This weekend I worked more on taking portraits and using the aperture to my advantage. What I found was that I was using too low of a aperture, for the distance I was away from what I was taking a picture of. I was using a F.number of about 5.5 to take pictures of things that were say 2 feet in front of me. This was causing the whole photo to be blurry, rather than the subject. I took the best picture I have taken this weekend, and have attached it to show it off. What I'm not happy with are the other pictures I took, i am going to focus on taking pictures from a moderate distance away, to get the focus just right.
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| This picture is my favorite picture I have taken. I set my aperture to F5, and got really close to my dog to get the focus and blurred background. What came out was something way better than i expected, in my opinion it shows what setting your camera aperture can really do. |
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| These last two photos I added did not come out as i was hoping for. I like the idea of both my sister and dog looking into a blurred background, but it would be better if the background was just a little more blurred, and my dog was clearer. |
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| This picture would have been better if my aperture was set higher, to get and all around focus. The way this photo is, the brick wall and rake look more like the focal point, rather than my sister. |
Jake,
ReplyDeleteI really like your photograph of your dog--the aperture settings are pretty much perfect. Nice work!
As far as the portraits, I agree that you can work with your aperture settings a little more. I would also suggest that you look at composition and where you're placing your subjects as well. Check this out about the Rule of Thirds:
http://learnprophotography.com/rule-of-thirds
Good work--keep shooting photos, and good luck!
Tim