September 2010
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Why understanding how depth of field works can enhance your photos.

White tight pants

Strike a pose?

Red tank top

Red tank top

This morning before heading out to some Thanksgiving dinners, I spent some time working on a request. A girl I photographed a while back contacted me wanting more copies of the photos I took of her. At the time we met up at a park I like to use for outdoor shooting, her friend recommended her to me and I agreed to shoot some basic images for her personal use. I gave her a few photos at the time, but now she needs some for a beauty pagent of some sort.

In regards to the photos, I noticed that when I took these images, I really didn’t have a plan, so many of the shots are not to my liking. For example, this photo of her standing with that pose, not my favorite, but its what she wanted to do. Then its the depth of field (DOF), I should have moved closer/zoomed in to blur out the background more, or opened up my aperture more, after all I was using a Nikon 80-200AF 2.8. I guess this happens when I don’t plan the shoots, sometimes I don’t get what I want. The second photo, as you can see, I zoomed in and was able to blur a lot more. One other aspect of the photo I don’t like is the bright sun spots in the background, at the time I took the pictures, I knew they would be a problem. Later as I worked on the photos at home, I realized it was more of a distraction than I thought they would be, but there is little I could do about it know. Oh well. At least this was just a fun shoot only!

Well, turkey time! Got to go!

Strange poses, what the heck, I'll photograph you!

laying back

Strange poses

Today I was looking at some older photos, and came across this image I took of Amy. She was a fun and crazy girl and during this shoot she leaned back on a park picnic bench, I thought it was a strange pose and she agreed…I took the photo anyways. Looking at the image now, it looks a little sexy of sorts. Because the top of the pants rode very low on her hip you can see the start of her “mound” on the far left and her tush pushed against the table. Strange pose? Maybe, but why not!

So next time you are unsure if the image/pose is right, take your Nikon or canon and shoot away!

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