My son and I have had the privilege of photographing several National Parks. Our photographs were possible because others were willing to share their knowledge with us through books, magazines, and podcasts. It is now time for us to return the favor. We hope the information we provide about our equipment and techniques will help improve your photographic skills. If this is your first visit, please start reading from the bottom of the page. Happy shooting!

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Awkward

Have you ever been frustrated with having to focus lock on a subject and then recompose before taking the shot and then repeating these steps time after time? I learned about an important feature that the Canon camera has that helps with this dilemma. Under the custom function menu there is an option to use the button on the back of the camera to focus and the shutter button to take the photo. It is a little awkward at first but it is a technique that you will embrace with time. Just think, you can focus once on your subject with the back button and then take several shots with the release button without having the focus point change. This is a great way to take bracketed photos for HDR imaging.