What are your Photography Quirks or Habits?

I have both eyes open when predicting waves.

All changes in ISO are compensation the sensitivity of the sensor never changes the image is just processed differently.
 
I'm a compulsive corrector of perspective. I do like my verticals vertical.

In the mists of time when I had access to a darkroom, I used to do it when printing my photos by tilting the base board and/or using an enlarger with a swinging lens if I had access to one.

Software makes it all a bit easier these days. :)
 
I always defocus the lens slightly towards infinity between shots.
 
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markmullen said:
I have a lean, which isn't really a problem as I use a tripod for 99% of my shots. It is a family lean though, my dad leans more or less exactly the same when taking pics.
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You learn to do that when it's constantly windy :)
 
Some kind person might describe my inconsistant focus, exposure and composition as my personal "quirky habit" :oops:
 
cambsno said:
Am I the only one with a few strange habits? For example...

  • When editing in Lightroom I never have a value at 13 (+ or -)
  • I only like 'proper' ISO like 200, 400, 800 etc... None of this 320 or 640 stuff
  • Same with aperture, while I will use 2.2 or 3.2, I never use anything smaller than 3.2 other than 4, 5.6, 8 (like 6.3 or 4.5)
  • Never go slower than 1/60
Anyone else...
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dinners said:
I do that too - something about the intermediate ISOs just being exposure compensation ?

Never going slower than 1/60 is a bit odd though :thinking:

I'm a sucker for always extending my thickest tripods legs
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As far as I know, if you shoot Canon, then the 1/3 ISO stops are the 'true' ISO values and the full stop values are the compensated ones... For a guide, always count up by 1/3 stop each time.

<----- Least Noise 160, 320, 640, 800, 1250, 1600, 2500, 3200, 6400 Most Noise ----->

See this link http://marvelsfilm.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/canon-7d-noise-and-iso-test/

Results are quite amazing.
 
Ooooh cool thread!

I hadn't thought of it, but yeah...I have a few.

When shooting I try not to go below 1/60 for people (no matter what), I always shoot on the same few apertures, I try to shoot manual/shutter priority/aperture priority and never use the other settings like portrait and landscape, in PP I have to see what it looks like with really strong contrast (doesn't have to be processed that way though!), I turn my camera off a few seconds after my last shot (bad habit, I know), for landscapes I prefer wired shutter release cables, I hate using a pod (though that's more to do with being stubborn about being disabled to be fair!) I try not to go over iso400, but that might just be because of the amount of noise my camera gives and my walk about lens is usually my kit lens but my 50mm f/1.8 is my favourite lens. :lol:
 
For some odd reason I avoid using ISO 1600 on my D700 as it seems to have more noise than ISO 3200...:cuckoo::shrug: I must be losing it :lol:

I also have a habit of losing lens caps whenever I take them of and put them somewhere it takes me half a hour after to find them :exit: :lol:
 
Lens caps I am alway misplacing them drive me mad, many a time have emptied my bag out looking for one :eek:
 
I'll take a couple of empty camera bags with me just in case I've packed the wrong one.
 
Eddzz!! said:
As far as I know, if you shoot Canon, then the 1/3 ISO stops are the 'true' ISO values and the full stop values are the compensated ones... For a guide, always count up by 1/3 stop each time.

<----- Least Noise 160, 320, 640, 800, 1250, 1600, 2500, 3200, 6400 Most Noise ----->

See this link http://marvelsfilm.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/canon-7d-noise-and-iso-test/

Results are quite amazing.
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That's what we've been taught at uni as well (I'm studying film making) and we use canon 60ds, 7ds and 5d Mk IIs.
 
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