What do Shallow Depth of Field, 30-band Graphic Equalizers, and Saturn's Moon Dione have in common?
Channel: Photojournalism Los Angeles
Date: 2020-02-15

Different tools allow photography, music recording, and planetary spacecraft encounters to achieve parallel goals.

Shallow Depth of Field is an essential tool for Photojournalism. We want to get out of the sterility of the photo studio and make photos of people living and working in the world. But! The world is a noisy place! All those trees, power lines, cars, people, buildings, and everything else, can crowd out your subject and turn a compelling photograph into a not-so-satisfying snapshot. When you open up from f8 to f2 you can create an image that highlights the main subjects in your photograph. But! We still want to know that we're in the world! So, soften your background. But don't obliterate it!