100 in 100: Show the subject unclearly

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By Derek Doeffinger

January 1, 2009

Sometimes, instead of showing a subject clearly, try deliberately photographing it vaguely, obscurely, or unclearly. Now, why on earth would you do that? One reason is simple: variety. Why should you photograph everything like it's going to be displayed on e-Bay for a buyer to inspect? Another reason is mood. Obscuring a subject to some degree changes the ambience of a picture, allowing several moods, depending on the circumstances, to come into play...(Read it all!)