Saturday 8 April 2017

What is a good rule of thumb to use large aperture for portraits vs showing more background?


I recently got a Canon 50mm and have found myself probably over-using the large apertures for portraits. I'm curious if anyone has a good rule of thumb for when to avoid it.


My sense is that its good to:



  1. Really focus on only the subject

  2. There are undesirable things in the background

  3. The background may be far away (landscape)


Does this seem right? Any other suggestions?





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