I reckon more than half of the questions about sports photography is about focusing. “How do I get the action in focus?” is the catch cry of all sports photographers. Well, here’s some good news. Both Nikon and Canon have features in the software that comes with the camera that can help you review your […]

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This post is about the AF-ON button or back button focus. If you already use this technique – go and make yourself a martini! Before computers enabled auto-focus systems in cameras, the photographer had to manually focus their lenses and the process of taking a picture involved four steps: set the exposure, focus, compose and […]

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In part 2 of my How to Practise series, I’m going to give you a framework for practising focusing a moving subject. Examples of moving subjects are a runner, a moving car, and a model on a cat walk. In Part 1 where you learnt about focusing a static object and going as slow a […]

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