Different ways of focusing on a camera
Manual Focus– close ups and fine detail ( use the focus ring on the end of the lens and adjust for each shot)
Auto Focus– general focus
What is focal length?
The focal length of a lens is the optical distance (usually measured in mm) from the point where the light meets inside the lens to the camera’s sensor.
When light enters the lens, the light gathers at the focal point. Light travels in a straight ray whereas, when it travels through a lens it refracts.
What is Aperture?
Aperture is the opening in a lens which light passes through.
Aperture is like the “pupil” for your camera system, it can open and close to change the amount of light that passes through.
What is Depth of field?
depth of field is how much of your image is in focus. Its the distance in an image where objects are acceptably in focus.
Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter was a photographer who used abstract expressionism. He started out as a painter and he was influenced by shapes and colours. He used photography to create his own visions using reality.
He used depth of field in order to have different parts of his image in focus and others out of focus.
Here are some examples:
Lots of his images use large amounts of out of focus areas, drawing our eye to a particular detail or splash of colour.
A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.
Saul Leiter
Images I took
My Images: Outside
Edited Photos
Inspired by Ralph Eugene Meatyard
