Technique Page - Depth of Field

Technique Page – Depth of Field

What is it: depth of field is how much of a photo is in focus based on distance.
How do you do it?
Depth of field has two different kinds – minimum and maximum.  Minimum is when only the foreground to the photo is in focus, and maximum is where everything in the photo is sharp and in focus.  This is how you can achieve these effects (there are three ways for each):

Minimum depth of field

• Get close to the subject
• Make the aperture bigger (a small number)
• Use a larger zoom

Maximum depth of field

• Get far away from the subject
• Make the aperture smaller (a big number)
• Use a smaller zoom