Shallow Depth of Field

http://www.emmettlollis.com/tutorials/digitalphotography/shallow-depth-of-field.asp


Depth of Field or DOF for short is a description of how much of your photograph is in focus. A shallow depth of field simply means that one specific area of your photo is tack sharp while other elements remain blurred.


Here are a few images that show DOF:











These images were taken when I was on a photo shoot with my friend, doing some photographs for his portfolio. I decided to use these images as I like doing portraiture and fashion and wanted to incorperate bits of this in to my brief.


I like how you can see the ice and snow on the river in the background of this image, but not too strong to take your focus away. As it is shallow depth of field the background is out of focus making the model stand out more.





I wish I had gotten more of the trees in to this image to give it more of a sense of depth. I added contrast and blurred the background a bit more to create more of a depth to the image.





I liked this image but the model's make up was a bit too orange so I toned it down a bit and turned it in to black and white to see what effect this had. I like the black and white on the image. It seems to make the image look mysterious. Im not too keen on the model's pose. He looks uncomfortable.