How would i take a picture like this..?

Question: How would i take a picture like this!.!.!?

I don't have an example, but i've always wanted to take a picture of one person, lets say on the street, the person focused but everyone and everything around him blurred out!. Not sure if you get me, im just starting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Do you mean that everything in the background appears to be moving!? If so, get a tripod!. Have the person stand still and take a long exposure shot!. Then the person will appear to be still while the world keeps moving around them!.

If you mean blurry as in-not in focus-then its about depth of field and certain lenses!.

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Control of depth of field!. Using a larger aperture (like, of, f3!.5) give a shallow DOF (a narrower range that is in focus), as opposed to a smaller aperture (say f8), which lengthens the range that's in focus!. Fer instance!.!.!.shooting a close-up of a flower, if you wanted just the flower in focus and the rest of the garden blurry, use the smaller number aperture!. Shooting landscapes, like the Grand Canyon, you want as much in focus as you can get, so you'd use a larger numbered aperture!. The Aperture Priority setting on your camera lets you control what aperture you want!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Samples here:

http://farm3!.static!.flickr!.com/2173/2265!.!.!.

Same lens, Canon 50 mm f 1!.8

Left at f 1!.8 right at f 5!.6

Another one:

http://farm3!.static!.flickr!.com/2164/2168!.!.!.

100 mm Canon f 2!.8 macro at f 2!.8Www@QuestionHome@Com

use a wider lense type!. Or alternativly you could just edit an exsiting picture- like in photoshop for exampleWww@QuestionHome@Com

by getting a camera and pressing the capture buttonWww@QuestionHome@Com

its alot easier to do it in post, IE edit the photo in photoshop!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

this happend cause of depth of field!. so your lenz is very important!. search about depth of field!.Www@QuestionHome@Com