1 How to add depth to a home studio portrait

Controlling depth of field – the extent of the apparent sharpness of an image – is one of the key creative skills in photography. And while landscape photographers strive to capture crisp details from the foreground to the background in their images, the same doesn’t apply to portrait photography. Here, the contrast between the sharp areas of the image, and the softer ones (‘bokeh’), will draw the viewer’s attention.

Bokeh is certainly a pleasing effect but it can be overbearing. So is it possible to create a portrait with depth, rather