My Depth of Field

Shutter 1/34, Aperture f/3.7, Portrait Mode, Focal Length 4.3mm, ISO 324

This is an example of Narrow D.O.F. The spindles in the front are more in focus than those in back.

Shutter 1/4, Aperture f/3.7, Portrait Mode, Focal Length 4.3mm, ISO 400

I love chess. So, naturally, I took a picture of my chess board.

Shutter 1/17, Aperture f/3.7, Portrait Mode, Focal Length 4.3mm, ISO 400

I literally racked up a game of billiards, broke it, took a few pictures, and was done. I had fun with it though.

Shutter 1/5, Aperture f/5.7, Landscape Mode, Focal Length 26.1mm, ISO 400

This is an image of a few of the trinkets my dad took home from his vacation to Mexico. I used two Mayan masks as a sort of boarder to the pyramid in the middle.

Shutter 1/12, Aperture f/3.7, Landscape Mode, Focal Length 4.3mm, ISO 400

This is the same thing as the last image, just without zooming in. I'm posting this picture to give the mask a little more detail as well.

Depth of Field Examples

Narrow

Narrow

Narrow

Wide

Wide

Wide. Photo by Murtaza Mahmud (The Pintrest icon was not
 a part of the picture. I'm too lazy to find another picture.)

Shadows and Zoom

Shutter 1/12, Aperture f/3.8, Focal Length 5mm, ISO 800

Shutter 1/8, Aperture f/4.4, Focal Length 10.3mm, ISO 400

Shutter 1/240, Aperture f/5.9, Focal Length 4.1mm, ISO 80

Shutter 1/280, Aperture f/4.7, Focal Length 12.3mm, ISO 80

The first two photos are obviously of shadows, I tried to keep the object in the same photo to at least put things into perspective. The second two are examples of zooming with the lens compared to walking closer to an object. The former is lens zoom while the latter is walking.

Photoshop Experiment

I had never used photoshop ever before, so I think this was a success.

My Composition

Shutter 1/4, Aperture f/4.00,  Portrait Mode, Focal Length 6.6mm, ISO 400

Shutter 1/5, Aperture f/3.7, Focal Length 4.33mm, ISO 800

Shutter 1/4, Aperture f/3.7, Focal Length 4.33, ISO 400

The first picture I have is an example of leading lines. The guitar strings are leading the eye to the banner in the background. The second one is an example of the rule of thirds. The beads are in the upper right intersection. The final is another example of leading lines. Notice how the lines are all converging at the right side of the image.

Composition in Photography

Horizontal Lines

Curved Lines

Zig-Zag Lines

Vertical Lines

Rule of Thirds

Leading Lines

First Open Theme

Shutter 1/60, Aperture f/2.8, Focal Length 7.5mm, ISO 80     

The first thing I did for my Open Theme project was assembling my pottery in a neat little line. I had hoped to get the second pot into focus, but that didn't exactly happen. It turned out nice, though.

Shutter 1/60, Aperture f/2.8, Focal Length 7.5mm, ISO 180

Next, I threw a pen and some pencils onto a composition book. I thought it would look neat, and it did.

Shutter 1/60, Aperture f/2.8, Focal Length 7.5mm, ISO 80

This was the same thing as the last image, just in a different perspective.