Depth of Field

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Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but a great photo is due to well-executed and thought-out composition. Take your seats, it's time for the Advanced Class in Composing.

How to manipulate the viewer into watching one portion of your movie, while other events continue along in the scene.

Give some pizzazz to your videos with a few simple techniques.

The Ins and Outs of Manual Control.

Put yourself in control of your camcorder's automatic features.

The telephoto lens is full of possibilities and dangers. Learn the basics of telephoto shooting, including when to use a telephoto setting, and how it works.

Forget expensive software, you can create these cool special effects inside your camcorder.

How to control the depth of field so your subject stands out sharply.

Pragmatic, inexpensive ways you can make your video look more like film.

Focus is much more than just getting a technically sharp image.