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Canon Back-Button Auto Focus

Photography

I did a photoshoot the other day for a few friends of mine. The shoot was in a big field, at around 4pm in the afternoon. There was lots of light obviously, since it was a sunny day, but the sun was high in the sky and the shadows were pretty harsh. For the most part, I always take a flash outdoors with me now. A long time ago using a flash outside would have seemed silly, but I’ve photographed a few weddings now, and understand that fill flash is required in many outdoor situations to help balance the ambient light. So for this shoot, I brought along my speedlight. While the photos turned out fine, I walked away from the session a bit frustrated with how my camera works, something I’ve done fairly often lately. I’ve retrained myself several times on my camera, trying each time to find a […]