Pre-Set Modes Lesson 4:
Portrait Mode:
So this is the final lesson on the series of pre-set modes. This lesson is about the portrait pre-set mode. The symbol representing this mode on your dial will probably be a flower, but you can always double check your manual to confirm that.
The portrait mode is great when you are wanting to draw attention to the person or object you are taking a picture of. What the portrait mode does, is it ajusts the apature (how wide open the lens is and how much light is allowed in), causing the background to be out of focus. If your camera has a large range for the apature, you may find that parts of the picture are not in focus that you want. This is where it is important to make sure you aim your focus area, on the area you want to be in focus, such as the eyes. You may also need to make sure that neither you nor your subject move foward or backward as changing the distance from your lens to the object you want in focus could actually make it out of focus because you are now a different distance away than when your camera first set the focus.
For example, if when you set your focus, you were exactly 10 feet away from your subject, this means that once the focus is set and freezes, any object you want to be in focus will have to be 10 feet way. So, if your model is standing next to a pole that is also 10 feet away, if he moves one step forward, he will now be out of focus, but the pole will still be in focus. This is also true if you move forward, say by two feet. Now a pole two feet behind your model will be in focus. This is why it is important not to move your camera or model forward or backward once you set the focus, especially when you are in portrait mode.
This picture is one that I took of my brother when he was home from Hollywood this last winter. As you can see, his face is in focus, but even parts of his hair and coat (at the shoulders) are not. If either him or I had changed the distance from my lens to his face after the focus was set (even just inches), he would have become out of focus.
Keep this in mind, keep shooting, and keep having fun!
Blessings.
AdamJames
Portrait Mode:
So this is the final lesson on the series of pre-set modes. This lesson is about the portrait pre-set mode. The symbol representing this mode on your dial will probably be a flower, but you can always double check your manual to confirm that.
The portrait mode is great when you are wanting to draw attention to the person or object you are taking a picture of. What the portrait mode does, is it ajusts the apature (how wide open the lens is and how much light is allowed in), causing the background to be out of focus. If your camera has a large range for the apature, you may find that parts of the picture are not in focus that you want. This is where it is important to make sure you aim your focus area, on the area you want to be in focus, such as the eyes. You may also need to make sure that neither you nor your subject move foward or backward as changing the distance from your lens to the object you want in focus could actually make it out of focus because you are now a different distance away than when your camera first set the focus.
For example, if when you set your focus, you were exactly 10 feet away from your subject, this means that once the focus is set and freezes, any object you want to be in focus will have to be 10 feet way. So, if your model is standing next to a pole that is also 10 feet away, if he moves one step forward, he will now be out of focus, but the pole will still be in focus. This is also true if you move forward, say by two feet. Now a pole two feet behind your model will be in focus. This is why it is important not to move your camera or model forward or backward once you set the focus, especially when you are in portrait mode.
This picture is one that I took of my brother when he was home from Hollywood this last winter. As you can see, his face is in focus, but even parts of his hair and coat (at the shoulders) are not. If either him or I had changed the distance from my lens to his face after the focus was set (even just inches), he would have become out of focus.
Keep this in mind, keep shooting, and keep having fun!
Blessings.
AdamJames
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