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Staying Centered as a Photographer

Posted on 25 February 2010 by D. Travis North

Centering your mind allows you to work most effectively in any creative process. But what does staying centered mean? And how can we center ourselves? Read on to learn more.

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10 Reasons to Turn Off Your Autofocus (via DPS)

Posted on 19 December 2009 by D. Travis North

I have twice before written articles mentioning how autofocus could be a pitfall for focusing blunders (Read: Avoid Focusing Pitfalls in Photography and Proper Manual Focusing Technique)  Alistair Scott seems to be in the same camp as I when it comes to autofocus.  In his article, 10 Reasons to Turn Off Your Autofocus (Digital Photography [...]

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Proper Manual Focusing Technique

Posted on 18 November 2009 by D. Travis North

As one who did not have the benefit of autofocus for the first 12 years working with a camera, I can say that autofocus is overrated. Learn to manually focus with your camera with this short tutorial about how to (and why you should) use manual focus more often.

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