AboutMark Gluckman Expertise I can answer questions about all social photography (wedding, corporate, b`nai mitzvah). All general questions about digital photography and, of course, film.
Photojournalistic and travel photo questions can also be asked as that is another specialty of mine.
Experience
Past/Present clients McDonald's, Sprint, GE, Ford, NBC, IBM, Princess Cruises, NCL and I work the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon every year.
I have worked for The New York Times, USA Today, AP and dozens of other international and national publications.
I have shot hundreds of weddings, b'nai mitzvah and corporate social events.
I have a Casio Exilim EX-Z850 and I would like to know how I can get the subject in focus while having a blurry background. I have done some research online (and have read the owner's manual)and it seems I need to have a low aperture. My camera can go to f2.8. I've tried playing around with shutter speed too, but I can't seem to get the blurriness in the background that I want. How do I get a blurry background?
Thanks!
Answer Inherently, point and shoot digitals have more depth of field (you need very shallow depth of field to blur the background) than DSLRs. Set the aperture to the largest (2.8 is the largest not the smallest, think of the numbers as fractions) and use the longest optical zoom you have. The more you zoom the blurrier the background. Also, the closer you are to the subject the less depth of field.
If you only have a 5x or less zoom, you are limited.
