I have been reading a few posts around this forum and looking at a lot of photos and I am in total awe at the knowledge and skill of so many folks on this forum.
I have only had my DSLR for a few months and have had the odd lucky photo that has turned out satisfactorily but these are rare and definitely few and far between.
I honestly do not check half the things that are mentioned on the various forums. Even when I am looking through the viewfinder I don't pay attention to the information that is right there before my eyes. I am too focused on focusing and composing to even think about whether my White Balance is correctly set or not, never mind ADL, focus mode, focus area, focus point, over/under exposure compensation and a myriad of other things.
I seemed to be rushed into the shot; fearing that it will disappear before I have snapped.
All this became very evident earlier today when I was trying to photograph an insect and the results, with 2 different lenses, were horrible. Of course if I had time to change lenses I shouldn't have been in any sort of rush. The subject was very compliant and simply sat there. In the end I lifted it up and let it out the window!
Does anyone have a fixed routine or mental checklist that they run through for each shot?
I have only had my DSLR for a few months and have had the odd lucky photo that has turned out satisfactorily but these are rare and definitely few and far between.
I honestly do not check half the things that are mentioned on the various forums. Even when I am looking through the viewfinder I don't pay attention to the information that is right there before my eyes. I am too focused on focusing and composing to even think about whether my White Balance is correctly set or not, never mind ADL, focus mode, focus area, focus point, over/under exposure compensation and a myriad of other things.
I seemed to be rushed into the shot; fearing that it will disappear before I have snapped.
All this became very evident earlier today when I was trying to photograph an insect and the results, with 2 different lenses, were horrible. Of course if I had time to change lenses I shouldn't have been in any sort of rush. The subject was very compliant and simply sat there. In the end I lifted it up and let it out the window!
Does anyone have a fixed routine or mental checklist that they run through for each shot?