Monday, 22 July 2013

A Portrait A Week - July 22nd Edition

A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013


1. Our Oldest



2. Our Youngest


3. Our Girls. 
Photo credit our Anna Maria


4. Overlooking the River at the end of our town's main street. 
Photo credit our Anna Maria
Not a portrait but I couldn't resist sharing.

Trying to join in with Che and Fidel for months but each week I have 'missing children'.  Decided to take the plunge and share at least a few children each week, hoping to be more conscious of capturing each child.

Photography Question: How can I blur/eliminate the 'unsightlies' from photo backgrounds?

Linking up with Jennifer's challenge this week as well as Jodi
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6 comments:

  1. Ruby22 July 2013 at 21:52

    Lovely pics of your children. (Don't blur the bikes. It's effective!)

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  2. Laura Pearl23 July 2013 at 01:50

    Your children are gorgeous!

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  3. Vicky23 July 2013 at 10:53

    Hi Erin,

    From an artist's perspective, I would probably crop a lot when this happens - eg. crop off legs or background to accentuate the contrast of the face or to centre the point of focus or to balance focused and blurred parts of the composition.

    Using a low F-stop, pre-checking the background and getting in really close are some tips I'm learning. Also, increasing the contrast can lift the subject from the background.

    Your children look beautiful!

    God bless:-)

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  4. Erin26 July 2013 at 07:00

    Aw thank you:)

    Vicky
    Will have to look into F stops.

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  5. Chareen10 August 2013 at 22:18

    Erin the lower the F-stop the more blur in the background.

    Here is a fantastic tutorial on the blur effect. Actually I really enjoy all their tutorials.

    Controlling Portrait Backgrounds: How to use depth of field

    http://youtu.be/DWJk9IY4flE

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  6. Erin20 September 2013 at 10:36

    Chareen
    Thank you for that, so much to learn!

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