How can I make my photo sharp? - Part 1: Focus

We all have taken many blurry photos unintentionally. So how do we avoid that? There are many factors to be considered when making sharp focused photos, and we will break this topic into several parts and write about each part in the next few weeks.

First, we have to learn how to focus. There are many different ways to do this, but this is the simplest and most dependable way I know. Please keep in mind that this is for modern SLR users - I have no clue how to take great photos with point and shoot cameras.

First, make sure your camera is not in automatic mode (The green rectangular mode)

Then, change your camera focus point to center focus.

Then focus on the point that you want to focus on, for example, people's eyes.

Then, press the shutter half way to focus

Then, recompose to have the scene framed properly

Finally, push the shutter all the way to take the photo

Take a look at this sample image - the focus was intentionally set on the ice cream.

Give it a try!! Please feel free to ask any questions! Don't forget to click on the link at the bottom of the right column to subscribe to this blog to get once a week updates.