Portraits. Pavel.

Yasen Pramatarov

27 Aug 2016

low light Pavel portrait people evening bar man lens:SMC Pentax-DA 18-55/3.5-5.6 AL

I stopped taking pictures in the last few years. Last evening at a beer meetup we talked about photography and before leaving I took out my camera from the bag. From all the shots this one is almost OK, but still I'm not happy with it.

I can always say that my viewfinder is broken and I shoot without much looking, but that's not an excuse, I should have gotten another camera by now.

This is with the kit lens, I also have shots with 50/1.8 but the focus is even worse there.

As we talked last evening, practice makes perfect. One needs a motivation and practice, there is no other way...

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