depth of field and selective focus what is depth of field? depth of field is the area from near to...

Depth of Field and Selective Focus

What is depth of field?

• Depth of field is the area from near to far in a scene that is acceptably sharp in a photograph.

• Here, the lens is set to it’s widest aperture, f/2, and focused on the middle boy, who is at a distance of 7 feet.

• When the lens is stopped down to its smallest aperture, f/16, the depth of field increases.

• Almost the entire scene - everything between 5ft. and 3ft. - is now sharp at the same focusing distance of 7 ft.

Deep depth of field

Shallow depth of field

Use the landscape mode

Use the portrait mode

Shallow depth of field/portrait mode

Deep depth of field/landscape mode

Depth of Field Project:• Shoot 16 photos of shallow depth of

field.• Shoot 16 photos of deep depth of field.• Make a contact sheet.• Pick one of your best shallow and one of

your best deep depth of field. Save the best photos as lastname.shallow.psd and lastname.deep.psd

• Turn in both along with your contact sheet. Save as lastname.contact.psd

DEPTH OF FIELD Lecture Review and Visual Quiz