Micky O’s Craic House was still standing when I took this photo in January, 2016. The location is now, of course, the Rezz Cork Hotel.
Aperture | ƒ/14 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 17mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 13s |
I was there too
Micky O’s Craic House was still standing when I took this photo in January, 2016. The location is now, of course, the Rezz Cork Hotel.
Aperture | ƒ/14 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 17mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 13s |
The speed of light is definitely more than 20mph in London.
Aperture | ƒ/8 |
Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
Focal length | 24mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 13s |
The Spodek is an arena in the city of Katowice, Poland. Several weeks ago, the band Korn played to a packed out audience, and a few days later I returned to photograph it and the passing traffic.
Aperture | ƒ/10 |
Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
Focal length | 94mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 8s |
A bus and other traffic speed along the road at night.
Aperture | ƒ/8 |
Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
Focal length | 24mm |
ISO | 320 |
Shutter speed | 2.5s |
McDonald’s Douglas, Cork. December 2015.
Aperture | ƒ/11 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 24mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 5s |
Aperture | ƒ/8 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 24mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 20s |
Aperture | ƒ/4 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 24mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 13s |
Sometimes it’s useful if the shutter button doesn’t focus. Instead you press another button to focus. I’ve used it in the past when shooting street photography (focus on the ground and I know anything a metre away will be in focus), and at night on a tripod when taking long exposure shots of moving lights.
Back button focus is when you don’t use your shutter button to focus the camera. Instead you’ll use a button on the back of your camera. Not every camera can do it but check your manual or use Google to search for your camera name and “back button focus”. Here are two good videos describing why it’s good for sports photography:
Here’s a video I found to get it working on the Canon 6D using the AF-On button. I usually use the Q menu now to disable focusing on the shutter button.
The beauty of back button focusing is that you can focus your camera before the proper shoot and then take as many photographs as you want of the scene, often when the lighting has changed and focusing is impossible. This is especially important at night, but it also lets you shoot faster as the lens is already focused. This may just mean the difference between a great street photo and a missed opportunity.
Finally, here’s a photo I shot last night using back button focus to set up the shot. I could as easily have manually focused the lens but this worked just as well.
Aperture | ƒ/4.5 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 17mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 10s |
Steel wool, multicoloured lights, a dark area and long exposure shots. Great fun with Blarney Photography Club last night!
Aperture | ƒ/8 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 24mm |
ISO | 500 |
Shutter speed | 20s |
Looking across the River Lee from Monkstown to Rushbrooke on January 1st, 2015. Happy new year!
Aperture | ƒ/22 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 24mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 13s |
The Ferris Wheel in Cork all lit up at night.
Aperture | ƒ/11 |
Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
Focal length | 58mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 10s |