5 Tips to Maximize Shallow Depth of Field

Shallow depth of field is a great way to pull focus straight to your subject by blurring the background. Not only that, the blur, also known as the "Bokeh," also provides distinct aesthetic qualities to your image. While the usual choice of lenses for great shallow depth are the primes with fast apertures, you can still achieve great depth using a zoom lens and some in-camera tips maximize the effect. In this video, we'll be walking through 5 easy tips to get great bokeh and depth in your portraits.

Video Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00 - 2:20
Tip #1: 2:21 - 2:51
Tip #2: 2:52 - 3:36
Tip #3: 3:37 - 4:33
Tip #4: 4:34 - 5:51
Tip #5: 5:52 - 7:08
Variations: 7:09 - 8:50
Outro: 8:51 - 9:49

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[josephchan]

A great photographer and model. Will check out his other videos next week.

[kzuk]

Ok, 8 minute mark is the best!!!! “You’re the only one who needs to look good!!!”

[kzuk]

Best knee shot, could you do a series on steps for knee shots? :) This is such good stuff, I love you personality and how real you are!

[lukascepanovic]

Clicked like and subscribed. This outro had such a genuine feel, the man deserves to do what he loves.

[BunnyHop]

You're hilarious, I almost died of laughing at the "OMG we're in the forest, we're damaging nature" part 🤣🤣🤣❤️
I just love your videos, useful information + humor, you're the best 👌😊

[randyfox]

Buttery bokeh? I Can't Believe It's Not Bokeh!
Once again, getting down low creates additional impact. We need to heed this advice more.
Thanks again, Pye.

[natureandrandomstuff]

I love your photos and definitely the model is gorgeous.

[soemyintmyat]

The way Pye talked about stepping on the grass is gold 🤣🤣🤣

[charleshacker]

Especially good point about stepping back and zooming in.

[davidjones]

I’m lucky as well..my subdivision has tons of great places to shoot. Love the fun nature and the results are what you would expect. Sweet lense too..I’m a tamron junkie.

[eduardobarroso]

Love the video! I just have a question. When shooting portrait or automotive m, I always try to stay away from wide angles as I know it can distort the person or object, but after seeing you shoot at 28 and getting so close up has made me change my mind. I guess my question is, what’s the limit to shooting wide angle before it starts distorting and looking unnatural. I currently have a 50mm prime lense and a 28-70mm for Sony a7 ii.
Thanks in advance

[photoartbergmann]

First of all i love the Modern and Pastel Presets! Second, is there a reason why iso400 because the backlit? to push the dark parts?
Third - don’t you have ticks there in the high grass ;) ? Great Video when it also let you laugh a bit. 👍🏻👍🏻

[persistencewins]

Beautiful...thanks for the eye drops...

[LilShaun]

I’m looking for the Lut you’ve used on your videos 🙏🏾?

[leolaxes]

Finally, I understood. Thank you. Also thanks for showing and not juat talking endlessly

[kathysheffield]

As I add subjects to the scene do i need to increase the aperature?

[Propellerhead]

Backlight backlight backlight 👊
Off to get some Nutella bokeh 😋

[aliimamabidi]

did I hear a 'thik hai' at @6:57

[tykimikk]

I noticed i shoot at 75 most of the time and i sold my tamron 28-75 and getting sigma 1.4 or is samayang a better back for your buck?

[wanneske]

Do you want a lot of dof or not, it's not very clear. I know how to get more in focus : standing further away from the model, using wide angle and a higher f-number.