Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having just contact sheet googled "commercial photography" http://tinyurl.com/cyhbh23 I'm counting the shots in which everything in the shot is not in perfect focus. I'm getting about one out of 6 or 7. The m&m's. And the bottle of smart water. About one shot on each row. On 5/18/13 2:17 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The super selective focus effect is not really on option for most work > commercial photographers get. Clients want too see more than a sliver of > stuff in focus. Every once in a while the sliver thing in focus thing has > had good photojournalist effect for me but in general I've had to use it > sparingly. Though in most cases I have to admit it just doesn't occur to > me. > I try to get most everything in focus most of the time. > I remember in the college darkroom the people who shot everything wide open > were the ones who didn't know what the other small set of numbers meant on > their lens. The depth of field numbers. So controlling that was not their > concern. Especially if it led to not getting the fastest shutter speed why > bother figuring that out?. To me it did not seem like low craft it seemed > like total lack of all craft or care. They didn't get the time of day from > most of us. > > > On 5/18/13 12:59 AM, "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > >> On May 17, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> F 5.6 and be there. >>> At 100th of a second. That's what I'm set at 24 hours a day. If I'm not >>> set >>> at f8 and be there. >> =============================================================================>> = >> ============================================================== >> Have the opposite preferences. I like large apertures (and lenses 50mmm >> and >> up), where you can isolate the subject from the background. I used >> Panatomic-X a lot so I could shoot at f/4 or wider (with filters) in >> bright >> sun. What I like about a larger format is the smaller DoF. >> >> Alan >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services >> (Retired) >> UPAA POY 1978 >> amr3 at uwm.edu >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >> >> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate >> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/