bluring backround whiles taking a portrait?

Question

is it possible to take a portrait picture bluring the backround with a bridge dslr camera. or can it only be done with slr with interchangeable lenses

Answer 1

You can do this with any camera that lets you select the F-stop. Open the f-stop wide and let the camera select the exposure, then focus on the subject (or let the camera focus). Most bridge cameras and all dSLRs have this feature as it is a photographer's tool. Some cameras even have a portrait mode that will do it for you refer to the instruction manual.



It is a normal for the depth of field to be narrow when the stop is wide. This means everything in front and behind the subject will be out of focus. Bridge cameras have a small image sensor and a variable length lens (super-zooms) so you may only be able to open up to f = 4 or 5.6, then you need slightly more distance between the subject and the background.

Answer 2

With a bridge you've got little to no chance, the sensor is far too small. Quite easy with a DSLR, the sensor is much bigger.



With a bridge the only hope you have is zooming in very very far. As far as you can get with the lens, this does mean you need to be 20 metres away to take the portrait but it's a chance. Use the widest aperture you can.

Answer 3

I am unsure as to what a "bridge dslr" camera is. For any camera that you can control the aperture, you can control the focus of the background. To do that, use a shallow depth-of-field, also know as a wide aperture setting. f 2.8 will render more of your background out of focus than f 8.



The effect that a shallow depth-of-field/wide aperture is greater on lenses with shorter focal lengths than lenses with longer focal lengths. In other words, if you take a picture of a subject with a 50mm lens set to f 2.8 and take the same picture with a 100mm lens also set to f 2.8, the picture taken with the 50mm lens will have more background out of focus than the picture taken with the 100mm lens.



Best wishes!

Answer 4

If the camera does not let you control the f-stop, like the other commenters mentioned, you can try something else. Use the "largest" zoom possible. This means zoom in as much as you can. This will also mean you will have to stand farther away from your subject. The other thing you have to do in order to blur out the background is have your subject stand as far away from the background as possible. If she is standing 2 feet in front of a tree it will not be blurred out. However if she is 20 feet in front of it, it will blur much more.

Answer 5

The easiest way for me is to put my camera on auto and then manually focus. Usually I can get the background blurry without having to mess with the f/stop myself.



Yes, you can you any DSLR.