depth of field
5 Tips on Shooting Sharp Images with a Wide-Open Aperture
How do we get tack-sharp images, especially when it comes to groups, when we're shooting with a wide-open aperture? Here's how in 5 tips (plus 3 bonus tips)!
3 Simple Photography Composition Rules for Using Depth of Field
Here are three photography composition rules for controlling depth of field!
The Four Factors that Affect Depth of Field
Four factors affect depth of field. Do you know what they are? Not even sure what depth of field means or how it affects your composition? Check out this article for all you need to know.
Lens Diffraction | Understand It To Find Your Lens’ Sweet Spot & Make Better Buys
Misunderstanding of lens diffraction is rampant, which is a shame because if you understand it, your images will be better, you'll get more from your lenses, and you'll know better how to buy your lenses.
Web App That Helps To Visualize DOF Across Focal Lengths, Formats, & Apertures
This is a great little app that will help you to understand and visualize depth of field across different focal lengths, formats, and apertures.
How To Blend Multiple Images With Different Depths Of Field
Learn a surprisingly powerful and lesser known feature of Photoshop that allows you to blend images with different depths of field.
How To Add Realistic Bokeh In Photoshop
This is a great way to add more defocus to areas of a photo in post process. It can be made to look very natural, though I always say get it right in camera first.
Shallow Depth of Field
In this article, we will talk about what aperture is primarily used for in photography, which is to control depth of field (DOF). Depth of field is the front-to-back zone in a photograph where objects appear acceptably sharp. We will cover both the shallow and deep depth of field, as well as the other factors that affect depth of field, aperture, distance between you and the subject, focal length, and the sensor size.
