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Natasha
I made some very strange decisions when taking this shot. I used my 50mm lens with an ND filter so that I could have the aperture wide open for a nice shallow depth of field. Of course, this was largely pointless because Natasha was standing quite close to the background and I was standing quite far away and also meant that the focus was a little softer than I would have liked.
Had I thought it through a little more clearly to start with, I would have asked Natasha to step away from the wall. As it stands I could have dispensed with the filter and stopped down instead!
ISO 100 would have been more appropriate than 800 and less grainy too. A slower shutter speed might also have yielded a better impression of motion but I'm less bothered about that particular point!
So a lesson was perhaps learned. I think because the shot was set up for me I neglected to really consider how *I* wanted it to look and just dove in, all guns (burst modes?) blazing. I was also probably slightly nervous shooting pictures of someone I had only just met, something I don't think I've ever done before. As luck would have it, the light on the wall made a very pretty backdrop which made up for my failings.
Natasha
I made some very strange decisions when taking this shot. I used my 50mm lens with an ND filter so that I could have the aperture wide open for a nice shallow depth of field. Of course, this was largely pointless because Natasha was standing quite close to the background and I was standing quite far away and also meant that the focus was a little softer than I would have liked.
Had I thought it through a little more clearly to start with, I would have asked Natasha to step away from the wall. As it stands I could have dispensed with the filter and stopped down instead!
ISO 100 would have been more appropriate than 800 and less grainy too. A slower shutter speed might also have yielded a better impression of motion but I'm less bothered about that particular point!
So a lesson was perhaps learned. I think because the shot was set up for me I neglected to really consider how *I* wanted it to look and just dove in, all guns (burst modes?) blazing. I was also probably slightly nervous shooting pictures of someone I had only just met, something I don't think I've ever done before. As luck would have it, the light on the wall made a very pretty backdrop which made up for my failings.