Depth of Field Assignment
By now, you have handled the camera and you should be getting a good idea of how to control how your images come out. You've learned how to control your depth of field and the parts of the camera. If you missed any classes on this, please go back and review. Nothing we learned in this unit is in the book, but it's all on my website. If you are feeling a little lost, make an appointment to see me after school one day. Please don't just show up... I sometimes have meetings.
Instructions
Take 3 different photos of one of your classmates (yes, the same one 3 different photos). Make sure you are close enough and that you are zoomed. Keep the sun to your back and stay out of the shade. You will take a series of 3 photos.
Start at the lowest FStop your camera will allow for (for some it will be 3.5 others it will be 5.6). Take a photo... make sure you've focused! The second photo, take at between F8 and F11, and take your final photo at or between F22 or higher. When you are done, you should have 3 photos that look the same, but with 3 different depth of fields. When you have your 3 photos, bring them in and save them to your flash drive. Remember your settings.
I will show you how tho compose them in Photoshop and turn them in.
Here are some Tidbits:
- Set on Aperture Priority
- Set your ISO at 100 (Remember, if it is not quite as bright as you would like, you will have to raise your ISO. Try not to go above 400. I will direct you otherwise)
- Set your White Balance (WB) on Daylight if it is really sunny. If it is cloudy, change to cloudy. If you are in the shade, change to shade.
- Set your auto focus on the right side and line your subject up with the red dot.
Start at the lowest FStop your camera will allow for (for some it will be 3.5 others it will be 5.6). Take a photo... make sure you've focused! The second photo, take at between F8 and F11, and take your final photo at or between F22 or higher. When you are done, you should have 3 photos that look the same, but with 3 different depth of fields. When you have your 3 photos, bring them in and save them to your flash drive. Remember your settings.
I will show you how tho compose them in Photoshop and turn them in.
Here are some Tidbits:
- Put about 3-5 feet between you and your subject.
- Since our zoom lenses are small, zoom out as far as you can (but don't make your subject so close that you can't see what is behind him/her).
- Don't forget to focus (before you shoot set the camera for where you want it to focus, barely hold the shutter release and focus... then shoot).
- Make sure the sun is not in front of you.
- Make sure your subject is in the same lighting that is behind them... in other words, do not stand in the shade and photograph your subject with a light background - this will cause a silhouette).
When you get done, bring your photos in. You should have one shallow depth of filed photo, one that seems to be "in-between," and one large depth of field. Make note of what F-stop it was at... your ISO, your WB. You will need them for the next part.
You will have 30 minutes to get your photos and save them.
We will spend the last part of class learning how to put them together in Photoshop to turn in.
How to Set it up in Photoshop
I will demonstrate this in class; however, here are some quick, step-by-step instructions. Click on each picture below to see how to do this in Photoshop. Instructions are captioned below.
