Assignment 6

 
Set up a still life.  Light the still life in an interesting way. Then, use your understanding of depth of field to make two photographs:

1. Shallow DOF (less in focus front to back)

2. Greater DOF (more in focus front to back)

Post: 2 photographs. Label each image with your camera settings in the following format: ISO 100, 1/125 @ f/3.5.

Describe your setup (i.e. how many lights you used, where the lights were in relation to your subject, whether you used fill cards/diffusion, the settings of the strobes, etc.). Then discuss what you did in each photograph to emphasize the Depth of Field.

 

Shallow Depth of Field

ISO 100, f/4.0 @ 1/60

First a 1600 strobe was set up to the right of the composition and at roughly a 45 degree angle.  We settled on the light at around -3 after taking a meter reading to arrive at an aperture of 3.5.  I set mine at 4.0 with ISO 100 and 1/60.  A reflector may have been a good idea here just a little to the left of the composition.  I set my single point focus on the white bird next to the basket about of a third of the way into the composition.  The focal plane field was the white bird and the cat, while the rooster and cow are out of focus. 

Wide Depth of Field

ISO 100, f/16 @1/60

The lighting set-up is similar to the first.  We increased the intensity of the light to nearly full power and used the light meter.  F/16 was the suggested aperture.  Here I tried to set-up an engaging composition, something that would allow me to show a wide depth of field.  I single point focused on the rooster on the top of the "barn" and took the shot.  The result is the entire photo from front to back is in focus.  The bunny in the back begins to show a little softening, but not much.  Here I could have also used a reflector on the left side to provide a soft light there.