Focus. Off Subject, Yet Cool.

Focus is critical in photography. If you miss that factor, it is really hard to make an impression with your shot. However, when you take a photograph where a portion of the picture is out of focus on purpose – it can be kind of cool.

Below are a few ‘out-of-focus’ shots I took at a 50th Anniversary party. You can see that one object is in focus, while another is not. There are also two shots groups below that show the focus part flipped around. These alternating views show how the different focal points change the picture.

Focus is the cake, yet you see the couple’s pictures.

Focus is the couple’s picture, yet you see the 50th cake.

The hanging card sign is more compelling of a focus than the envelopes. Yet, they help tell the story too.

The cars are the focus of the photo, but the boy in the background says who plays with them.

Signs in focus.

Flowers in focus.

Just one cupcake of many in focus.

Sometimes playing  with the focal point can make a photo really stand out. Other times, maybe not so much. It all just depends on what you are trying to say in your photos.

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For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge ~ A Different Focus.