A Quick Photography Test
T here is a way to sort of simulate shooting in medium format or even large format (those old large wooden cameras with a bellows on a big, heavy tripod with a cloth draped over the photographer's head) by shooting many images (side by side, high to low) with a wide aperture and then stitching the images together. This provides a wide view compared to just a single image using the same lens but also will provide a very shallow depth of field. I've never tried this before but the idea of this technique always intrigued me so I tried it this afternoon in our living room. A shallow depth of field simply means that what is in focus in the photo is just a small slice of the whole scene... what is in front of the slice of focus is blurry and what is behind the slice of focus is blurry... the only thing in focus (hopefully) is the subject. This type of shooting is most prevalent in portraiture or still life photography to eliminate distracting backgrounds and/or e...