The 4th blog in the series from Steven Hawker Photography that aims to improve your photography ….
When you’re trying to capture something in a photo, you want that subject to be in focus so the details are crisp.
On a smartphone most people just leave it to chance and allow the camera to autofocus on what it decides is the subject. Don’t forget though that if you tap whatever it is you’re trying to shoot on the screen that element will be the focus point. This can be particularly important when your photographing people against a busy background – make sure the person(s) are in focus.
For other cameras it can be a little more complicated, but typically speaking if your camera has a physical shutter button, you can focus by holding the button halfway down. When the camera thinks it’s locked in it’ll usually surround the subject in a green box of some sort and give a cheerful beep indicating everything’s good to go. Press the button the rest of the way and voila, you’ve got an in-focus photo.
While there are lots of advanced things you can do with selective focus, for starters just concentrate on getting what you want in focus. With software these days you can fix nearly any problem you may have with a shot, but YOU CAN’T FIX FOCUS.
Aim for this –
and not for this –
