Well Michelle, I have actually struggled with this for awhile. As some of you may know I am an avid photography blog reader & I am constantly striving to better my skills by trying new things and learning new techniques from other photographers. There is no wrong way of doing things, but I have found some good solutions to my ring shot problems and here are a few things that have helped me along the way.
1. Shooting in a LOT of natural light is key. I know that most ring shots are captured during the reception, meaning usually at night (in some cases) and so you generally have little natural light to work with, which is why I try and do the ring shots during the "getting ready' part of the day.
2. Manual focusing. Trying to have your camera focus for you will result in blurred images most all of the time, especially if you aren't working with a macro lens. I don't own the Canon 100mm L lens, because I really didn't feel I needed it. I have the Canon 85mm 1.8 lens and I feel like it captures ring shots just fine, but again, I need to Manuel focus in order to get sharp ring shots and/or any other small detail shots.
3. And lastly, try lots of different angles and ideas, because in most cases you'll come out with at least one great, in focus shot.
And because a post is always better with an image I chose to take a ring photo as an example for today's post. The ring shot below was captured at around 4pm on a Canon 5D Mark II, 1.8 aperture (85mm 1.8 lens), ISO 125, Shutter 1/320. Again, I manually focused on the ring thus resulting in a sharp ring. Happy Friday!
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