sarah_towry

So I lined up 5 batteries in a diagonal and focused on the middle one. The back 2 were in focus and the front 2 were out of focus. This means I have a back focus problem right? My camera was set to center focus and I used a tripod.

<p>Fayetteville, TN</p>

<p>Here's the info for the pic above.</p>

<p>OK. Here's a picture I took this AM. It seems like the further away I get from my subject, the worse the focus is. I had my focal point on the little boy's face. Both cars appear in better focus than my son and daughter. I can't remember what meter mode I was in bc I have changed my settings since then. I did make a button the focus lock. <br> I took some pics of the lights on my DVD player and if I zoom in all the way they are clear. If not zoomed in, they are blurry. Same result in live view.<br> My file sizes range from 3,000-5,000 KB. I only said this bc I tried emailing 3 pictures and they wouldn't go through. The guy made a comment of why my files were so big. He may have thought the number I gave him was for 1 picture not 3. <br> Another photographer once told me she keeps her shutter speed no lower than 250. I just kept this in mind and I guess I shot that number up bc I was trying to compensate for the bright sun. This shoot really through me off. I am used to photographing in the shade around dusk. The sun didn't set as quick as I expected so it was really bright there. </p><div></div>

<p>Here's another</p><div></div>

<p>Ok so I tried some things earlier today. All I can say is I'm frustrated beyond words. I know its not the best picture but here's some I took with my phone of my camera. The TV in the background is clearer than my son. The focal point is on his face. I switched lenses. This is with my 18mm-105mm lense. Both are doing the same. I think it's just me. Somehow I have messed the settings up on my camera. That's got to be it. I can't think of anything else. I can't figure out how to show more than one focal point on my view finder either. I just have the one square and move it to what I want focused. </p><div></div>

<p>Thank you all so very much!! I appreciate all of the encouragement too! I tend to be hard on myself so this has gotten to me a bit. I haven't been able to log on for a couple of days so I am going to take everyone's advise and work on this today. I'll post what I come up with later. Thank you all again!!</p>

<p>I also tried some pics of my son in front of my Christmas tree. His face was not focused and the tree was. Same lens as before. 35mm. I haven't had this problem before and it has me stressed to the max! Thank you so much everyone for your responses.</p>

<p>Thank you so much MAtt Laur!!<br> The way I was focusing in this photo is by moving the single focal point square to one of the kids faces. I can't remember which one. Are you saying to set my focal point to the center of the photo?</p>

<p>Here's another pic</p><div></div>

<p>Sorry! Let's try that again </p>

<p>Here's the settings</p>

<p>I'm new to this site. How do I post a pic?</p><div></div>

<p>PLEASE HELP!! I have only been doing photography since the beginning of the year. It started as a hobby for me and it went on from there. I have taught myself everything. I am having a problem that I can't seem to fix or find any answers. I have noticed my photos are not as sharp as I would like. I recently did some pics for a friend of mine. The results are horrible. For some reason, the focus is on the background!! I move my focal point to my subjects eye and the focus is always to the left of my focal point!! I can't figure out how to fix this! I am using a 35mm lens. The photoshoot was at the start of sunset using the shade of a barn. The same thing happens if I'm close to my subject or farther back. Anyone have any advise?? Also, this is way off subject but what should I be setting my camera at as far as file size?? It seems like my photos are huge. Thanks so much :)</p>