PHOTOTECH…
TITLE: DEPTH OF FIELD
CREATED BY: COOPER BROWNLEE
WHEN NOT SHOOTING WITH FLASHES THIS IS MY FAVOURITE THING TO DO. PORTRAIT/LIFESTYLE PHOTOS ARE AWESOME FUN AND A SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD IS THE WAY TO GET THIS EFFECT, IT REALLY BRINGS OUT THE SUBJECT THAT YOU ARE FOCUSING ON.
BASICALLY YOU NEED TO BE RUNNING MANUAL SETTINGS ON YOUR CAMERA AND THE PLAN OF ATTACK IS TO HAVE A LOW F-NUMBER SUCH AS 2.8, BASICALLY THE LOWER THE NUMBER VALUE THE MORE BLURRED THE BACKGROUND WILL BE. YOU WILL HAVE TO ADJUST YOUR SHUTTER SPEED TO SUIT THE APERTURE SO THAT IT ISNT OVER EXPOSED.
MOST OF THE TIME WITH THESE SHOTS I USE A 50MM LENS WHICH CAN GO DOWN TO 1.4 ON THE APETURE SETTINGS WHICH CAN GIVE YOU SOME RAD RESULTS. YOU WILL NOTICE SOME LENSES DONT GO DOWN THIS LOW SO KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THAT BEFORE YOU SPEND YOUR HARD EARNED COIN.
ALSO PLAY AROUND WITH MANUAL FOCUS AND IF YOUR CAMERA HAS MORE THEN ONE FOCUS POINT THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM WORK WITH THAT ALSO.
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