The Applicable Scenarios of Large Aperture in Photography

In photography, what are the applicable scenarios of large aperture?

1. Portrait Photography

A large aperture can nicely blur the background and highlight the subject, making the person stand out more clearly from the background.

In addition, a large aperture can also weaken the messy background elements to avoid their impact on the subject.

Also, a large aperture can create blurred light spots, adding a dreamy and hazy atmosphere to the photo. For example, when shooting portraits at night or in an environment with lights, the lights in the background will be blurred into charming circular or polygonal light spots, making the photo more charming.

2. Still Life Photography

A large aperture is very useful for shooting delicate small objects. It can highlight the details and texture of the items and show the delicate side of the items. It can also well show the three-dimensional sense through the contrast of virtual and real.

When shooting food, a large aperture is also very useful. Blurring the surrounding tableware and environment can make the food ingredients themselves have a better display. Combined with warm light, it can also make the food look more appetite.

For flowers, insects and other creatures, a large aperture is also very useful. In a small scene, a large aperture can ensure sufficient light intake to ensure the brightness of the picture and can also cooperate with a high-speed shutter for convenient snapshotting.

3. Star Photography

The starry sky is a typical low-light environment, so when shooting, not only high ISO is required, but also a large aperture is required to cooperate with a long exposure time.

Here it should be particularly reminded that many people have some misunderstandings about the aperture and depth of field. A large aperture corresponds to a shallow depth of field, but this does not mean that there must be a virtual part in the picture. The depth of field is not a two-dimensional concept, but a three-dimensional range. If we take our camera as the center of the sphere, then the depth of field is a large and a small concentric sphere nested together, and the part between the large and small spheres.

The larger the aperture, the closer the two spheres are, and the smaller the distance between the spheres is, and the shallower the depth of field. If we can ensure that the object is within this range, it will not be blurred.

4. Sports

Sports themes are also very suitable for large apertures, and sometimes a large aperture is very necessary.

For sports such as football and rugby with relatively large venues, photographers need telephoto and super telephoto lenses for snapshotting when shooting. On the one hand, for telephoto to ensure stability, a relatively fast shutter speed is required. On the other hand, snapshotting cannot be separated from sufficient brightness, which requires a large aperture to ensure sufficient light intake.

At the same time, the virtualization effect brought by the large aperture can make the movement more instantaneous, and it is also easier to highlight the subject. In sports with a relatively large number of people, we can easily see from the photo who the subject is and what the author wants to present.

5. Landscape

Does landscape also need a large aperture?

A large aperture can also shoot landscape themes. First, the contrast of virtual and real created by the large aperture can well shape the three-dimensional sense of the scene and make the landscape more realistic;

In addition, through the contrast of virtual and real, we will pay more attention to the real part, making the wonderful part in the photo more prominent, while ensuring that the overall picture is detailed and appropriate;

Finally, other photographers like to use small apertures or perform post-depth of field superposition, but this does not mean that it must be done. We can completely shoot landscapes according to our own ideas and understandings. In fact, the landscape photos formed by the traditional excessive post-production have caused visual fatigue, and blindly following the trend and learning is not a rational choice.

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