{"id":115516,"date":"2019-03-27T23:07:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T04:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=115516"},"modified":"2019-03-27T23:07:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T04:07:49","slug":"selective-focus-prioritizes-photo-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/03\/27\/selective-focus-prioritizes-photo-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"Selective focus prioritizes photo subject"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about how we can communicate to the viewer why we took this picture.&nbsp;&nbsp;In photography you want your subject to dominate the photo.&nbsp;Therefore, you\u2019ll need to make a number of adjustments to remove distracting elements from in front, behind, or near it.&nbsp;We\u2019ve considered having the subject or photographer move to change the angle of view, move closer to the subject, and\/or to switch to portrait mode, but if those won\u2019t do the job, there\u2019s another option to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intentionally throw the distracting elements out of focus by selecting a shallow depth of field to solve the problem.&nbsp;Shapes are blurred and colors are not as bright.&nbsp;One way to achieve this is to use a large lens opening, which reduces the depth of field.&nbsp;This method also demands accurate focusing on the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Camera-Club-News-3-27-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115520\"\/><figcaption><strong>An example of selective focusing by Rex Dolby.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cyes but\u201d to using large lens openings is that the picture may be over exposed at this setting.&nbsp;If this becomes an issue, you can use a faster shutter speed, or set your exposure to one or two stops less.&nbsp;Do some experimenting and pick the combination that produces the results you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selective focusing can also be achieved by switching to a telephoto lens, because a shallow depth of field is a characteristic of these lenses.&nbsp;&nbsp;Combine this lens with a large lens opening and you\u2019ll create a really shallow depth of field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If none of these efforts produce the desired outcome, there are photo-editing programs that will provide multiple ways to blur the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not related to the topic, there\u2019s no supermoon report because clouds&nbsp;blocked the view.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, if you\u2019re interested, the next full moon is on April 19 and the next full supermoon isn\u2019t until Monday, March 9, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s talk about how we can communicate to the viewer why we took this picture.&nbsp;&nbsp;In photography you want your subject to dominate the photo.&nbsp;Therefore, you\u2019ll need to make a number of adjustments to remove distracting elements from in front, behind, or near it.&nbsp;We\u2019ve considered having the subject or photographer move to change the angle of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 13:22:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}