Work diary - depth of field

Evaluation;

 During this shoot the focus was purely on how we could manipulate our cameras in different ways to have an outcome of shallow and deep depth of fields. This shoot was very technical and more about the way we did this rather than the content of the picture which I found to be helpful as it allowed room for experimentation and also meant that it was one less thing to focus on so we could get a handle on how to master these techniques. I think that this shoot actually was very successful as although we had worked on depth of field before it wasn't actually something that I understood fully. I think that my shoots for a shallow depth of field turned out better as I was more experimental with these as it was out of the two the one I found to be more interesting and have a better end result. 

This picture is my favorite from the shallow depth of field shoot due to the way that the tree is so in focus and you can see the texture so well, this makes the blurred background so much more bold, the contrasting tones in this picture also make me like it more, it makes both elements stick out, almost like a yin-yang effect.

This picture I also like this picture from the shallow depth of field shoot because it has the texture and the boldness of the subject but also has leads your eye in a curve to the background that is out of focus, the picture also seems to lead from dark colours and get lighter and lighter as it goes up which I think is adding an extra dimension to the picture.

Idea development;

This shoot has helped me to develop skills in using the depth of field to make a picture that much better, I definitely enjoyed doing the shallow depth of field shooting and would love to develop this on a level with maybe portraiture and also maybe incorporating the idea of animation with this maybe causing the background to go blurred whilst the person stays in focus.