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Advice for Senior Pictures?

Started Sep 12, 2012 | Discussions thread
OP BobT Forum Pro • Posts: 13,217
Re: I was about to respond after that "shoot auto mode" comment...

Mission Accomplished. Used the 50 1.4 , Tamron 17-50 2.8 AND a Canon 70-200/4 IS lenses. Probably ended up with the most keepers taken with the tele. That also happens to be the lens with which I have the most experience over the others, by far.

Probably used the prime, the least. We got many keepers. BAK...turns out, the deadline was not this next week. So I will have time to take more shots if needed.

But for now, I would call yesterday a success. We needed one to send in for his yearbook, and the others for family and friends.

By the way, I found the "Portrait" setting on the mode dial to be way too un-sharp for me. Almost looked blurry. So used "P" with various setting changes most of the time.

It was very sunny out, which caused problems. But enough shots were taken in various different settings, and in different attire, that we had no problem succeeding in our mission. Took about 3 hrs.

Thanks to all for your help.

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