7th September 2018,

Shallow depth of field: When the aperture is f/18, the area in front and behind the focus point can be very slim or shallow, this means that the objects right in front and right behind, the focus is already going out of focus. Shallow depth of field is used to isolate the subject from the environment, it’s used a lot when taking: portrait work, macro and sports photography.

Large depth of field: When the aperture is f/16, the image has a deep or large depth of field, this means he focus range can cover a large area front-to-back, the focus is nearly infinite behind the subject. Large depth of field is associated with landscape photography, but it also can be used for architectural photography. Its know as the storytelling depth of field because you can have multiple visual storylines or characters at various points in the photo.

When taking my photos, I used a low aperture (low f.stop) which enabled me to produce photos with a shallow depth of field, to do this I had to have the understanding of the shutter speed, ISO and focal length.

The aperture allows the camera lens open and close, this exposes light onto the sensor, this creates the digital image. the wider the sense the shorter the focal length. The focal length is the distance between the centre of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.

When changing the ISO I was brightening up my images when using a longer shutter speed or a wider aperture.

The focal length is the distance between the centre of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.

When taking my photos my f.stop was set at f4.5 but with the Av setting, this allowed my camera to automatically focus on the main object this set my ISO and focus point.

This photo is my best picture that I took because my theme Is colour and shape so to do this I had different colour cotton which I took on a banister so that I had a white background so that the colours would stand out more. when taking the photo, I made sure that the tone has a high contrast because the image is bright and has shadowing under the cotton reels. This photo was taken inside.

When taking my best picture I used objects that would add colour to the plain background to do this I used brightly coloured thread. When taking the photos the main focus point was on the yellow thread, when looking through the viewfinder I focused the camera onto the yellow thread.