14. Focus and Depth of Field

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Some of my potentially best photographs have been ruined by focus problems. Either I focused on the wrong object or my camera did; whatever the cause, the effect is an out-of-focus or poorly focused shot, which is one of the few types of bad photographs you can’t fix in Photoshop.

Achieving proper focus involves more than just pointing at a subject and relying on your camera’s auto focus system. It’s also about choosing ...

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