Depth of Field Assignments

Assignment 1 - Aperture.

Below are two different series' of photographs using two different subjects to show the different in depth of field that happens when you use different apertures, the bigger the aperture, the more in focus you image will be.

Sequence 1

1/500 f/3.2

  1/85 f/8.0

 1/10 f/22

Sequence 2

 1/25 f/6.3

 1/85 f/3.5

1/250 f/1.8

Assignment 2 - Foreground to Background.

Here I have take some photos where everything is in focus. The subjects which are both close to me and that are far away are all in focus, creating a large depth of field.

1/500 f/4.5

 1/25 f/4.5

 1/50 f/5.6

  1/320 f/5.6

1/400 f/5.6

Assignment 3 - Foreground v's Background.

 

Below I have a series of shot in which I have differentiated between the foreground and the background, by either having the foreground of the image in focus and the background blurred or vice versa. In the first 5 photos the main focus is in the foreground and in the last 2 the main focus is in the background.

    1/320 f/5.0

1/200 f/1.8

 1/82 f/2.8

 1/100 f/5.6

 1/125 f/5.6

 1/100 f/2.8

1/645 f/5.0

Assignment 4 - Shallow.

Here I have a series of shots where I have created a sense of preference or visual focus between a series of objects that are similar to each other, by creating one area that is in focus, which is where your eyes are draw to when you look at the photo.

 1/85 f/2.8

  1/125 f/5.6

1/100 f.5.6

 1/125 f/4.5

 1/40 f/1.8

From producing these different photographs, I have gained a better understanding of how the aperture affects the depth of field within a photo. The bigger the aperture the more in focus your photo will be, the smaller the aperture the less focused it will be.