Old School
New member
Hello everyone!
I just discovered this forum and had a little trouble figuring out how to join so bear with me, (I couldn't find the register button...) I'm slowly trying to adapt to digital technologies, something I should have done a long time ago, I'll admit! I thought I'd join and say hello!
I had a good career as a Fashion Photographer in the 90s but stopped working when I met my ex-husband (it's complicated...) now I would like to start shooting again, not for clients but mainly for myself and perhaps with the intention of making an art book some day.
I'm currently in the process of scanning all my film negatives and recently invested in some digital gear. My boyfriend came into quite a lot of money lately and bought me a Nikon D800 to replace my FM2 (I feel old!) as well as a Hasselblad H3D and I have been shooting again over the course of the last few weeks however I have come to the sad realization that my eyesight isn't as good as it once was and manual focusing is much harder on digital because the viewfinder is strange.
Could someone give me some advice on using auto focus in fashion photography when you have a constantly moving model? How can you focus on the eyes and then change your composition? I read on the internet that some people use the center focus point and then "lock focus" how ever this this done and then recompose. On the other hand some people seemed to say this was the worst thing to do... So now I'm very confused... What settings for focus should I use on my camera? I'm a bit confused as I have never used autofocus before, I knew it existed but never felt the need to try it until now, sorry if my question sounds a bit strange to some of you youngsters! Thanks for the help!
I just discovered this forum and had a little trouble figuring out how to join so bear with me, (I couldn't find the register button...) I'm slowly trying to adapt to digital technologies, something I should have done a long time ago, I'll admit! I thought I'd join and say hello!
I had a good career as a Fashion Photographer in the 90s but stopped working when I met my ex-husband (it's complicated...) now I would like to start shooting again, not for clients but mainly for myself and perhaps with the intention of making an art book some day.
I'm currently in the process of scanning all my film negatives and recently invested in some digital gear. My boyfriend came into quite a lot of money lately and bought me a Nikon D800 to replace my FM2 (I feel old!) as well as a Hasselblad H3D and I have been shooting again over the course of the last few weeks however I have come to the sad realization that my eyesight isn't as good as it once was and manual focusing is much harder on digital because the viewfinder is strange.
Could someone give me some advice on using auto focus in fashion photography when you have a constantly moving model? How can you focus on the eyes and then change your composition? I read on the internet that some people use the center focus point and then "lock focus" how ever this this done and then recompose. On the other hand some people seemed to say this was the worst thing to do... So now I'm very confused... What settings for focus should I use on my camera? I'm a bit confused as I have never used autofocus before, I knew it existed but never felt the need to try it until now, sorry if my question sounds a bit strange to some of you youngsters! Thanks for the help!