Depth of Field

Contact Sheet

     Narrow and Wide Depths of Fields are easy to master. A narrow field is focused and captures only the essential details while a wide field encompasses the majority of details in an image. For instance, an image focused on a flower with dirt in the background has a narrow depth of field if the dirt is blurred. On the other hand if the flower and the dirt are in focus then w have a wide depth of field. To achieve these varied results we have to change the aperture. A narrow depth of field will have a larger aperture because the larger aperture allows the light particles to scatter more; therefore blurring the objects not in focus. A wide depth of field has a small aperture that concentrates the light particles to create an image where the entire photo is in focus

Narrow Depth of Field F5

Wide Depth of Field F22

    This is the staircase leading up to my apartment. The design of the staircase is much like that of floating stairs because they are supported by a two metal beams running along the underside of the staircase. In this image we are in between the bars at the top of the staircase. I received my inspiration for these two photos from the children who live here. Many of them are little spies, and like to run around leaving nothing but a trail of giggles and the patter of their feet. More than once I have caught them peeping down the staircase through the rails, and so, these are images from their point of view.

Narrow Depth of Field

Wide Depth of Field

Wide Depth of Field

Narrow Depth of Field

     This four picture series of Paulene DelMundo features her in her natural habitat (Koby's house) eating nuts. I like these images because of the fridge and the snacks behind her. It is obvious in her positions and the background what she is doing but the focus changes and personally I enjoy the more narrow depth of field images because my eyes are less distracted by the background. The F stops in this series were slightly larger than I would have liked for the wide shots, but that could not be helped since we were inside and I was fighting the forces of darkness with natural light.

The Potato Gallery
(Narrow Depth of Field)

     I have a personal attraction to rolly-polys; I think they are absolutely adorable. So, in dedication to one I disturbed before class one morning this is a gallery of that rolly-poly. The following images are all examples of narrow depth of field because in my buggy-delight I lacked the attentiveness to take wide depth of field images too.