Depth of Field and Shutter Speed

    Our first assignment of the school year was an in-class assignment exploring how shutter speed and depth of field affect a photograph. By slowing down or speeding up the shutter speed, you can add motion blur to a photo, or make it so the action is frozen. We also experimented with not changing any settings, but taking a few steps backward for each photo, to see how it affected the depth of field. By using a small aperture number, you can make it so that only a portion of the photo is in focus, or by using a large aperture number, you can put the whole photo into focus. These are some of my better photos from the assignment!

Shutter Speed Photos

Aperture: 29.0 , Shutter Speed: 1/15, ISO: 100

Aperture: 6.3, Shutter Speed: 1/1000, ISO: 100

Depth of Field Photos

Changing Camera to Subject Distance