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The king of portrait lenses

Started Jan 25, 2018 | User reviews thread
Fog Maker Senior Member • Posts: 2,733
Re: The king of portrait lenses

Scott Larson wrote:

A couple of my favorite portrait photographers shoot everything at f8-f16 (yes, with 35mm cameras). They make sure everything in the background relates to the person in the photo (they often shoot in their work environments) and they use lights instead of DOF to separate them from the background.

But it's way easier and quicker to just blur everything in the background.

Deep focus photography is very underrated,  especially among people just starting out

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