Village Idiot
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I've always loved the tack sharp, shallow DOF tight portraits. A lot of them I see are from street shooters, but there's others as well, such as Platon. I guess it helps that he's using MF cameras.
Anyway, here's my attempt. After trying this I now know that I need to correctly adjust the diopeter. Wearing glasses makes it a bit harder to MF with a really wide aperture. Are there any guides on how to adjust the diopter adjustment properly?
This was shot with an 85 f/1.8 @ f/1.8 I see that I could stand to close the aperture a bit, as the focus is on the skin just infront of the eyes and the eyes are out of focus. I finally did this with AI AF focused on the eyes. The lighting could use some work as well, but I was mainly insterested in trying to get the look down.
Anyway, here's my attempt. After trying this I now know that I need to correctly adjust the diopeter. Wearing glasses makes it a bit harder to MF with a really wide aperture. Are there any guides on how to adjust the diopter adjustment properly?
This was shot with an 85 f/1.8 @ f/1.8 I see that I could stand to close the aperture a bit, as the focus is on the skin just infront of the eyes and the eyes are out of focus. I finally did this with AI AF focused on the eyes. The lighting could use some work as well, but I was mainly insterested in trying to get the look down.