Professional photographer Tiffany Warner shares a simple tip to make your photos pop.
Have you ever wondered how to achieve a nice depth of field (blur) in your images? This simple tip will help you do it in no time.
The key is to leave plenty of room between the subject and the background.
In this image, I wanted the roses in focus and the clocktower in the background to be blurred. I got up close to the flowers until I had the desired view, then I tapped the screen to focus (make sure you’re in Portrait mode).
And bingo, the background melted away, giving me a blurred image of the clocktower.
Practise this technique with objects around your house or garden. Try blurring the house in the background by focusing on something interesting in the foreground. With a bit of practice, you can get very creative.
💡 Tip: Choose a foreground subject to focus on closely, leaving distance between it and the background subject.
Happy snapping!
Tiffany
📷 In addition to portrait and commercial work, Tiffany Warner runs short courses on smartphone photography for social media. See more of her images on Instagram.