Low Aperture with Toys

Toy with Screen Background Low Aperture

Camera Section

Step 1:

Set your Camera to AV (aperture priority)
Set your Aperture to the LOWEST f/stop it will go (f/ 1.4 – f/ 5.6)

Step 2:

Pick a Toy

Pick a Background image from online that matches your toy and save image onto computer

Step 3:

Open the background and make the photo into full screen

Step 4:

Set your toy onto something tall so that it is in front of the computer screen

Step 5:

Take a photo of the toy in front of the screen
- Make sure the TOY is in focus
  - The background will be blurred
It is ok to see the item the toy is setting on
- We will crop off the extra section in photoshop

Photoshop Section

Step 1:

Open your photo in photoshop
- Select the Crop Tool
  - Draw a box around the area you want to keep
  - Click Enter

Step 2:

Edit your photo in Photoshop
- Make sure the photo is not too dark or too light
  - Color in photo is correct (not to yellow or blue)

Step 3:

- - Save a copy as jpeg

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