Understanding Depth Of Field (It's not just about F-stops)

Name: Understanding Depth Of Field (It's not just about F-stops)
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What is Depth Of Field And How Can You Control It

Created byDenis Lemay

Last updated 4/2018

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What you'll learn

Student will learn how to better control focus depth and in turn be more creative with their photography.
A MUST KNOW FOR CREATIVE SHOOTING.
To create more interest in subject matter.
to isolate subject from, or include subject into background.

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 35m total length

Introduction2:00
Explore depth of field and how aperture, distance, and focal length shape focus in photography. Learn about focal plane and practice through a series of tests across seven videos.
What Is Depth Of Field3:40
Explore depth of field, the plane of focus, and how aperture shapes what remains sharp. Learn to isolate a subject or keep the scene evenly in focus.
How Aperture And Distance Controls DOF3:20
Explore how aperture and distance shape depth of field, showing that lower f-stop values yield shallower depth of field and moving farther from the subject deepens it.
Focal Length And DOF5:56
Explore how focal length influences depth of field and perspective compression, through side-by-side lens tests and experiments.
How Aperture Affects DOF7:33
Explore how aperture and focal length shape depth of field across 16, 35, 105, and 200 mm lenses, with f-stops from 2.8 to 16.
Distance-Camera To Subject5:02
Explore how camera distance to the subject changes depth of field at the same f-stop, with background blur varying when focusing on different targets at 200 mm and 16 mm.
Focal Length2:56
Explore how focal length shapes depth of field, showing how backgrounds blur increasingly from 24mm to 95mm while keeping the subject in focus at a given distance.
Focal Point5:23
discover how focal point controls depth of field by focusing at different image points and distances; learn how f-stops and focal length affect what stays sharp.

Requirements

Students should know how to shoot in manual mode or know how to adjust aperture and shutter settings on their camera.

Description

What is Depth Of Field (DOF)

The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.

One fo the key elements of aperture is depth of field. All variables in photography have a give and take, and with your aperture as we gain light we also lose depth of field. But aperture is not the only variable the affects depth of field, so we will take a look at those other variables.

In this lesson you will see how DOF is controlled by two key elements F-stops and distance from camera to subject and we'll take look at a few other variables.

Video tutorials:

1. Introduction

2. What is DOF.

3. How aperture and distance controls DOF.

3. How focal length controls DOF.

4. Tests: F-stops and focal length.

5. Tests: camera to subject distance.

6. Tests: focal point. (critical focus)

7. Tests: focal length.

Who this course is for:

Anyone truly interested in photography, whether beginner or advanced.