Simple Tricks For Finding Clean Backgrounds In Bad Locations

In this video Matt Granger covers how to really zero in on a subject despite being in a location where the background is less than pleasing.

Granted sometimes you want to include the background because it tells a story about the image. I however am of the belief that that’s the exception not the rule. Learning to use focal length to compress your background is an essential skill for the portrait photographer outside of the studio.