Author:andrewg

One of the first things we learn in photography is that aperture affects depth of field. Unfortunately for many people it’s the ONLY thing they learn about depth of field. But there are three factors involved and the only way to really get control of DOF in your images is to understand all of them. FOR A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THIS TOPIC SEE MY NEW VIDEO ON YOUTUBE: CLICK HERE DISTANCE FROM THE SUBJECT. The closer you are to […]

Macro is one of the most challenging fields of photography… And a big part of the challenge is about depth of field – there isn’t any! Consider that with bird photography, you can zoom in on a bird, get the subject in focus and the background out of focus. But with macro, you can focus on the head of an ant and get the…rear end…out of focus. The closer you get, the harder it becomes to keep your photo sharp. […]