In Photography class, we were assigned to use shallow depth of field when we take pictures. If we wish to make the depth more believable, we can use Photoshop and set a new layer with the Gaussian blur. I took ten photos and I had chosen my best two. Here are my best two.
Here is the first photo. The subject of the photo is my Captain America bag I got for my 15th birthday. This photo shows shallow depth of field. I edited this photo in Photoshop. I used Gaussian blur to make the blur in the background more realistic and make it clear that the main focus is the bag.
The second photo shows the deep depth of field. Again, I used Gaussian blur but instead I used it on the background. I also changed the contrast and saturation of the photo as well.
Here is my first photo. The subject of the photo is a Rocket Raccoon plush I got for Christmas. The photo exhibits shallow depth of field. In Photoshop, I used Gaussian blur on the background to focus on the plush.
Here is my second photo. This one exhibits deep depth of field. In Photoshop, I used Gaussian blur but I applied it on the bag and plush to focus on the background. I changed the contrast and saturation of the photo.
The images changes between the two photos because the shallow and deep depth of field change the perspectives of the photos. The depths change the focus of the subjects in each of the photos. In the two pictures of the Captain America bag, for example, you focus on the bag in the first picture and you focus on the Captain America poster or the coat hanger in the background of the second picture. They alter the feel of each of the photos as well. The depths make the pictures interesting and unique rather than bland and feeling like there is no personality.
