Photographers place a lot of value on sharp focusing and countless shots never see the light of day because of soft or inaccurate focusing. While failing to record the main focal points sharply is frowned upon, it’s generally acceptable for other parts of a shot to be out of focus. Indeed, photographers often use extremely shallow depth of field to blur everything behind or in front of the focal point. This really emphasizes the sharp areas of the subject. Though you don’t often see photos that buck the trend and defocus the focal point to deliberately, it can produce some unique images. Use it to give your images for dreamy, mysterious or sinister quality; as a cunning way to mask your subject’s identity; or simply to create an eye-catching abstract study.

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Understanding the principles of perspective can be a great way to enhance your images and add a sense of depth. Through a variety of skills and techniques you will be able to take dontrol of your pirctures. Yout choice of lens, aperture settings and your point of view are just some of the factors that can dramatically alter the illusion of depth that appears in your images – master these and keep your photography in perspective.

Depth of field is the term used to describe the areas before and beyond the point of focus that also appear sharp. You can control how large this area is through your choice of aperture and lens. An image can be totally transformed by using a wide aperture such as f/2.8, which will throw a boring or messy background out of focus.

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