I took these photographs with an increasing aperture from 1.8 to 8.  By doing this, the depth of field increased and decreased giving the background different levels of intimacy and comfort to the photograph.  I countered with ah higher aperture, the brightness by adjusting the ISO to 400 whereas on the lower apertures it was at 200.  To enhance the levels of contrast, I took the photograph with a natural light source coming from the left.  I took these photographs on a portrait lens which didn’t have a zoom option.  However I liked the dark and white tones picked up by the lens which highlights the detail in the areas that are focused.