Photography

Photo Tip: Play With Depth of Field

I’m usually a very casual photographer. I tend to set only the basic camera settings at the beginning of a shoot and focus more on color, texture, composition, etc. while snapping photos. However, sometimes only a change in camera settings will give me the result I want.

Photo of flower with wider depth of field. — Shot with an aperture of f/18

I don’t like how the background flowers competed for attention with the main flower in this photo.

Photo of flower with shallow depth of field — Aperture setting of f/5.0

So I lowered the aperture setting to f/5.0, blurring the background. The main flower is now the center of attention.

Window Reflections

On a recent city walk I focused my attention, and my camera, at windows. I love how you can see both what’s behind the window and what it is reflecting. They sort of look like double exposures. Plus, it’s the closest I’ll ever get to posting a selfie.

The Native Rhododendrons are Blooming

I was lucky to time a recent camping and hiking trip with the start of the Rhododendron blooming season. I was able to get photos of all stages of their blooming from bud to fully formed flowers.