Portrait help, please?

[Maritimer1]

In this regard another rule of thumb is to focus on the leading eye.



So I do know that DoF gets larger as the Plane of Focus gets further away from the Film Plane - but I did not want to move further away from the Subject – so as she was expending her hand for the second time to choose another item I refocussed on her hand and move up just slightly, to catch the mirror with the knowledge that her RELFECTION of her face would be in focus . . . and I used that shot and not the first.



WW

Now, that was clever! Thank you for posting the particulars, William. This became an informative and interesting tutorial. I am looking forward to the time when I can offer help instead of asking for advice all the time!

Myra

[Colin Southern]

Now, that was clever!

Too clever for me ... I can never figure that kind of stuff out!