| One of the best digital photography tips involves | | | | Another technique is to use a telephoto lens with |
| something know as depth of field, or bokeh. This | | | | a wide open aperture. This sounds a little techy, |
| is where part of the photograph is in sharp focus | | | | but it is not really very complicated. Here's how it |
| while the rest of the image is out of focus, or | | | | works. Use your telephoto lens set to a higher |
| blurry. This technique adds lots of interest to a | | | | number, such as 100mm or 200mm, and set your |
| photograph by separating the main subject from | | | | aperture to a lower number, such as f2.8 or f4.0. |
| the photograph and drawing the viewer's attention | | | | The lower the number, the less depth there is in |
| right to the area of the main subject. The blurred | | | | the focus. In some cases, there is only a depth of |
| background does not compete for the viewer's | | | | focus of an inch or two. As the f-stop rises, so |
| attention. | | | | does the focus depth. So, if you take a photo |
| You can do a couple of things to create an image | | | | with your aperture set to, say f9.0, you will get |
| with satisfying depth of field. One way to | | | | much more detail in the background because |
| accomplish good depth of field is to separate the | | | | there is a "deeper" focus range. |
| main subject far enough from the background so | | | | If you own a point and shoot camera, you may |
| that the background is not in focus. For instance, | | | | have a creative setting that will help you to limit |
| if you are photographing a person, just have | | | | the depth of field to create this interesting |
| them move toward you and away from the | | | | separation of the subject from the background. |
| distracting background. | | | | |