Portrait setting on S2 IS...I give up!

Thanks for the help guys. I finally finished reading the entire manual, now I am into Digital Photography for dummies, I am well and hooked....

Dori wrote in post #2364817
I dont know if this will help but here is a shot I did that has a blurred background (bokeh)

And here is the Exif data

Shooting Mode
Manual
Photo Effect
Vivid
Tv (Shutter Speed)
1/60
Av (Aperture Value)
3.5
Light Metering
Center Weighted Avg.
ISO Speed
50
Lens
6.0 - 72.0mm
Focal Length
45.2mm
Digital Zoom
None
IS Mode
Shoot Only
Image Size
2592x1944
Image Quality
Superfine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Cloudy
AF Mode
Continuous AF
Color Space
sRGB

How do you select the tv shutter speed? I'm so confused by these settings lol i still have sooooo much to learn! But i went through my menu and have not found the priority's or shutter speed or anything like that

In Manual mode, (M), you can adjust the aperture and the shutter speed using the directional arrows (Omni Selector). If I remember correctly: Left decreases Aperture value, Right increases Aperture value, and Up increase shutter speed, and down decreases shutter speed. Play around with these in the "M" mode and you can see the differences on the LCD or the viewfinder.


Also, you CAN change where the Auto Focus focuses....or so the manual says you can, I haven't tried yet lol. Page 88 of the manual "Selecting and AF Frame".