Recently I failed to take a photo I wanted: For some reason focus is not where it should be. Maybe I moved, maybe my girl did or maybe autofocus just screwed it. The reason doesn’t matter. What matters is that I have no picture. And this made me think how much I relay on autofocus and how it actually complicates process of taking pictures. My usuall workflow is as follows: 1. Measure exposure 2. Focus on the subject 3. Frame and take the photo. those three simple steps require a lot of reframing. Pick points to measure exposure, focus on something and only finally take a photo. A subject moved after you focused on it? Ah, reframe autofocus and try to frame quickly again. This is how I was taking photos for years. This is just pure pain. What I want is to frame and adjust stuff later constantly seeing the picture. So… I set the camera to manual focus (on top of manual exposure turning it to a device from last century). What a bliss!! Taking photos without the need of reframing to set the focus is so much better. Once my exposure is set I can keep the […]
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