Comments | kerd2006: WAHOO

kerd2006

WAHOO

Jan 19, 2006 22:38

Okay, to all photographers...I've been playing with my Canon Powershot S2 IS, aaaaand, quite frankly, I am more of a hands on learner, so after reading so much of the manual I said screw it and have been teaching myself how to work this sucker from there on out. However, in portrait mode, I cannot achieve the "blurry" backgrounds I want. It says ( Read more... )

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samtabsav January 20 2006, 21:22:30 UTC

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awesam January 21 2006, 01:44:04 UTC

play around with f-stops/aperture for the blurry background. the smaller your f-stop is, the blurrier the background will be :o!

awesam January 21 2006, 01:45:07 UTC

and by smaller i mean a smaller opening, therefore bigger number. YEEEEAH like an f16 will have a blurier background than an f4 because it lets less light in and yeayeyaehyasehysheyaheyahesyhdjkfkfdgs.

kerd2006 January 21 2006, 07:28:34 UTC

*wallow* aperture is confusing. but i haven't played with it enough i suppose.

awesam January 21 2006, 15:22:21 UTC

K WELL JUST REMEMBER smaller number = bigger hole = more light. does your camera have a light meter? cause that would help a lot.