Fashion & Couples' Photographer in Paris
You know your camera, you’ve got a ticket or a press pass. Maybe you’ve even shot a show or two before? If so, awesome! I want to show you how to shoot a fashion show even better than before.
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When I first got my trusty Minolta X-700 film camera years ago, I had no idea what a focusing screen was! I just thought it was a weird circle in the middle of my viewfinder. (Which in a way it is—but a useful one!) And when I did finally figure it out, my photos got a lot sharper—who would have thought?! So now I’m here to pass on that knowledge to you!
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Technology doesn’t make the photographer, but a good photographer knows how to make technology choices that make their work better. The questions I get the most from beginner photographers are all about gear: What camera should I buy? What lens should I buy?
The gear question I get from photographers who have gotten a good grip on the basics but still are still looking to learn (aren’t we all?) is: What lens did you use for this photo? Or maybe more broadly: What’s the best lens for xyz?
Picking what lenses to bring depends so much on a photographer’s personal style and goals for a given shoot that it’s impossible to answer once and for all. But it’s a question I ask myself all the time on a shoot-by-shoot basis. And I’d love to walk you through how I answer it for myself.
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Hello there, friends! I’m mixing it up today: I decided to record a video rather than my usual typing! I had a lot of fun making this, and I hope it’s helpful.
Psst! If you’re working on your manual focus, you might want to check out my post and video on how to use focusing screens, too.
We’ll cover what zone focusing is, how to use it on your manual lens & camera, what kinds of photography situations it’s great for—and when it’s not so great.
(Also, you get to see the Minolta X-700 film camera I love to travel with—its first appearance after I finally got it fixed!)
Depending on where you are in your photography journey, zone focusing could be a game changer, or it could seem totally arcane to you. To get the most out of it, you need to understand how aperture works first—which means you need to know how manual mode on your camera works!
If that’s you and you want to up your manual focus game, then watch away!
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I spend a lot of time talking to new photographers about things like when to use wide angle vs. telephoto lenses. But the differences between them can get hard to describe out loud. How do you explain to someone what “compressing the field of view” or “making things seem further away from each other” actually looks like in real life?
Even if you have a zoom lens—or multiple prime lenses—you might not be used to thinking of focal lengths in this way. It certainly took me quite a while to get used to.
Psst! If you’re trying to figure out what lens to buy, I have a whole post on it here!