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Aperture Priority Mode – How to make a Blurry Background

Check out the video below about Aperture Priority Mode. Even if you don’t have a DSLR you most likely have this mode on your Point and Shoot camera.

Video Transcript

Hi there! It’s Ingrid from Camerashy. One of the questions that I get asked by my students all the time is, “Ingrid how do you make a blurry background?” A blurry background? Oh I get it, I know what you’re talking about. You want to blur the background of your photos so you get a nice creamy, dreamy background and your subject really stands out. It makes for a really nice portrait shot. I know what you want to do and it is really easy.

All you have to do is to move out of Auto Mode and move in to Aperture Priority Mode. So how do you do that? Aperture Priority Mode will be AV if you are shooting on Canon or it will be A on a Nikon, Panasonic,Olympus – pretty much everything else right?

So you want to be in Aperture Priority Mode and then turn the command dial to get the lowest aperture that you can shoot with. This would be dependent on the lens that you are using. So, don’t worry if you can’t get any lower than f/5.6 that is probably got to do with the lens that you have on there.(Check that you are using lens that has wide maximum aperture. )

So you need to shoot wide open. When you are

in Aperture Priority Mode, you control the aperture the camera controls the shutter speed to compensate so that you always have a correctly exposed shot

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So you are out of Auto Mode but not quite in Manual but you are getting there. That’s Aperture Priority Mode!

Aperture Priority Mode really is the best mode to be in when you are shooting portraits, or photos of your kids or anything that you really want to pin point the focus and blur the background so that you can really tell the story of your image.

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Happy Snapping!

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Easy Ways to take Better photos with your DSLR

It’s webinar time again! This year one of my resolutions is deliver more free training so I’m counting on you to hold me accountable for that!

This month we’re taking about Easy Ways to take Better Photos with your DSLR. Join me on Tuesday January 14th at 8pm EST for a live session where you’ll learn a whole bunch a new stuff on using your fancy camera!

Your going to learn:

3 things that will help you improve your photos before you even press the shutter button
When you should be using which mode
The single most important thing that every photographer needs to know to make your photos go from blah to bravo!

Space, as always in the webinar room is limited so to be sure your in…

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If you’ve never been on a webinar before or taken an online class this will be a great way to try it out. It’s also a lot of fun, I promise you will learn a lot and you don’t even have to leave your house 🙂 – Jammie wearing is encouraged.

To see what all the fuss is about sign up and I’ll send you the information of how you can join me.

See you on the webinar!