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Depth of Field notes

Depth of Field refers to the zone of focus in a photograph or the distance between the closet and farthest parts of the picture that are reasonably sharp.

It is determined by three factors:

lens opening - the smaller the aperture used, the greater the depth of field. e.g. F16 creates an area with far greater depth of field that F2.

focus distance - the greater the focus distance(from camera to subject), the greater the depth of field. e.g. A lens focused 15 feet away from the subject at the same aperture will have a greater depth of field than a lens focused 5 feet away from the subject.

focal length of the lens - the longer the focal length of the lens, the smaller the depth of field.

5 Beauty Pictures

1. Identify the subject/positive space?
The subject in this picture are the purple flowers
2. Describe what is in the background/negative space.
The background is just plain grass and some shadows
3. Identify the rule that has been broken used, and explain how it enhances the theme?
My shadow creates a irregular shape on the image, which add an effect to its simplicity.
4. How does this represent beauty?
This picture reflects simplicity, which is a kind of beauty.

1. Identify the subject/positive space?
The subject in this photo is the big yellow truck
2. Describe what is in the background/negative space.
7-11, street lights, traffic lights, and the blue sky!
3. Identify the rule that has been broken used, and explain how it enhances the theme?
This photo is tiled, which gives the image a COOL look~
4. How does this represent beauty?
The baby blue sky in the backgroung makes me feel relatively peaceful and relaxed, so i think this picture reflects beauty- because beauty usually give people those kinds of feelings.

1. Identify the subject/positive space?
The main object in this photo is the road sign (on the sidewalk).
2. Describe what is in the background/negative space.
Graveyard, black fence, flowers, trees, grass, pavement, and a house!
3. Identify the rule that has been broken used, and explain how it enhances the theme?
Cut of subjects- When i took this picture, i cut off part of the road sign in order to make the picture look more interesting.
4. How does this represent beauty?
There's no movement in this picture, it's very quiet and still--beauty

1. Identify the subject/positive space?
The subject in this photo is my pencil case.
2. Describe what is in the background/negative space.
Tables, chairs, my camera case, papers, a projector and a person!
3. Identify the rule that has been broken used, and explain how it enhances the theme?I put a lot of focus on the pencil case; therefore, there's a lot of focus on the pencil case then it begins to blur as it reaches farther from the pencil case. This image attracts people's attention only to the focused object.
4. How does this represent beauty?
I really like the fact how this image shows every clear details of the pencil case, I really like it. I think this picture is beauty!

1. Identify the subject/positive space?
The subjects in this image are the shadows created by the trees
2. Describe what is in the background/negative space.
A dumpster, soil, grass and a fence.
3. Identify the rule that has been broken used, and explain how it enhances the theme?
Most of the time, when we want to take a picture of something, we usually just focus on that particular thing. In this picture, i took a picture of the shadows that the trees created instead of the trees.
4. How does this represent beauty?
This picture gives people a clean, peaceful and soothing feel - beauty.

Breaking the Rules Techniques

Technique # 1- Focus on the main object, and blur the background ( The main subject will stand out from the rest of the photo because it's clear and detailed)

Technique # 2- cut off heads(Usually, when we take pictures, we focus on people's heads(a bit boring)- but if we cut the heads off- it will give the image a very interesting look! )

Technique # 3- Only focus on one part of the object, and take it very closely ( The photo is going to look very interesting because you can't really tell what it is )

Technique # 4- Only focus on what's really close to the camera, and leave the rest blurred (not the whole thing's in the camera- it creates a cool effect!!)