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<blockquote data-quote="nidding" data-source="post: 256998" data-attributes="member: 17555">Re: nidding's first year of shootingDay 30Today my sweet wife was patient enough to sit through my very first attempt at a portrait. I used an on-camera flash and wanted to try out some techniques. It didn't quite work, so I ended up with some rather plain light. Also I had a lot of trouble getting my camera to autofocus and when I turned on AF assist, it only worked like one out of ten. What am I doing wrong?Anyway, if any of you guys have some comments on what I should do differently I would be very happy to hear them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nidding/12226441495/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/12226441495_ff9a0be1f5_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>(I know I said I would commit to the 35mm for a month, but as the AF didn't really work and the 35 isn't that much of a portrait lens, I changed to my manual focus 135 instead, rather than my kit lenses. It was a bit on the long side, but it goes to f/2.8, which I think I needed to get the poor background as much out of focus as possible)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nidding, post: 256998, member: 17555"] [b]Re: nidding's first year of shooting[/b] Day 30 Today my sweet wife was patient enough to sit through my very first attempt at a portrait. I used an on-camera flash and wanted to try out some techniques. It didn't quite work, so I ended up with some rather plain light. Also I had a lot of trouble getting my camera to autofocus and when I turned on AF assist, it only worked like one out of ten. What am I doing wrong? Anyway, if any of you guys have some comments on what I should do differently I would be very happy to hear them :) [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/nidding/12226441495/][img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/12226441495_ff9a0be1f5_c.jpg[/img][/url] (I know I said I would commit to the 35mm for a month, but as the AF didn't really work and the 35 isn't that much of a portrait lens, I changed to my manual focus 135 instead, rather than my kit lenses. It was a bit on the long side, but it goes to f/2.8, which I think I needed to get the poor background as much out of focus as possible) [/QUOTE]

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