[rawphotography]

YesterdayYesterday I was doing a freebie photoshoot for two brothers and their father, at a scenic location in Plymouth. I got a key from the council to take down domw barriers sso that we could shoot with the seafront in the background and the sun out of shot, unfortunately the locks were rusted and we had to improvise, shooting with the sun just in the frame.

I was using a kit lens, granted, but in these conditions my autofocus/metering really struggled. The quality of the kit lens isn't great but when I got home I did a few test shots on auto and it managed to achieve a half decent focus lock. I had similr problem with a 28-135mm lens (both are canon lenses).

Can anyone adise on what I might be doing wrong? I normally get good results but don't shoot in harsh light and in this case I had little choice. I tried to spot meter as well, but the results were horrible. So exposure and focus were both horribly off.