Using Aperture as a Tool

For this photo I had to take a photo using the aperture skills we learned in class. I wanted to get only the foreground, the person, in focus and the background out of focus. In order to do that I needed a low f-stop and a large aperture. That way I would have a low depth of field. The f-stop for this was 5.6

This photo also has a small f-stop and large aperture. This causes only the foreground to be in focus. I really wanted to blur out as much of the background as possible. The f-stop for this photo was also 5.6

Aperture

For this photo I had to test my skills on aperture. For a larger depth of field so that a lot more things are in focus I need a large f-stop. A large f-stop means that the opening is smaller. The f-stop for this photo is 18. 

This photo had a smaller f-stop (5.3). The opening was a lot larger than the opening of the photo before. As you can see in the photo not much of the photo is in focus. I used a tripod for both photos.