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Shooting subjects with a cityscape background

Shooting subjects with a cityscape background

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Shooting subjects with a cityscape background

- Okay. You know, as a street photographer, it's always great if you can have something in the foreground that will give your composition just a little added amount of interest. And this couple just looking out here is perfect. So I'm gonna quickly frame them. Looks they're enjoying themselves, so they're gonna be there for a while. I'm gonna focus. Now sometimes Live View, you can't focus with Live View. It fades very quickly. At which point I switch out of Live View and I go in-camera. My in-camera focus, other than Live View, is a little bit, is a little bit more sensitive and allows me to get what I need. I'm just looking to get a hook here. Looks like I got it. (camera clicks) Oh, I think that looks good. Now because there's areas of a lot of dark here, I'm often in aperture priority. When I check my histogram, I have to make the picture darker. So I'm in exposure compensation, usually minus a stop, minus a stop, and a third. That's not uncommon. (camera clicks) (couple speaking…

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