Today’s Tip, Getting Backgrounds Right

The quickest way to see the impact of this strategy is to switch your camera into aperture priority mode and to take a number of shots at different apertures. Start with an aperture of f/20 and work your way down – one stop at a time. Once you get down to under f/4 you’ll start seeing the background in your shots getting blurrier and blurrier.

Photo by Keith Morris

Check out these tips on forming a great relationship between your subject and its background.

Make sure you read the whole thing.

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/getting-backgrounds-right/

Journal Entry for 12/2

How does the element of fantasy present itself in the photographs of Katherine Dyke?

What tip out of the “Nine Tips for Getting Backgrounds Right” article most clicked with you?

Which tip didn’t make any sense?

photographer of the day 12/2: Katherine Dyke

Rope ladders to cotton ball clouds, underground tunnels to blue sky, elements of escape are all over the photographs of Katherine Dyke, blending reality with elements of fantasy.