Thursday, October 18, 2007

6 Tips for Controlling Depth of Field

clipped from blog.epicedits.com

Depth of field (DOF) is one of the most important factors in determining the look and feel of a photograph. It’s also the most overlooked for photographers moving from a point-and-shoot camera to a digital SLR camera. The dSLR (and most of the ultra-zooms) offers huge amounts of control over depth of field, and you should know how to utilize that control.

Depth of field refers to the distance (depth) from the focus point that a photo will be sharp, while the rest becomes blurry. A large, or wide, depth of field will result in much of the photo in focus. A small, or narrow, depth of field will result in much more of the photo out of focus.
BIG APERTURE = SMALL F/NUMBER = SMALL DEPTH OF FIELD
SMALL APERTURE = BIG F/NUMBER = BIG DEPTH OF FIELD
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