{"id":354912,"date":"2022-02-16T13:55:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=354912"},"modified":"2022-02-16T13:55:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:55:18","slug":"the-1-meter-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/16\/the-1-meter-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1 Meter Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently I&#8217;m having an issue in which my RICOH GR III doesn&#8217;t focus or startup properly anymore (lens error). A workaround&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Shoot in snap focus mode, with the pre-focus set to 1 meter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funny enough, this has been very liberating. Why? It reduces one thing in your photography process; worrying about focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certainly you cannot focus everything at 1 meter, especially when shooting in auto-iso and program mode (P mode). However, perhaps this is the fun creative constraint:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Assuming you can shoot only at 1 meters pre-focused, what kind of creative photos can you make?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"focus-is-overrated\">Focus is overrated?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To capture things sharp and in focus; perhaps this is overrated? Maybe better to just shoot everything in snap mode, prefocused (manual focus) to 1 meter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can do this with any camera, just put it in manual mode, and pre-focus your lens to 1 meter. And try for a week to only shoot at 1 meter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-to-do\">What to do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Either<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Just get close enough to your subject at 1 meter and shoot it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Even if something is closer or further than 1 meter away, just shoot it anyways, and <strong>the out of focus effect can be artsy.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, when shooting in autofocus and sometimes making photos of Cindy or Seneca out of focus (on accident), <em>unintentionally<\/em> the photograph feels more artistic. Assuming our goal is artistic and creative photography, then perhaps intentionally trying to make our photos out of focus, this is better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"upload-your-out-of-focus-photos-to-arsbeta-com\">Upload your out of focus photos to <a href=\"https:\/\/arsbeta.com\">arsbeta.com<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your photo assignment is out of focus (1 meter). 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