Reminder For Myself When go Out Shooting

ALWAYS check your camera setting!
Before shooting everything should be check.
ISO, white balance, image quality, image size, optimize image, shooting mode, focusing (manual or auto), AF setting (af-s/af-c).
And other things to remember are, full charge all the battery, optimize usage of the camera bag, format the CF card.

While shooting: also ALWAYS remember to check your camera setting!
Always remember to remember check the camera setting while shooting. For safe always check screen after 5-7 frame. Make sure everything is ok. When change location, make sure change the setting of the camera, shutter speed, aperture and ISO, also white balance and flash compensate.

Focusing
This is critical; there is no software to correct out of focus image. When focusing using zoom lense, zoom in first then focus; it’s to make sure subject is really on focus, and then zoom out to make the composition.

Counter attack the blur image
Camera shake; To avoid this; make sure the shutter speed not more than the focal lens. Example: on 50mm lens, shutter speed should be at 1/50s or faster.
Motion blur; to avoid this, if subject is human moving; usually 1/60s can freeze the subject.
Out of focus; refer to focusing note.

Figure out the best place to take photo
Usually during speech, photographers are not ethically to move around. Make sure to spot the best place before VIP coming. Make sure the background, it’s always good to have the logo or backdrop of event.

Which one is better?

Rejected Photo

1. Out of focus
2. Blur: Camera shake
3. Blur: Motion blur, small blur would be acceptable
4. Bad Composition
5. Noise
6. Same frame; if there are 3 same subject, same angle(angel?), better just choose one.
7. Really dark photo, or under expose until 3 stops should be rejected unless it’s really important photo.
8. Subject make ugly face.
9. Meaningless photo.

So, anyone what to add up anything? Feel free to put it under the comment. J