depth of field

The Case for Turning off Autofocus

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The Case for Turning off Autofocus

Over a decade ago, I wrote an article about turning off autofocus and instead being more intentional about shooting images by manually focusing your lens. This isn’t the same as telling a camera where to focus the lens, instead, you’re the one doing the focus and therefore then changing so much more about the scene … Read more

The trap of shallow depth of field

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The trap of shallow depth of field

One of the first photography lessons you learn along the way is the impact of shallow depth of field. Its effect on an image — an aesthetically pleasing blur that separates the background from the subject — easily sets your camera photos apart from snapshots taken with smartphones or cheaper cameras. In the video above, however, Jamie … Read more