The Beginner Photography Podcast Getting Sharp Focused Photos - Why You're Taking Blurry Pictures
Jun 16, 2020
Struggling with blurry photos? Dive into the four key reasons behind this common issue! Explore missed focus, chromatic aberration, high ISO noise, and the pitfalls of motion blur. Learn practical tips to sharpen your images, like the importance of focus modes and shooting in manual. Discover how your lens choice can impact image quality more than the camera body itself. Get ready to transform your photography skills and capture stunning, sharp images with confidence!
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Tiny Distance Shifts Break Focus
- A tiny change in distance (an inch or two) can take a subject out of focus during close portraits.
- Raymond Hatfield explains lens elements move minutely to focus, so subject or photographer sway breaks sharpness.
Always Put Focus On The Eyes
- Focus on the eyes, not the nose, when shooting portraits to ensure the subject looks sharp.
- Use appropriate focus modes or eye-tracking autofocus to keep the intended point sharp.
Bouquet, Not Bride: A Wedding Mishap
- Raymond recalls weddings where tracking autofocus focused on the bride's bouquet instead of her face.
- Those images were unusable because the bouquet sat in focus while the bride's face was soft.