David Emery OnlineAlabama Shakes at the Boston Arms
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Grimes at White Heat
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The Horrors at the Roundhouse
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Thom Yorke at the Boiler Room
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Riot Cleanup
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The Liberated Camera
About a year ago a young photographer came to me with a question I'd never heard before. What did I think about "face detect" autofocus?
Probably I sighed. Then said something about how modern cameras left us with so little to do that any half-competent photographer just might want to decide where to focus on his own.
There was one problem with this expert advice—I'd never used the feature, not for a single frame. Every photographic instinct told me I was right. But then ignorance is a splendid way of maintaining our pet prejudices. So I resolved to give face detection a fair shake.
You know those articles you read where it feels like a lightbulb has gone off above your head? This is one of those articles for me as a photographer.
Like most ‘photographers’ I’ve been pretty snooty about things like Face Detect autofocus, but that’s pretty ridiculous really considering I spend a lot of my time trying to make sure faces are in focus. In practice it may well not work well enough for what I want, but it’s just the fact that I haven’t even tried that’s the kicker.
In short: don’t forget what the goal is (taking good photos); it doesn’t matter what tools you use to get there.
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The Horrors at York Hall
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Tune-Yards at the Scala
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