I love shooting with a shallow depth of field, where you have only the subject sharp and clear, but everything else soft and out of focus. It's such a great way of drawing the eye straight to the subject of the photo, and eliminating any distractions around your subject. You can get this affect from shooting wide open, but it can be tricky to perfect! So, today, I'm giving you five tips for shooting at low apertures.
But, before we get to the tips, let's rewind a little bit, and start at the very beginning, with what shooting "wide open" actually means!
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