week three: depth of field assignment

I went to the Lincoln Park Conservatory with someone from class. We shot for about an hour and a half, trying to get good examples of different depths of field.

It's easier to take pictures of plants than people since they stay pretty still, but I struggled to take a photo that I liked. It all looked a little hallmark-ish until I started looking at the plants a bit more closely. I tried to capture the textures I saw on the bark of the different kinds of trees and vines.

A (fellow CPCer) wasn't too excited about what she shot, but I think she's just a little hard on herself. We did get some good examples of depth of field.

We think.

Here are a few of my favorite photos from our shoot:

[shallow depth of field]


[greater depth of field]


[extremely shallow depth of field]


[shallow depth of field]