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www.clickherephotographytips.com Depth of Field in photography is one of the most important tools that you can use to assist you in achieving much better results as you understanding of how important your point of focus is and how to in that include your subjects as part of the background, or to separate them from the background. You do not need to use a depth of field calculator to determine depth of field, with a manual focusing lens that has the correct information listed on it; it is easily possible to determine what area of your photograph will be in focus and what area will not be in focus. Regardless of whether you are involved in digital photography or film photography, the use of depth of field is not only vital in giving you better quality photographs it will also assist you to improve your skills and knowledge in their chosen field of photography. Depth of field can be a very good digital photography tool and when you combine depth of field with shutter speed and aperture (or f-stop) it allows you to be much more creative with your photography. My videos will explain to you various aspects about depth of field for example will provide you with some camera tips, digital photography tips, nature photography tips, night photography tips and perhaps a few tips on macro photography.

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#1 written by waackomann 1 year ago

thanks for the video ! really inspiring photos too !

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#2 written by riseagainsttheunion 1 year ago

how do you keep the shutter open for so long without the picture coming out completely white (from light exposure)?

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#3 written by philboy521 1 year ago

@clickherephotography yes, makes sense. thank you for the feedback. happy shooting!

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#4 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

Opps, I forgot to mention the other factor which will efect DOF, that is having the correct shutter speed… A combination of the correct ASA / ISO setting, aperture and shutter speed and white ballance will result in a correct exposure.

Just a quick note about shutter speed…

An aperture of f2.8 or f4.0 requires a faster shutter speed while apertures of f22, f32 etc require slower shutter speeds.

I hope this makes sence?

Cheers
Dean.

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#5 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

DOF is based on Aperture, shutter speed and your focusing point…

You will have a narrow / shallow DOF (less area in focus) when using an aperture of f2.8, f4.0, f5.6 for example and a much larger DOF when your aperture is f22, f32, f45 etc.

So, it doesn’t matter if you are using a manual focus lens or an auto focusing lens as it is the aperture and the focusing point that makes the difference.

View the video entitled Join the Picket Line for more information.

Cheers
Dean.

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#6 written by philboy521 1 year ago

what’s the relation with dof and manual focus? i imagine i can get a blurred background just by playing with the focus. please advise

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#7 written by waynerutherford 1 year ago

nice shoots..
i understand that camera needs to be in A mode and using a lower fstop. But what other settings do i need to consider in terms of manual/auto focus and how do I tell the camera that i want foreground or background in focus. cheers mate

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#8 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

You could take a simular photograph hand held, however; it would not be as effective because you need a slow shutter speed to create the movement / blur in the water.

It depends on the amount of time that you can hold your camera still without creating camera shake…

To answer your question about changing the aperture..

If you open the aperture then your shutter speed will increase and this will decrease the affect of the shot – you need the slow shutter speed, so I would use a tripod.

Dean

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#9 written by moonysky 1 year ago

Cheers m8, great video.
Im just curious, em’ last 2 shots was with a slow shutterspeed, so ya gotta have a stand. but is it possible to take em’ with your hands? ofc, adjusting the aperture would help, but i dont think it’s gonna be enough for a similar result.

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#10 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

Thanks for the comment, its great to hear that you like my video and photos…

Cheers
Dean.

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#11 written by 719circusarts 1 year ago

great video and photos, I really like your picture of the ocean

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#12 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

Thanks for the comment, I try to make my videos as easy to understand as possible for two reasons:

1). I dont understand all of the technical aspects of photography – as I am not formally qualified.

2). I like to share my skills & knowledge with others, hopefully this is easy for budding photographers to understand?

This is probably the reason why I have made so many videos, people like you enjoy watching them and I enjoy making them…

Regards
Dean.

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#13 written by reallifeofriley 1 year ago

Thank you for a wonderful and easy to understand video. I am brand new to photography and this was a wonderful stop on my youtube romp to learn more. So cheers and don’t ever stop

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#14 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

Sorry about not replying to your comment earlier…

I am not an expert photographer, i do this for fun and as I have mentioned in other comments I try to leave the technical terms out and simply enjoy showing others a few skills that they may be interested in learning themselves…

So, please forgive me if I do not use the terms that the pros may use?

Shallow DOF to me is a smaller area that is in focus from in front of the subject to behind the subject.

Thanks again for your comment.

Dean

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#15 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

This is part #3 of the reply Codenamebravo..

Sorry, I forgot to mention in my Part #2 reply that when taking a photo with a high ISO / ASA setting (rating) lets say 800, this is when you will end up having ‘noise’ in your photos…

If you use an ISO / ASA rating (setting for digital cameras), with a tripod and a cable release or inbuilt timer, you will have very little ‘noise’, however; you will need to compensate a better quality photograph with a slower shutter speed…

Part #4 next…

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#16 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

This is part #2 of the reply Codenamebravo…

For people that may not be aware

The term noise that you are referring to is in reference to the grainy appearance of the image that has been taken in low light, the photo almost has a grainy appearance.

There is more information in a video about Night Photography that I have made entitled selecting an ISO / ASA

Thanks again for the comment.

Regards
Dean.

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#17 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

Part #1 of your reply…

Thank you for the comment Codenamebravo.

I agree with you about increasing the ISO setting on your camera. The beauty of digital photography is that it is possible to use ISO readings greater than 400 ISO (you can use 800, 1600, 3200 and much higher ISO settings if you prefer obviously depending on the amount of available light and the amount of movement of the subject that you are photographing

Please go to Part #2 of my reply…

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#18 written by Codenamebravo 1 year ago

If you are taking action shots rather than use forced flash use a film with an higher ISO this will allow you to shoot at faster shutter speed but beware of noise on the film… ISO 400 would be great..

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#19 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

Great comments, thank you

I really appreciate that you and many others are enjoying my videos; I hope that as a result of watching them (and me producing them) we can all improve our skills as photographers.

There are many other topics that I am still yet to cover

Thanks again.

Regards
Dean.

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#20 written by statecensor 1 year ago

Thank you for making these videos and uploading them to youtube. I am going to subscribe to your channel. Watching a few of them has given me a lot of pratical information that has been very hard to understand from text only sources.

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#21 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

The flash definitely need to be synchronized to your shutter speed and any other requirements of your camera.

I would suggest that you read the manufacturers instruction books for both your camera and your flash in regard to flash synchronization as the answer should be there.

The flashing 90 could be an indication that your camera or flash can not sync to the shutter speeds that you are using.

Blur could be caused by incorrect shutter speed or incorrect ISO / ASA settings

Cheers
Dean.

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#22 written by Bacchen 1 year ago

Hi Dean,
I have a question related to depth of field, I am brand new to photography with a 35MM. I have been shooting anything and everything playing with settings and such. I was wondering however, when you use a flash, does that effect shutter speed? I can set the shutter to 1/1000, attach the flash, and it goes to ” 90 ” which is probably why my action shots were slightly blurry.

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#23 written by clickherephotography 1 year ago

Thank you for commenting on my videos Sue, I really appreciate that you are enjoying them…

I try to explain my photography tips in a very easy to understand process for two reasons:

1). I dont want to confuse people with the ‘rules’ of photography.

2). I dont know all of the rules of photography, technically I am not perfect, however; I simply enjoy taking photos.

I simply like to share my photographic skills and knowledge with others

Thanks again.
Dean.

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#24 written by carrolly2008 1 year ago

Great thank you for putting this easy to follow Video.. Looking forward to watching the rest, Sue

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#25 written by cannoncrap 1 year ago

thank you .. very helpful

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