Comments on: Annaleigh http://dslrgeek.com/annaleigh/ Patrick Arseneau's photography blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:10:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patrick Arseneau http://dslrgeek.com/annaleigh/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Patrick Arseneau Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:59:19 +0000 http://dslrgeek.com/?p=483#comment-140 Your question is pretty vague, but still valid. If you want good portraits, it's nice to have the background out-of-focus to make your subjects stand out and look sharp. For that you need a small dept-of-field (dof). Maximizing your aperture will give you that small dof. You can set your camera to aperture priority (Av) and set it to f/4. Now the problem with a group of people is that they may not all be at the same distance from the camera so your shallow dof might make some of them look out of focus. To play it safe, lower your aperture to f/5.6 or f/6.3. Keep in mind that the farther the background is from the subject, the blurrier it will be. Let me know how you make out! Your question is pretty vague, but still valid. If you want good portraits, it’s nice to have the background out-of-focus to make your subjects stand out and look sharp. For that you need a small dept-of-field (dof). Maximizing your aperture will give you that small dof. You can set your camera to aperture priority (Av) and set it to f/4. Now the problem with a group of people is that they may not all be at the same distance from the camera so your shallow dof might make some of them look out of focus. To play it safe, lower your aperture to f/5.6 or f/6.3. Keep in mind that the farther the background is from the subject, the blurrier it will be.

Let me know how you make out!

]]> By: Duvys http://dslrgeek.com/annaleigh/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Duvys Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:39:43 +0000 http://dslrgeek.com/?p=483#comment-139 Hello, I love your photography style! I love these pictures of Annaleigh. I am very amateur at the dslr (Sony) camera we have, but I love practicing with my 2 children. I wanted to ask what you think the best settings are for taking group photos, say 7 or so people?... I haven't been able to find anything on it and maybe it's because the question is so amateur??? Hello, I love your photography style! I love these pictures of Annaleigh. I am very amateur at the dslr (Sony) camera we have, but I love practicing with my 2 children. I wanted to ask what you think the best settings are for taking group photos, say 7 or so people?… I haven’t been able to find anything on it and maybe it’s because the question is so amateur???

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