I have been slaving away with holiday commitments, sick children, house-cleaning, and learning my new lens. Since the last time I posted, I have become comfortable with Back button focus, which I am really loving for photographing moving toddlers, I am also toggling my focus points like a mad woman. The 50 mm 1.8 lens is FANTASTIC, but it doesn't suffer fools. If you aren't great at focusing, it will obliterate you. This lens is great in low light, but if you are a strict "hold down the shutter and pray" kind of focuser, you will miss often. I have been toggling between my focus points and lining up the selected point right between the eyes.
I am taking some Christmas card pictures and I hope to post back what I have done on Thursday. The rule of thumb is 1 fstop for every person, but I am shooting much closer to wide-open to nail some bokeh. If you are worried about having some subjects out of focus(and you should be) focus on each subject a few times. If necessary you can face swap later.
I will be launching Babyface this week. It will be ridiculously cheap compared to action packs you have seen that accomplish the same thing. Mine will also come with tutorials. I will be working toward getting the shopping cart up and running. Once that is set, Babyface will be available for instant download.
Until next time, shoot a lot of Christmas images and share them with us!
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