Hangin' On
Canon 5D, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens - 1/125 second, f/8, ISO 100
RICH LEGG
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Monday, November 10, 2008
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2 Comments:
i have a question for you rich: i just thought about this, but do you do a larger aperture like 4, 7.1, and 8 on stock like this because you don't want the screen thingamajig in the back to show up?
i know you're trying to isolate the subject or at least leave them normal and not with the entire background in focus like on f/22 but against a white background like this would the screen behind the guy be in focus at a smaller aperture? i didn't phrase that very well but you know what i mean
Regards,
Tucker
Thanks for the comment, Tucker.
There are a couple of reasons I shoot around f/5.6-8 when I'm in the studio. You are right that when shooting on the seamless background that depth of field isn't as important. I could shoot at f/11-16 and not worry about the background coming "into focus".
The reason is that when I want a complete white background that I need it to be a couple of f/stops brighter than the subject. In the image on this post, I metered the background between f/11 and f/16. I then set the lighting so the subject would be at f/8.
Another reason I stay around f/8 is that I really like the sharpness of my primary lens (Canon 24-105 f/4L IS) at this f/stop.
I hope this helps explain my reasoning.
-Rich
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