Digital Photography - How to Take Good Pictures Part 1 - Depth of Field

Author: Precious Mckissick

Part 1 is all about how to create clear and sharp pictures to photographs with the subject being very clear with a blurry background. This is all using natural light.

Basically this is called depth of field in photography terms. Depth of field is the sharpness that is created within the image with relation to the objects and their distances. To create a clear and sharp photograph of say a clear and crisp scene of fields and house that is quite a distance away is called a large depth of field. The latter is called a small depth of field where the subject focused on is crisp and clear and the background is very blurry. An example of this could be a sharp image of a person with a blurry background. To create the first one (large depth of field) you have set your camera to aperture. Setting your digital camera to aperture gives you control over the aperture which are the F numbers. For this you need to set your camera to a large F number of 16-22 this is a small aperture. You could also widen the angle of the lens. Small depth of field you would set to a small f number of 2.8-8 which would give a large aperture. Also if you zoom in on your subject the background you will create a very good small depth of field and the background will appear very blurry within that photograph.

A large f number lets in less light so this is good in bright conditions especially outside and a small f number lets in more light. This controls how much light comes in through the lens. ISO numbers also have an a great importance when it comes to light and as to be set when your setting your aperture. This will be discussed in our next photography lesson in part 2.

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Precious Cherish Mckissick is a Bedford photographer and artist. She runs an interior decor company called Cherish Fine Arts. She is new to articlebase. To contact her email her at cherishartbusiness@hotmail.com or info@cherishfinearts.co.uk http://www.cherishfinearts.co.uk
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