Focal control and Aperture

The aperture is the opening in the lens that allows light to enter the camera and onto the sensor or film. The size of this opening can be adjusted by changing the aperture settings. Take a look at the picture of a lens aperture above. Notice the adjustable blades that can move to adjust the size of the opening.

Here the foreground is out of focus and the subject is in the background in focus

If you want everything in your image to be sharp and in focus, then you’ll want to use a small aperture (**large f-stop number)**. This is often desirable for landscape shots, group photos, and other situations where you want everything to be sharp.

This is depicted here , the foreground and background is in focus although the focus is clearly on the subject.

Shown here is the details of the photo which include :

f/29 , ISO 250 1/60 seconds which explains how the photo is all in focus.

Ralph Eugene

Ralph Eugene was living as an optician whilst simultaneously creating images that surrounded themes of children , masks , movement and dolls giving his photos an eerie feeling

“Creative pictures must be felt in a similar way as one listens to music, emotionally, without expecting a story, information or facts.”
Ralph Eugene Meat yard

To take inspiration from Eugene I decided to edit one of my aperture photos to reflect the style of his photos.