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Page 1: 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

Depth of Field and Selective Focus

Page 2: 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

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.

Page 3: 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
Page 4: 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.

Page 5: 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
Page 6: 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
Page 7: 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

• 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.

Page 8: 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
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Deep depth of field

Shallow depth of field

Use the landscape mode

Use the portrait mode

Page 10: 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

Shallow depth of field/portrait mode

Deep depth of field/landscape mode

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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

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DEPTH OF FIELD Lecture Review and Visual Quiz

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