Photography 180 | Ep 23 | Apertures Affect on Sharpness & Depth of Field

In this week's episode, the focus is on apertures affect on sharpness and depth of field, specifically when photographing wedding day details such as the wedding rings using a Macro Lens. For these images, we used a combination of the Sony A9 and the Sigma 105 f/2.8 Macro lens.

As you will see in this exercise, whenever you are photographing details of any kind and you are shooting at an angle that places one part of the detail closer to the camera than the rest of it, you will have to make a decision regarding aperture and how much of that detail that you would like to have "sharp." If you prefer to shoot details at more wide-open apertures, then you will have to live with the fact that you will have varying degrees of sharpness throughout the frame or you must alter your style of shooting/composition to put yourself in a better position to execute tack-sharp details shots.

There are many factors that can contribute to how much depth of field you will have but two of the main factors are distance to camera and focal length. This means that objects that are photographed further from the camera will have a wider depth of field versus objects that are closer to the camera, where depth of field will be shallower. Another factor is Focal Length. Longer focal lengths can produce shallower depths of field, especially at closer distances.

What I recommend is getting in some practice similar to the exercise that I have done here. Create a print out and mess around with distance & aperture and you'll quickly see the effects which should allow you to go into your next shoot with a much better understanding of how to approach your detail shots.

That's all for this week! Thanks for checking out this week's episode of Photography 180 and be sure to subscribe to the channel so that you can stay updated on any future episodes.

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Cameras:
Sony A7IV - https://urlis.net/25ck6a67 - Used to film this episode
Sony A9ii - https://urlis.net/pjg38vfd - All images created with this body
Sony A9

Lenses:
Sigma 14-24mm 2.8 Art - https://adorama.rfvk.net/9Wd0yQ
Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 Art - https://adorama.rfvk.net/Xx972M
Sony 28mm f/2 - https://adorama.evyy.net/NbWr2
Sigma 35mm 1.8 Art - https://adorama.rfvk.net/VyD72k
Sony 55mm 1.8 - https://adorama.evyy.net/Nmagq
Sony 85mm 1.8 - https://adorama.evyy.net/XN56a
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Art - https://www.adorama.com/sg10528soe.html
Sigma 135mm 1.8 Art - https://adorama.rfvk.net/5b0o1D

Lighting:
Flashpoint R2 Pro Trigger - https://adorama.rfvk.net/qeNzY
Flashpoint Zoom Li-On Speedlight - https://adorama.rfvk.net/2r0ZVG
Flashpoint Xplor 600 - https://adorama.rfvk.net/Ryd7Ky
Flashpoint Xplor 400 Pro - https://adorama.rfvk.net/NKy7XN
Flashpoint EVOLV 200 - https://adorama.evyy.net/EeAMn
Flashpoint EVOLV 100 - https://adorama.rfvk.net/7m0zdO
Glow EZ-Lock 34" Beauty Dish - https://adorama.rfvk.net/15PjKx
Glow EZ-Lock 48" Deep Parabolic - https://adorama.rfvk.net/3PPAWd
GVM 1200D Bi-Color RGB LED - https://adorama.rfvk.net/Y9DKDq
Aputure Amaran 100x Bi-Color LED - https://adorama.rfvk.net/B09DQ4
Avenger 40" C-Stand with Boom Arm - https://adorama.rfvk.net/6e1BK3
V-Flat World Set of 2 - https://adorama.rfvk.net/R5o4jy