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Aperture Settings
Aperture Settings
Shallow D.O.F (1.4 - 2.8)
Shallow D.O.F (1.4 - 2.8)
This photograph uses shallow depth of field (D.O.F). This is to direct where the viewer should look and what the focus is, which gives a clear focus point of the photograph. Shallow depth of fields (D.O.F) are mostly extreme close-ups.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/377458012539453885/ (11.09.2025).
Middle D.O.F (4 - 8)
Middle D.O.F (4 - 8)
This photograph uses depth of field (D.O.F) in between shallow and deep often known as 'middle d.o.f'. The aperture is often set between 4 and 8, this is where the background starts to be more notisable, whereas shallow, has a blurred blackground, where you can not make out what's behind the subject.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/9288742975030083/ (11.09.2025).
Deep D.O.F (11 - 32)
Deep D.O.F (11 - 32)
This photograph uses a higher f-stop (aperture), which produces a deeper depth of field (D.O.F). This puts everything in frame in focus.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/815573814755632137/ (11.09.2025).
Shutter Speeds
Shutter Speeds
Slow (1/8 - 30'')
Slow (1/8 - 30'')
This photograph uses a slow shutter speed, often 1/8 to 30''. This is because the vehicles lights are still causing a motion blur, where the vehicles are off camera (out of frame). The background should be clear and only the lights or any motion should be blurred. This shutter speed should often be used with a tripod to avoid unwanted motion.
Middle (1/15 1/60)
Middle (1/15 1/60)
This photograph finds a middle ground of the shutter speed to have the subject in focus with motion blur on the legs, as he runs. The background should be blurred. Medium shutter speeds are best for capturing a freeze frame shot in mid air. This shutter speed should often be used with a tripod to avoid unwanted motion.
https://www.pinterest.com/i/6MyO0p86k/ (18.09.2025)
Fast (1/250 - 1/1000)
Fast (1/250 - 1/1000)
This photograph uses a high shutter speed to have the water flow into the hand and off the hand, whilst being crystal clear. High shutter speeds are best for high motion photography, such as sport photographs, where footballers would be running around the field with the ball.
https://flic.kr/p/2i1H899 (18.09.2025)
Depth of Field (Aperture Settings)
Depth of Field (Aperture Settings)
Final Evaluation
Final Evaluation
When framing these photographs to showcase my depth of field knowledge. I wanted to tell the story of phone addiction in the UK in teenagers. I framed the photographs with the phone not being the focus and having the head tilted down as the main focus point. This is show the bad posture that comes with looking at phones 24/7. When deciding on the camera settings, I had my ISO set at 100 with my white balance set to cloudy. This would reduce the the grain and the amount of light that is let into the camera. I set my aperture setting (F-Stop) set to f/11 to f/22 for everything in frame to be focused or f/1.4 to f/4 for a focus point on a specific target, with a lens of 18mm to 55mm, which is a average size wide and zoom lens with a 'F/Stop' of f/3.5 to f/5.6. When looking at the final outcomes of the photographs, I like the set frame of the phone and the model, although the middle f/stop could have a lower f/stop as it has a more deep f/stop then middle.
Shutter Speed
Shutter Speed
Final Evaluation
Final Evaluation
When thinking of a story/reason behind my shutter speeds photographs, I came up with the idea man-made products taking over nature, where I would take photographs of birds near man-made sites and cars on the roads. When framing the birds I wanted to have them scattered and flying to have a few action shots of them in different shutter speeds. I would use a tripod to reduce the camera shake and movements. This would allow me to have the slowest shutter speed of 30s. For my camera settings I had my ISO set to 100 and my white balance set to cloudy, if I was to do this again I would lower my white balance manually to reduce the white point. I had my shutter speed set between 30s to 1/8s for a slower shutter speed to track the rear lights of the car, to improve this I would do this at night, as the white balance would be low in the surroundings and would help focus on the cars rear lights/head lights.
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