How To Create Shallow DOF Effect?

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Sometimes we see how beautiful the DOF (Depth of Field) of certain photos and wondering how it been done. There are two ways to do it. Either you have a wide aperture lens or macro lens or most of people will cheat a bit by using post processing process.

If your camera lens aperture f stop is around f4.0 and above you won't be able to create shallow DOF. I never use this technique as usually I use wider aperture or macro capable lens to create that, but if you don't have that  type of lens, then watch the video below how to do it. I created a screen recording how some people relying on image editing to achieve shallow DOF effect. Ahaaa..



Before and after.. watch the screen recording below and give it a try






Enjoy! From time to time I will post an entry of how to make your photos better and better each time. This is going to be my new column and I will post one tip every week. Next entry will be how to add a punch on your dull photo.

Gears: Photoshop CS4 Extended and QuickTime Screen Recording

2 comments:

Ecah said...

great!!! boleh blaja mcm2 teknik nnt.. :)

akupunyahal said...

ecah: yup.. just want to share thing... better then nothing kann