How to do Bokeh with my DSLR, or can you even?
Lol um looking into doing some different styles of photography. Can i even do Bokeh with my camera? If so how? I have a nikon D3000 with these two lenses, an 18-55mm lense and a 55-200mm links and instructions are greatly appreciated thanks:3
To use selective focus and throwing the background out of focus, you need to do a few things
* use a long lens 70 mm or longer.
* shoot with the lenses aperture wide open
* position your subject as close to the lens as it will focus.
In your case, use the 55-200 mm lens at 200 mm.
Here is how various lenses out of focus backgrounds look based upon the lens design. As you can see, the pleasantness of the out of focus area has all to do with the lens and NOTHING to do with the model or brand camera you are using.
At night or in the dark, aim the lens at some lights. Un-focus the lens on manual, and then take the picture.
To allow enough light it, you will probably need to have a slow shutter speed so be careful of camera shake. A tripod could come in useful.
In low level light, depending on if you camera is on manual setting or automatic, your aperture should be wide open already (the lower the number, the wider the aperture).
Bokeh often happens naturally because of this.
What you are asking is how to achieve a narrow/shallow depth of field. Bokeh is a term that describes how points of light are rendered in the out of focus area of a photo.
To get a narrow depth of field use the widest aperture setting on your lens. To isolate your subject from the background position them as far away from it as possible, and as close to you as possible.
Here is a good tutorial http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/...-field.htm.