Sharp image (No bokeh effect) when taking welfies

[boyshawn]

Hi, I am facing an issue which I will like to seek help and advice from all the experts on the forum. Often, my welfies (i.e me holding the camera, and everyone else sitting standing a short distance (<10 metres) behind me) turns out to have bokeh effect, which is undesirable for me. Because except for myself, everyone else in the photo turns out blurry. I turns to switch to use Aperture priority mode when taking welfies. However the whole photos turn out to be blurry. I will like to get some guidance what is there any recommended setting (ISO, shutter speed, aperture) to get rid of the unwanted bokeh effect? I understand that it will be different under bright light, indoor/outdoor night. Will appreciate if there can be some guidance for me to test and try for future photo-taking.

Background:

Camera: Canon G7X Mark II

How photo is taken: Taken most of the time in Full Auto mode, LED tilted forwards and human take up 1/2 to 3/4 of the bottom of photo in landscape mode.

 

[jshen808]

Welfie/Selfie = narcissism. Why is this a thing and why is narcissism still legal.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/simongrobinson/

..while folks needs to cautious in taking pictures of themselves (selfies)..

..regular photographers needs to be cautious too, just take a look at this funny commercial video below..



..personally, I don't have any problems for folks taking selfies of themselves..

..much better than asking me to take pictures for them.. ;-)



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..Cheers..