Assignment 3: foreground v's background

After joining the University of Salford I was given the assignment to experiment with aperture settings using a digital SLR loaned from the university. The camera which I borrowed was a Nikon D90. I have consequently produced a number of images using this camera, experimenting with my aperture settings and learning the relationship between aperture and shutter speed.

f/5.6  1/100

f/5.6   1/200

 IOS 400

f/5.6  1/125

IOS 400

f/5.6 1/125

IOS 400

f/5.6  1/100

IOS 400

f/5.6  1/160

IOS 400

f/5.6  1/250

IOS 400

f/5.6  1/60

IOS 400

f/5.6  1/160

IOS 400

f/8 1/640

IOS 400

1/160  f/4.5  IOS 800

f/5.0   1/60  IOS 500

1/60  f/5.0  IOS 500

From the images that I have taken so far I have begun to understand how to create an image with a shallow debth of field. From these images I now understand the importance of depth of field within an image.  That the depth of field can be created by controlling your aperture setting to get the desired effect. A shallow depth of field means that the view is drawn to one part of the image as it is more in focus than the rest of the image. Therefore you can control which part of your image the viewer is drawn to and therfore which part of the image you wish to point out to the viewer as the main focal point.