Amy, love your work, your images seem so crisp. i do well with juicy close-up portraits, however when i have a group, the image is NOT very sharp. shooting a 24 70 2.8 lens at about 4 aperture...suggestions or tutorials?
A good general rule of thumb is to set your aperture at one higher than the number in your group. So a group of four = f/5.6. But you can definitely shoot at lower apertures - just make sure you are far enough back so that your depth of field will be deep enough. I have shot groups at 2.8 and 3.2. At the other end of the spectrum I also shot a group of 23 at f/11!! I am also one who believes strongly in the "strong points" of lenses. ie 1.8, 2.8, 3.2, 5.6. I think lenses just tend to perform better at these apertures.
