Depth of field in photography is when part of an image is blurred and only focused on the main subject of the picture.
My inspiration for depth of field originally came from this image.
I thought that this was an inspirational image therefore I decided to take up this project as it has a lot of depth and the setting of it is gloomy and sad which makes it very interesting.
These are examples of depth of field and they inspire me because of the stories portrayed behind the image. Such as, the pictures with the mirrors showing another part of the face could represent a hidden mood or secret and this is very intriguing. These are very morbid images, however they are really effective.
Even-though these images are different to the ones above, they are still depth of field. Depth of field isn't just photographs of people, it can also be of objects or landscapes as long as the camera lens is focused on a different part of the picture. I think that this is very effective because the image has a focus and it then becomes easier to link other projects to the depth of field project. Depth of field can bring all kinds of different moods to photography because you can take photographs which have a lot of meaning to them or something that is just focused on one object, like the camera above for instance. However, the black and white images above show more of a morbid mood which could have a meaning behind it.
Below are my first attempts of depth of field.
These images are called shallow depth of field which includes 'bokeh'. Bokeh is the blur or what isn't focused and this makes it effective. To accomplish this on the camera, I had to put the camera in aperture priority mode and open the lens the widest it can go, to f1.8. This is called wide aperture.
Next, I will edit these photos to create a morbid mood and then take more enjoyable pictures of objects and landscapes.