Hi.
There is a slight variation on the cocktail weenie effect which did help me. In essence, it is the same, though. You look at a distant spot, and then bring a single finger up into your field of vision. You should see two fingers in photofocus.
You might play about with 3D pictures to get a feel for photofocus. One thing which did help tremendously with my own soft gaze is to focus slightly on the tangerine and then gazing through the book as though I had x-ray vision.
However, the best advice I think I can give is to just practise it with your photoreading. It's a schedule which is less demanding anyway. If you're having trouble with getting into photofocus, just do that exercise of looking into the distance and bringing the book into your field of vision before you begin to photoread. It makes it easier.
Hope this helps.
KWLee
[This message has been edited by KWLee (edited November 16, 2002).]