This is the magic a 50mm normal lens can create

June 2012. Photos of Elise, Glenn, and Mary Larsson sailing in Cape Cod.

Models: Miriam Ramirez, Monique Mansir, and Emily Carrillo; Shot at AHS

Same shot taken with all available apertures to study differences between f-stops. (f/14)

showing depth of field

DOF Project for photography I

Playing with depth of field

the lighting was too good...I had to take a picture.

Dirty piano

Experimenting with depth of field

taken with my canon ae-1

Technical - f/56, shutter-speed 1/8, focus on a metal screw, late afternoon lighting, 5:21 pm.

Composition - This was shot at close range from the side to capture the texture of the wood and the patterns of the screws. I focused on the closest screw and gradually blurred out the rest.

Content - I was trying to capture the interesting patterns, lines and textures.

I ended up cropping this photo a lot just because of how much white there was in the background and adjusted it so that the flower was more straight. Like the other photos, I adjusted the exposure, contrast, and vibrancy and adjusted the detail to make the flower more clear.

Mahopac, NY, Feb. 19, 2012; Hertini Ngah Hashim outside her suburban home, Photo by Adam Azahari © 2012

Depth of Field shot of my running shirt.

Arlington, VA 2011

more kitchen experimentation

June 2012. Photos of Elise, Glenn, and Mary Larsson sailing in Cape Cod.

f2.8 @ 1/2500

This is one of the series in the DoF exercise. The camera I'm using has half stops, so there were lots in the series.