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Getting creative using less obvious focus

Getting creative using less obvious focus

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Getting creative using less obvious focus

- Whether you're establishing focus manually or using the auto-focus capabilities of your camera, you can exercise creative control over your photographic images by choosing exactly where you want that focus to be positioned within the frame. And sometimes, it can actually be helpful, and interesting, and more creative, to focus on an area that might not be your first choice or the more obvious choice for where to focus within the frame. So I encourage you to think about other ways to interpret a scene in terms of focus. Now, this is obviously most useful when we're working with a narrow depth of field, rather, shallow depth of field. That's certainly the case when we're focusing very closely to our subject. For example, with macro photography. But it can also be the case for wider views, for landscapes. The point is that when we're working with a relatively narrow depth of field, we'll want to think about exactly where we're positioning the focus within the frame. And, again…

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