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David Loftus Photography Masterclass – Aperture & Depth of Field


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it’s good to know your widest aperture

it’s good to know your widest aperture your widest aperture is normally around

your widest aperture is normally around

your widest aperture is normally around F 2.8 F 3.4 something like that that’ll

F 2.8 F 3.4 something like that that’ll

F 2.8 F 3.4 something like that that’ll be your widest aperture now that’s when

be your widest aperture now that’s when

be your widest aperture now that’s when you get your softest focus on your food

you get your softest focus on your food

you get your softest focus on your food as you close down that aperture that’s

as you close down that aperture that’s

as you close down that aperture that’s when you went to get the most in focus

when you went to get the most in focus

when you went to get the most in focus now you have to relate speed to that

now you have to relate speed to that

now you have to relate speed to that ultimately you have to get the same

ultimately you have to get the same

ultimately you have to get the same amount of light from your subject onto

amount of light from your subject onto

amount of light from your subject onto your Bank sensor so the wider the

your Bank sensor so the wider the

your Bank sensor so the wider the aperture the faster the speed will be

aperture the faster the speed will be

aperture the faster the speed will be the smaller the aperture the slower the

the smaller the aperture the slower the

the smaller the aperture the slower the speed will be I know that I want this

speed will be I know that I want this

speed will be I know that I want this soft and gooey and romantic but just so

soft and gooey and romantic but just so

soft and gooey and romantic but just so I can explain depth of field to you I’m

I can explain depth of field to you I’m

I can explain depth of field to you I’m going to shoot it wide open at 2.8 so

going to shoot it wide open at 2.8 so

going to shoot it wide open at 2.8 so I’ll shoot one shot at 2.8 wide open and

I’ll shoot one shot at 2.8 wide open and

I’ll shoot one shot at 2.8 wide open and that’s at a twentieth of a second now if

that’s at a twentieth of a second now if

that’s at a twentieth of a second now if I close my aperture to just to show you

I close my aperture to just to show you

I close my aperture to just to show you this is I wouldn’t shoot it this way but

this is I wouldn’t shoot it this way but

this is I wouldn’t shoot it this way but just to show you – 8 f8 or even f9 let’s

just to show you – 8 f8 or even f9 let’s

just to show you – 8 f8 or even f9 let’s do two f9 now because I’d close the

do two f9 now because I’d close the

do two f9 now because I’d close the aperture I need to open the speed to

aperture I need to open the speed to

aperture I need to open the speed to allow more light in so I’m going to

allow more light in so I’m going to

allow more light in so I’m going to shoot it I shot the first one at 20th of

shoot it I shot the first one at 20th of

shoot it I shot the first one at 20th of a second I’m going to shoot this one at

a second I’m going to shoot this one at

a second I’m going to shoot this one at half a second almost half a second again

half a second almost half a second again

half a second almost half a second again little bit of light very steady at half

little bit of light very steady at half

little bit of light very steady at half second so here we have the two shots

second so here we have the two shots

second so here we have the two shots I’ve just taken first shot shot at 2.8 a

I’ve just taken first shot shot at 2.8 a

I’ve just taken first shot shot at 2.8 a twentieth of a second focus as I said on

twentieth of a second focus as I said on

twentieth of a second focus as I said on the little grain of the toast the drip

the little grain of the toast the drip

the little grain of the toast the drip coming out of the egg the goo coming out

coming out of the egg the goo coming out

coming out of the egg the goo coming out of the egg everything’s very soft very

of the egg everything’s very soft very

of the egg everything’s very soft very romantic it’s a bit of focus on the

romantic it’s a bit of focus on the

romantic it’s a bit of focus on the spoon then the one I shot just to show

spoon then the one I shot just to show

spoon then the one I shot just to show you where I closed the

you where I closed the

you where I closed the picture but opens the speed so more like

picture but opens the speed so more like

picture but opens the speed so more like being let in through the small aperture

being let in through the small aperture

being let in through the small aperture and that’s that so you can see still are

and that’s that so you can see still are

and that’s that so you can see still are areas that we wanted in focus but what’s

areas that we wanted in focus but what’s

areas that we wanted in focus but what’s happened is the focus has been spread

happened is the focus has been spread

happened is the focus has been spread down the shot so now the whole of the

down the shot so now the whole of the

down the shot so now the whole of the piece of toast is in focus the little

piece of toast is in focus the little

piece of toast is in focus the little pepper pot is in focus the whole of the

pepper pot is in focus the whole of the

pepper pot is in focus the whole of the top of the egg but what’s happened as

top of the egg but what’s happened as

top of the egg but what’s happened as well is more of the background which to

well is more of the background which to

well is more of the background which to me is distracting in this case not

me is distracting in this case not

me is distracting in this case not always but in this case it is

always but in this case it is

always but in this case it is distracting has become more focused

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