Brothers, for CC

[PropilotBW]

I did a family shoot over the weekend. Working with a mirrorless camera was a very big challenge!! I had a hard time with the focus of the camera because every time I pulled my face away from the viewfinder, the camera would automatically switch to LCD panel display. When I finally got the kids to pose properly, putting my eye back up to the viewfinder caused a split second delay for the EVF to pop back up, THEN, I can focus....MISSED THE SHOT.

I did manage to get a couple good ones, but the shoot left me very frustrated with my camera setup.

 

[Braineack]

that was one of the first features I disabled on mine. I never use the fake EVF. camera is too small to wield like that and designing to legacy to replicate what the big 3" screen on the back of the camera already does seems like a waste of money.

 

[PropilotBW]

that was one of the first features I disabled on mine. I never use the fake EVF. camera is too small to wield like that and designing to legacy to replicate what the big 3" screen on the back of the camera already does seems like a waste of money.

Would you say that it is considered less-professional if you saw a paid photographer using a camera in a point-and-shoot manner?

 

[tirediron]

Results count; if you can pull it off, great. If not....

 

[Advanced Photo]

Results count; if you can pull it off, great. If not....

This^
I rarely see the 'how it was made' extra disc footage in a gallery. They only show the end result and how it got there is irrelevant.
Photos are more manipulation than light anyways, digital photos just do it mathematically.

 

[PropilotBW]

Results count; if you can pull it off, great. If not....

Seeing the attached picture, would you say that is a good result?

 

[Braineack]

that was one of the first features I disabled on mine. I never use the fake EVF. camera is too small to wield like that and designing to legacy to replicate what the big 3" screen on the back of the camera already does seems like a waste of money.

Would you say that it is considered less-professional if you saw a paid photographer using a camera in a point-and-shoot manner?

a viewfinder is a viewfinder.

SLRs have a viewfinder because you have to bounce the image up into a prism, then into your eye, in order to see out of the lens; this is a necessity.

Some Mirrorless cameras have eye-finders because SLRs do; this is a novelty design developing to legacy.

This is would like me saying it's unprofessional to use a digital timer to take long-exposure images and one needs to squeeze a bulb and hold it until you're ready to release the shutter again in order to be considered pro.

I could give a flying F what someone might consider professional.

 

[Derrel]

Establish the DISTANCE for the shot. Set the focus for that distance. Set the lens aperture. Check the exposure; is it correct? Establish the proper posing. Frame. Shoot.

You do not "need" to focus...you need to decide where the camera willbe placed. Put the people in front of the camera. Shoot when things are correct.

Blaming the camera when you are responsible for doing the photography is the real issue underlying this post; it's a matter of deciding how to,literally, conduct a portrait shoot.

Once you understand how a portrait shoot can be done in the easiest manner, issues like the one you reported here will be a thing of the past.

 

[Derrel]

As far as the photo shown, the background seems bit too prominent to me; the bright light on the background foliage draws attention away from the two kids. Secondly, the attention seems "split". The older boy appears to be looking at or listening to somebody located behind and to the right of you, while the younger brother appears to be looking at the camera/you. This might be a parental control/photographer issue, with a parent trying to "help you out", but in the end ultimately spoiling the photo. parents who have not been briefed on how to act or how to position themselves can easily spoil photographic sessions.

 

[Advanced Photo]

The pic is ok. Not great not the worst. Can it be better? Of course any photo can be better depending on who is viewin it. I find the expressions and the ball and foliage in the back round distracting as is the dappled light on the faces.

 

[Granddad]

I remember the lag time in my old bridge camera many years ago. For once I disagree with Derrel. It's like going to war with bows and arrows against an enemy with Kalashnikovs. Theoretically you could win but it would take a whole lot more work, planning and luck ... especially working with kids! You see the perfect expression, you push the button ... *camera thinks about it - expression changes* CLICK!

As Churchill said:
"Put your confidence in us. Give us your faith and your blessing, and under Providence all will be well. We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job."