Hi,
> The best photographic advice I have ever
> received (to date): "Don't use
> your camera to frame your shot." Not relevant
> for action photography, but
> for everything else. Standard method is to
> have an empty slide holder and
> hold it in front of your face. Move it and you
> around a lot until you have
> the shot you want and then get your camera to
> reproduce this (focal length
> = distance of slide holder from eye).
Hm, while that method sounds really clumsy and
awkward to me, I do notice that I do a lot more
composition without lifting the camera these
days. I will typically try to find an
interesting viewpoint first, and double-check
with the camera when in doubt.
This requires some experience with the focal
lengths you're using. Another good reason for 1)
prime lenses and 2) sticking to a minimum of
lenses, i.e. 1 for me from now on.
Peter.
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