Depth Of Field Exercise

Depth of field (also called depth of focus) is how much front to back sharpness you have in your photos, and we've had a lot of people asking us to tell them more about how to control it. So here's a simple exercise you can do for yourselves to help you get experience.

All you need is a couple of lenses, a row of fence posts or railings, a tripod and some post-it notes. Then follow our instructions.

Depth of field is an important creative control so it's worth understanding how it works and how you can use it for better more interesting photos. And it doesn't matter what make of camera you're using, depth of field works the same on any DSLR camera.

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