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You can often use techniques (like focus) in a photograph to highlight the parts your want the viewer to look at. When doing a how to article, it's often critical that the reader can see both something specific as well as the big picture. When you can't control the focus in a photo (or you're working with a screenshot) there's an easy little technique you can use called selective darkening. This helps show the reader exactly what piece of the larger picture you're talking about.
Photographs of monitors, televisions screens, and laptops has always been problematic. The screens look odd from different angles. The glow of the computer monitor has an effect on lighting. You never seem to be able to get a good focus on the image. Rather than go through great strain trying to find a setting that works for both the image on the computer and the surrounds as well, this article will show you how to do it like the pro's do: Take a picture of the object and superimpose the screen in post.
A shallow depth of field can create a great effect, but it's not always possible to do the old fashion way. I'll show you how to use a modern editing program like photoshop to make one quick and dirty.
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