Focal ratio/ F-stop

The first picture is with little to no focus in order to capture the model and background simultaneously. fails to highlight any part of the picture, good for scenes of large amount of people or capturing something moving quickly or varying in distance.

this picture has around half way focus in order to show the process between full focus and non. as you can see the writing on the signage is less visible but it is still relatively clear what is behind. this level of focus may be god for football pictures if there are crowds behind that you want to take.

Perfect for close up portraits of single people where the background is the least relevant part of the picture. Great for the viewer to instantly be drawn to one thing. The closer you get with the camera the more effective this technique is. Too close however can lead to a general blur of everything that is involved in the picture.

These pictures gradually increase in focus, the aim here was to capture three people and their facial expressions without any of them being blurred. What I found out was inside lighting is really important. If the lighting isn’t bright or adequate the focus isn’t as clear meaning the back ground can get blurred in with the subjects of the photo.