How do you take a photo and get a clear shot of a person but a little fuzzy in the back ground ? and what is t

Answer 1

It's called Aperture Value. Turn it all the way down on your camera.

You should probably have a SLR type camera for this though.

Answer 2

Depth of field is a function of aperture and focus. The wider the aperture, the flatter the depth of field. If you have an auto-only camera, I'm not sure you can do this. If you have any controls, use the close-up option (the flower) and stand as close to the person as possible. If you're more than eight feet away, this might not work.

If you have an SLR, you opt for the largest aperture (smallest f-stop number) and, again, stand as close to the subject as you can. Try not to have anything in the midfield- just the person up close, and the background as far as possible.

Answer 3

Well, while the rest of your question was cut off, you get a clear shot of a person by focusing on that person. Usually most recent cameras have what is called autofocus, where the shutter button has two positions, the first is where you push lightly, causing the autofocus to focus wherever the indicators on the viewfinder are pointing at, which in this case would be the person's face you are trying to capture, and by default, the rest of the scene should blur somewhat as it is taken out of focus. If your camera does not have autofocus, you will have to play with the manual focus settings until you get the face to display clearly and blur the rest of the scene. Look in your camera's manual to learn how to do this, as it is different for different cameras.

Answer 4

You are describing the effect of a shallow depth of field. It is achieved by lowering the f-stop in an camera exposure which reduces the aperture diameter. This lets less light in and reduces the detail of things outside the focus.

Different lenses offer different qualities of the "blurring" in the background. This is called bokeh.

You dont mention what your camera is but if it has a portrait mode this well help, and if it has a full manual mode you can adjust the f-stop further. Note that when you lower the f-stop you will either need more light or a slower shutter speed to to get a properly exposed image.

Answer 5

Are you using a digital or chemical camera?

You need to adjust the 'depth of field' by narrowing the aperture. This will make near objects very sharp and far away objects more fuzzy.

By adjusting it the other way, far away and close to objects can be made to look as sharp as one another. I have used this in the past to do trick shots of one person 'holding' someone else (who appears much smaller) in their hand.

It is possible to use post-production techniques such as an image manipulation program to alter the background and 'blur' it slightly.

Good Luck!

Answer 6

Using a camera with manual controls, use a wide aperture (a low f number) and use a higher shutter speed to compensate. If you focus on your subject (or even JUST in front of your subject), the background will be blurred. It is because a wide aperture gives a 'shallow depth of field'.

If you are using an automatic camera, film or digital, select aperture priority and set it wide (say f4 or f5.6). Contrary to what one answer says, you do NOT need to increase your ISO setting.

If your camera is only fully automatic, select portrait mode if available.

Answer 7

You are talking about depth of field, you can control this by using your F Stops, If you set the aperture so that it is wide open then the image you focus on will be sharp but the back ground will be out of focus.

Answer 8

Its refered to as D O F. (depth of field) For best results, use a wide aperture, f1.8 say, and a fast speed, 1/1000, and make sure that you are centrally focused on the person, or subject. A tripod may help.

Good luck.

Answer 9

It's a principle called "depth of field".

You can adjust it if you have a good enough camera. Stopping down the lens (letting less light pass through it) makes the background more in focus. Opening it up makes the background less in focus.

Using a longer lens (more millimetres of focal length) decreases depth of field (just like a bigger lens opening does). Using a wider/shorter lens (fewer millimetres of focal length) increases it.

This is oversimplified, but smaller film or digital sensors have larger depth of field than larger sensors or film. At the same perspective, a large format camera has much less depth of field than a point-and-shoot digital camera.

Depth of field is both bad and good. Increasing it can be useful for scenics like in the mountains. Decreasing it is good for portraits.

Answer 10

Adjust the apeture manually in your photo. The smaller the aperture, the greater the depth of field, meaning short and long focus. To have an object close and in focus, you need to be able to open your setting up.

Answer 11

This is called Depth of Field, which is the distance in front of and beyond the subject that appears to be in focus. This is controlled by using aperture sizes (or f-stops). Your camera may or may not be able to set these values.