Improving your Focus: Practical Tips for Sharp Shots
- 70mm
- ƒ/11
- 1/160s
- ISO 100
About the event
We often focus our efforts exclusively on understanding how the exposure triangle works to get the correct exposure for an image, but don't spend enough time on ensuring our shots will turn out sharp. It can be easy to get a well exposed shot that we think looks great on the back of the camera, and then be disappointed at how blurry it is when viewing it at full size on the computer. If anything, focus is MORE important than exposure, as editing tools can often fix a shot that is not well exposed, but you can't do anything to fix a blurry shot!
Join me for this two hour interactive online session as we explore all things focus related to help you create tack-sharp images.
N.B. If you aren't able to watch the session live, a recording will be provided to all registered attendees afterwards.
Techniques covered
- This session will cover practical tips to ensure your focus is sharp, covering aspects such as:
- Understanding focus areas
- Understanding focus types
- When to use autofocus vs manual
- Using hyperfocal distance
- Handheld vs tripod and image stabilisation
- Depth of field - using the right aperture for the shot
- Back button focusing
- Focus stacking
What to bring
- A willingness to learn!
Sony Ambassador
Meghan Maloney
Hey! I’m Meghan, a landscape & travel photographer based in the Waikato, home of Middle-earth.I’m head over heels in love with New Zealand and my great passion ...
Meghan has such a great way of getting tricky information across, I always learn so much from her”
Sandy Brinsdon, Learn the Art of Panoramic Images
Megan was very proactive in sharing her knowledge and techniques as well as her own experiences in relation to the topic she discussed.”
Ferdinand Go, Learn the Art of Panoramic Images