30 Days of Photography Tips… Day 18

DAY #18! TIP #18: Sometimes…keep it simple. That may not seem like much of a photography tip… but it is. Hear me out. It is. There are so many props these days. So many ways to add to a photo with … a backdrop, a baseboard, a chair, a banner and a setting and a…

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30 Days of Photography Tips… Day 17

DAY #17! TIP #17: If your background isn’t ideal, open that lens up wide and make it soft, blurry, and beautiful. The other day my little boy and I were having a moment. This is my little guy who sticks out his tongue at the camera, is hardly ever serious, and watches tv upside down on…

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that blurry background

Everyone seems to love that blurry background, that buttery bokeh as it’s often referred to by the big wig photogs. :)  Basically bokeh is that blurry background, those beautiful blurry lights, and that gorgeous shallow depth of field. It is created through the use of a fabulous lens that has an aperture that can open…

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aperture, F-stops, what the what?

Aperture  is the hole or opening in your lens that lets in light. The size of the opening determines how much light comes into your camera as well as how sharp or blurry the background is going to be in your image. The aperture in this image below was shot at F 2.8. See the…

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