Depth of Field
For depth of field we experimented with different apertures to create different depths: shallow (where one object is in focus and everything else is blurry) and large (where everything is in focus). To change the aperture we used the f stops on the camera and the manual focus. I set up playing cards against a white backdrop inside the classroom to take my pictures. The bottom right and bottom middle photos have a shallow depth of field, which makes the card in the foreground (closest to the camera) in sharp focus while everything in the background is blurry. For this I used an f stop of 10, but for my larger depth photo (on the top left) I used an f stop of about 25, which made all the cards in the photo in focus. I think the photo with a shallow depth of field was better than the larger depth, because it drew more attention to the detail on the card which I thought looked more interesting.
For small objects with a lot of detail, a shallow depth of field is better to use to capture the small details. For bigger objects like a landscape, a bigger depth of field is better to get the whole image, or to emphasize the details of all the objects in the photo.
For small objects with a lot of detail, a shallow depth of field is better to use to capture the small details. For bigger objects like a landscape, a bigger depth of field is better to get the whole image, or to emphasize the details of all the objects in the photo.