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Find two examples of photographs, which make use of maximum depth of field, and two examples, which have very shallow depth of field. Describe how the photographer's selective use of aperture affects the subject in each of the photographs you have chosen.

 These two photos right here have shallow depth of field. Shallow depth of field is when you make your subject your main focus and just that, nothing else. The subject is such clear quality and focus and everything else in the background or around is unfocused. The point is to get a feel for the subject itself and get good clarity on it. The photographer took shallow depth of field with nature. So you can see all the details in the leaf, and the rose. You can see the glowing red on the flower and how old and dry the leaf

looks. Shallow depth of field is always just focus and clarity on the subject, never anything else! These two pictures are good examples of shallow depth of field.

 These two photos are examples of maximum depth of field. This is when everything in the picture is in focus! You can tell what the subject or subjects are but everything along with that is in focus and its not just clarified or focused onto one thing. You can see the clear brown and tannish color of the string rays and you can see the clear color of the white sand/dirt at the bottom of the ocean. Along with that you can see how crystal blue the ocean water is as the string rays swim. Moving on to the desert photo, you can see the

mountain and the dirt, you can see the rest of it in the background as well. Everything in each picture is clear and has good quality and shows a perfect example of maximum depth of field.

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Find two images that have been shot into the light or included the light source. Explain how the photographer may have gone about taking a light meter reading for these photographs.

 These two images have obviously been shot into the light with the light meter. You can tell that the subject got shot into different types of brightness with the light. One with the subject bright and the background dimmed to bring the focus to the subject more, and then the one with the subject with a brighter light and the background lighter as well. It seems as if the photographer is testing the light meter to see the different types of results they can get with mixing lighter and dimmer pictures and then light on top of light pictures. I think the subject being bright and the background dim is better because having both things being bright throws the picture off, and can get distracting. You can tell they were testing the reflection from the face as well to see how bright

they could get it. 

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Find an example of a photograph where the subject has been lit by a single light source and an example where more than one light has been used. Describe in each the quality and position of the brightest or main light and the effect this has on the subject. In the second example describe the quality and effect the additional light has.

J. Castro Photography

This photographer used one main light for this photo. They used the one main spot light they had to catch their subject, and instead of using it from the front to see the faces and expressions of the subject clearly they did it behind the subject. They used it right in the middle so you can see the shadows of the subject. I think they used the light this way because they didn't want the light having the main focus on JUST the subject they wanted the light to pick up the background and the mood all as one combined with the subject.

Joe McNally Photography

As you can see multiple lighting was used here. The photographer used natural light with a mix of their own the capture their subject and it's background. Both types of lights give good quality to this picture but kind of a weird effect. There's a lot going on from the shadow of the subject, seeing the difference from actual light and natural makes the picture kind of awkward and gives it an awkward mood.

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Look through assorted photographic websites and find some examples of subjects lit by hard life and examples of subjects lit by soft light. Describe the effect the light has on the subject texture, form and detail, and the overall mood of the picture.

Oleg Ti Photography

This is an example of hard light. Most photographers use it usually when they want a good look on focus of the subject, and most of the time thats on portraits. It's a good way of showing detail of the subject. For example you can see her facial features clearly and they bring out the sharpness of her jawline, her cheekbones, her shoulders and her nose. The hard light gives a good focus to her or whatever subject you use for the picture. This lighting and the way she is posed gives this picture a very serious mood.

Marc Edward Photography

This is an example of soft light. It is more natural and the photographer usually goes by whatever the natural light does, they can move around to give the subject a better look but usually go by how the light is already there. You can still see many features clear but many things are also in focus, but the subject is obvious. The mood of this picture is just very simple and relaxed.