Focal Length - f/5.6 The foreground of this picture is in foucus, and the background is out of focus. Behind the object everything is blurry because the setting lets in the most light, and therefore the colours/images at the back of the room are over exposed - making them blurry and out of focus.
Focal Length - f/18.0 The foreground in this picture is still in foucs like in the photo before, but because the setting is allowing the lens more time and therefore allowing less light into the lens- the background is a little more in foucs, and we can read some of the information on the back wall. (But it is still a little hazy.)
Focal Length - f/36.0 The foreground and the background of this picture are both the same level of focus, there's no blurring and you can read the posters on the back wall of the room. The foreground is just as clear as the background because the lens was open for longer and evern less light is allowed into the lens- hence making everything clear.
Focal Length - f/5.6 As you can see the 'fire exit' sign in the background is completely blurred out, and you cannot read the lettering, but the object in the foreground in focus in all of the photos.
Focal Length - f/18.0 As you can see the 'fire exit' sign in the background is coming more into focus, the lettering is still blurry and fuzzy, but the words are legible.
Focal Length - f/36.0 As you can see the 'fire exit' sign in the background is now in focus, the lettering isn't fuzzy anymore and you can clearly see the straigt edges of the letters and read what it says perfectly easily.
(Different camera...)
Focal Length - f/8.0 Both the foreground and the background are in focus equally.
Focal Length - f/3.6 The background is out of focus and blurry, which brings your attention to the foreground, and makes the hand the main aspect of the photo, and the main focus of the photo.
Focal Length - f/3.6 Background is also out of focus, not as out of focus as the image above, but it's enough to make the hand the main aspect of the photo, and the background just merges in with itself and doesn't take away attention from the hand.
Using Aperture with a Model
Focal length- f/4.5 This aperture blurs out the background slightly, (but not too much) so that your attention stays with the model and gives the background a much softer look to it, and the people who are in the top right hand corner of the picture are less of a distraction than if they were in focus, they just set the scene.
Focal length- f/3.6 Blurs out the building in the background and keeps attention again with the model. I like the vintage feel to this photo.
Focal length- f/5.0 This time the model is the background and is blurred out, and the wooden bridge is the foreground. I like how the model can still be seen and it gives an idea of how the photo was planned out, and I like how the texture of the wood is brought out in the foreground- it's a nice change to the model always being the focus of the photo.
(Different camera...)
Using Aperture with a Model
Focal length- f/5.6 This medium aperture gave me a really good effect. Because the camera lens was right next to the branch of the tree, the bark that was up close went out of focus becuase it wasn't right for the setting, this gave me a really good image where the background is in focus and the foreground out of focus. I like it because the foreground frames the picture without taking away your attention from the model.
Focal length- f/4.5 This aperture blurs out the background slightly, (but not too much) so that your attention stays with the model and gives the background a much softer look to it, and the people who are in the top right hand corner of the picture are less of a distraction than if they were in focus, they just set the scene.
Focal length- f/4.5 (Same focal length as 2 photos above), again this is a good aperture because it blurs out the background slightly and gives the grass/ground a much softer texture.
