Depth of field is one of those photography terms that professionals use all the time but what does it actually mean? The depth of field is the distance in front and behind your subject that appears in focus. For example, if you take a photo of a flower with a short depth of field the foreground and background will be blurred eliminating surrounding distractions while just focusing on the single flower subject. Increasing the f-stop or f-number creates a smaller aperture (hole for the lens) which also creates a larger depth of field. Wow that was a mouth full and … Continue reading →

Bokeh is a photography term that describes the way a camera renders the out-of-focus points in a photo. You’ve probably seen a picture that had twinkling bulbs of light in the background; that is a prime example of nice bokeh. When the background of an image is blurred in such a way that it is pleasing to the eye, rather than a distraction, that is called good bokeh. Bokeh is a funny word, but it is a very important quality of professional looking images. The term sometimes refers to the blur itself, or to the quality of the blur. You … Continue reading →