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michaeljscott93
How do you get the really nice bokeh shots where there are huge round blurred light and then the subject in complete focus with great clarity?

I know it sounds alot, but I've seen it done many times and would like to give it a go, does anyone have any ideas - if so it would be much appreciated Smile

Here is an example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiwi_gal/3097253336/in/set-72157605060879706/
Magicman
This looks like it could be accomplished by playing with the Depth of Field. What you want to do is have the background be very blurry and focus on the foreground. I think this can be accomplished by zooming all the way in, moving far enough away to have your image framed the way you want it, and adjusting the focus so the subject is in focus and the background is not. This should work fine while taking photographs but I'm not sure because the technique is one I learned for video.
lethaltriad
Magicman wrote:
This looks like it could be accomplished by playing with the Depth of Field. What you want to do is have the background be very blurry and focus on the foreground. I think this can be accomplished by zooming all the way in, moving far enough away to have your image framed the way you want it, and adjusting the focus so the subject is in focus and the background is not. This should work fine while taking photographs but I'm not sure because the technique is one I learned for video.


That technique is one way to do it. Another way is also to use the largest apperture your lens is capable of and you'll get a more shallow depth of field and also you'll get the larger light circle since the lens is wide open. So if you a DSLR or a camera that allows you to change the apperture try the largest one thats available to you. Largest meaning (the smallest number) shoot with f/2.8 instead of f/8 or f/5.6

If you combine both techniques together you'll get even better results. If you have a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, then shoot at 200mm for the focal length if there is enough room and shoot at apperture 2.8.

Cheers
tingkagol
...or if you have a Canon DSLR, you can get one of these:


Canon 50mm f/1.8

This will cost you only about $60-70.
michaeljscott93
Brilliant thanks for everyone's great advice!

I'm going to do some experiments with these techniques today! Very Happy

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