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Originally Posted by 6spd Yeah, focus on the eyes and shoot at around 1.8-4 aperture to get a melted away background. The main focus of a portrait is the subject.

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Old 07-30-2013, 10:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Yeah, focus on the eyes and shoot at around 1.8-4 aperture to get a melted away background. The main focus of a portrait is the subject. The background is generally useless.
The more I look at the background of that picture...
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