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Numeric count was 3,976 against 4,000 values. So 24 rogue rows.

Or turning the panels off entirely and shooting on the window. The best fix is usually removing a source rather than adding one.

Shooting less might improve the ratio and will definitely improve the pictures. When I made myself take 40 frames on a walk instead of 300 I started thinking before pressing the shutter, which is where the two good ones were coming from anyway.

The freeze is a timing problem, not a knowledge problem. Real conversation gives you about 700 milliseconds before silence gets awkward. A podcast gives you infinity. Practise under time pressure specifically — set a timer for 60 seconds and answer a random question before it runs out. It feels ridiculous and it works.

1/250 is not always fast enough for a person breathing at f/2 up close. A centimetre of subject sway is enough to move you off the eye when the depth of field is two centimetres. Going to 1/500 for close portraits made a chunk of my soft shots disappear.

A reflector felt like overkill for casual shots, but that ratio explanation makes sense.