francoiseangers

That would be my guess too.

 

If your camera allows manual focus, you can preset the focus to where you'll be standing/sitting, before pressing the shutter-release.

 

BTW, it took me a few seconds to realise that by 'retarder' you meant 'self-timer'.

Thank you Joe, as you can see my name is Françoise which means (française) French in the old French language.

I don't speak English very often. In French we use the word "retardateur", and my camera is set in French.

One more word in my English vocabulary!!!

Good advice so far.

It seems you joined PN to ask this question. I hope you'll stick around :).

 

If you don't have the camera user guide, you can find it here.

Thank you for your reply Mike.

By the feedback I have, that encourages me to "stick around".

Thank you for the link to the guide, I'll take a look at it.

It's more user-friendly than the one I have.

The camera is likely auto-focusing when you press the shutter release, so the focus is somewhere behind where you are standing. Try placing an item in the same place you will be standing or the camera to focus on, then place your face in the same location for the camera to make the exposure. Or, get a friend or neighbor to take the picture.

Thank you David, I did another photo session today. I put my "Bee plush" to focus on. Sometimes I managed to have the right focus, but other times the photo was blurred, I don't really understand why. But I think I have at least one that's good enough (I hope).

I'd like to do another session because I want to understand why it doesn't function all the time.

I'll let you know about my finds.

It's a very interesting camera. I've had it for a while but never have the time to "study" it.

Hello

I have to provide a photo of myself in RAW format.

I have a Canon S120 camera.

I set my camera to Manual and jpg/RAW mode.

I have a trepod and I take pictures using the retarder.

Result: my photos are blurry.

What can I do?