Still Life

These two photos show an example of deep and shallow depth of field. In this case, the difference is made mostly by subject to camera distance.

Deep Depth of Field: Created by subject to camera distance. It is deep depth of field because almost everything is in focus.
Focal length: 28 mm; Aperture: f/4.5; Shutter speed: 1/30 s.

Shallow Depth of Field: Created by subject to camera distance and focal length. It is shallow depth of field because the lavender in the bag is the only thing that is in focus.
Focal length: 55 mm; Aperture: f/5.6; Shutter speed: 1/10 s.

Motion

For our Motion unit, we had to take a series of pictures, some of which showed freeze action, some of which showed panning, and some of which showed motion blur. My three examples are below.

This photo is an example of motion blur. You can see the motion in the student's feet as he does leg extensions.
Shutter speed = 1/20, aperture = f/6.3, and ISO = 800.

This photo is an example of panning. It is panning because the subject is more or less in focus, while the background is blurred to show that the subject is moving. Shutter speed = 1/15, aperture = f/16, and ISO = 1600.

This photo is an example of freeze action. It is freeze action because both the subject (or subjects, in this case) and the background is frozen. Shutter speed = 1/800, aperture = f/8, and ISO = 400.

Color and Composition

Our Photo I class did an assignment about the different rules of color and composition. We were told to take pictures that represent these rules.

This photo of a bicycle wheel shows selective focus and texture.

This photo of a leaf shows color in a monochromatic scene and texture.

This photo of a dandelion shows rule of thirds and selective focus.