Depth of Field Assignment

Last week's assignment was to explore depth of field by trying to blur your background. The way to do this, is to move your subject away from the background itself. Distance creates depth of field. So does aperture. So you should shoot at a large aperture (small number) to get the shallowest depth of field.

I took this first shot of Ainsley at f/1.4 leaning against the stone wall. It's a nice shot, but I think you will agree that the second shot has such nice bokeh and shallow depth of field, that it becomes the keeper of the two.



Another way to make your background even more blurry, is to get closer to your subject. If you tried the assignment, comment to this blog with a link to your pics.

Next week's assignment:

-- Low light or night photography --

See what kind of creative shot you can get with little to no sunlight. Have fun, and I'll see you next week!