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July 3, 2019 at 2:37 pm
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Eliana Franzenburg
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To expand on what @loganlamar said, the distance is very important to get the background blur you want. I don’t have as much experience with groups but with individual portraits if you have an aperture of f/8 you need to be at least 6 feet away from your background to get it blurred.
When I do have groups I’ll usually start with about f/8 then just play around with it if you have more people.
Also one tip I read once for focusing with large groups is to focus on the person in the middle front row and that should make look pretty good depending on the aperture.
Hope that helps!