Episode #20 - The Blur-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named
The recent release of iPhones that improve Portrait mode spurred us to talk about bok... Kirk can’t say the word. That’s okay, because neither can Apple VP Phil Schiller (correctly, anyway). Yes, we’re discussing background blur and shallow depth of field, how to get the effect with traditional cameras and lenses as well as the faux version in some smartphones, and why you’d want to in the first place.
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Show Notes:
- Bokeh (Wikipedia)
- Bokeh in Pictures, The Luminous Landscape
- Snow Rail, Jeff’s photo with extremely shallow depth of field.
- Kirk's Flowers & Macro gallery on his photos website; there are a number of photos with shallow depth of field.
- The Timeless Beauty of Cape Cod
- Joel Meyerowitz: Cape Light
- Lensbaby Sol 45
- #iphoneportraitmode on Instagram
- SD memory cards: The features and specifications to look for, Macworld
- Best USB-C memory card readers, Macworld
Our Snapshots:
Jeff’s photo with extreme depth-of-field. This seemed really cool right after he bought an f/1.8 lens. Now, not so much.
Portrait mode on the iPhone XS at f/1.4. Like a bad hallucination.
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