day consists of more than 24 hours as there’s no other explanation for his being able to manage to do all that he does in a day. This tip

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Shakeless shooting continues… (literally)

If you’re shooting in a tricky ‘stability’ situation, where the self-timer’s not an option, you have to shoot from an awkward angle etc., hunt through your camera settings for the ‘continuous’ shoot mode in your camera.

Point and shooters: Look for a sports mode setting – perhaps indicated by ‘runner’ icon on the top or the

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Freeze – it’s the camera shake police!

It won’t always be convenient to use your camera’s self-timer to avoid camera shake. So what else can we do?

First, holding your camera correctly is a must. If you’re a point and shooter this means no holding the camera with your arms straight out in front of you, puleeeez use your viewfinder (i.e. hold

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