Depth of Field Assignment

Digital Photography Assignment: Depth of Field 20 points

4 Photos, Due September 2

For this assignment you will need a tripod or something to stabilize your camera.

The purpose of this assignment is to give you a chance to see how changing the aperture size changes the depth of field, i.e. the amount of focus, in the photograph.

Camera settings:
ISO: 400
Camera mode: Aperture priority
File Size: RAW

Find an object that says something about you. Place it about one to three feet from the camera.

Make sure there is space behind your object. In other words, make sure your object isn't just in front of a wall.

Shoot your object at 4 different f-stops. Make sure one is wide open and one is as small an aperture as possible. For example,

f3.5 (wide open), f8, f16, f22 (small as possible)

Some lenses may go less than f3.5 (f2.8 or f1.8 for example) and greater than f22.

When you finish your 4 shots, import them to the computer, convert them to .JPG and upload them to Flickr. Title your image with the f-stop used. If you don't remember which is which, check the file info (metadata) in Adobe Bridge.