tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post7430050855668963471..comments2015-12-09T14:11:24.913-08:00Comments on I learned today...: that fireworks are fun to film (Basic camera theory)iblearninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752233731317620953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post-69781269656648352832007-09-18T07:46:00.000-07:002007-09-18T07:46:00.000-07:00As the previous commenter alluded to f/stop contro...As the previous commenter alluded to f/stop controls the depth of field. A wider aperture gives you a shallower depth of field and a smaller aperture gives you a much larger depth of field. <BR/><BR/>So for portraits and bugs and what not you want to find the correct f/stop to give you focus across the person/bug but render the background out of focus, referred to as bokeh, so that your subject is isolated.<BR/><BR/>However for landscapes you want a higher f/stop because you want everything to be in focus.<BR/><BR/>Ah photography, it can be as complex or as simple as you want it to be.Andy Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01503722832626755265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007357716194504923.post-83829352469988084672007-07-05T17:40:00.000-07:002007-07-05T17:40:00.000-07:00f/stops let you determine field of view. one comm...f/stops let you determine field of view. one common thing to do with it, is to shoot macro stuff.. really close ups of flowers and bugs and stuff like that. If you see a close up of say.. a bug.. where its head is perfectly in focus, but the background is blured and out of focus.. thats cause of the f/stop... it has a shallow depth of field. Things like that. I remember reading that one of the great innovations in cinema was shooting a scene from FAR away, and zooming in, so you can have the entire scene in focus.<BR/><BR/>so yea.. if you set fstop as a priority, then you can determine the depth of field or something, and itll set the exposure time to compensate and make sure you get enough light inKylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332087550640323167noreply@blogger.com