http://www.petapixel.com/2009/05/23/using-a-shallow-depth-of-field-for-portrait/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.petapixel.com/2009/05/23/using-a-shallow-depth-of-field-for-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-8199 How to Control Your Photo's Background | The Discerning Photographer Mon, 03 May 2010 09:33:12 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=174#comment-8199 [...] Using a Shallow Depth of Field for Portraits at PetaPixel [...] [...] Using a Shallow Depth of Field for Portraits at PetaPixel [...]

]]> http://www.petapixel.com/2009/05/23/using-a-shallow-depth-of-field-for-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-885 [Favorites] Faux Warriors « dp.hotography Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:31:53 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=174#comment-885 [...] Other Technical Stuff The hallway’s light is not that strong, so I had to go up to ISO 1600, which I didn’t really like doing on my 40D. In this photo, the noise actually added to the overall feel of the photo so that was good. One mistake I made in this photo was to focus on the barrel of the guns. If I were to retake this picture, I’d focus on my subjects as they’re the first things you see in this photo, not the guns. So yeah, it’s safe to say that in general if there’s a human face in  your photo, just focus on the eyes of the person, unless you’re trying to do something like this. [...] [...] Other Technical Stuff The hallway’s light is not that strong, so I had to go up to ISO 1600, which I didn’t really like doing on my 40D. In this photo, the noise actually added to the overall feel of the photo so that was good. One mistake I made in this photo was to focus on the barrel of the guns. If I were to retake this picture, I’d focus on my subjects as they’re the first things you see in this photo, not the guns. So yeah, it’s safe to say that in general if there’s a human face in  your photo, just focus on the eyes of the person, unless you’re trying to do something like this. [...]

]]> http://www.petapixel.com/2009/05/23/using-a-shallow-depth-of-field-for-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-711 13 Tips for Staying Motivated in Photography Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:06:21 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=174#comment-711 [...] Using shallow depth of field for portraits [...] [...] Using shallow depth of field for portraits [...]

]]> http://www.petapixel.com/2009/05/23/using-a-shallow-depth-of-field-for-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-3012 Jan Mon, 25 May 2009 12:20:31 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=174#comment-3012 Good insight into your creative process, and great help in enhancing portraits. Thanks. Good insight into your creative process, and great help in enhancing portraits. Thanks.

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