Sunday, December 17, 2006

Depth of Field

One of the more challenging concepts to get right in my own mind were the principles of depth of field.
as far as light fitting the film is concerned it's swings and roundabouts.
I.e. a given large aperture and fast speed is the equivalent of a given small aperture and slow speed, as long as the same amount of light hits the film it will be exposed to the same degre(more or less)
DoF is a concept that i read and read about but did not grasp until i did a test shoot
and then things all fell into place
I guess it's something that one has to see and and get a feel for in a hands on approach otherwise all the theory becomes just words on paper
Once i develop the B&W studies that i did today i think i will a have a clearer and simpler comprehension of DoF

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