Shallow Depth of Field
Capturing an image with a shallow depth of field is accomplished by using a large aperture (f/1 – f/11). This means that only small amounts of an image will be in focus. It can be a little confusing because you have a small number for a large aperture, but what helps me remember is “a small number (f-stop) = a small amount in focus.” Any f-stop f/16 and up will keep more of the image in focus. The images below demonstrate shallow depths of field. Notice that the subject, or only part of the image, is in focus, while the rest is blurry.
Deep Depth of Field
In contrast to shallow depth of field, where only part of the image is in focus, a deep depth of field will have everything in focus. This is ideal for landscape photography. To accomplish this, you close the aperture, so it is very small (f/16 – f/32+). Again to help me remember, “a large number (f-stop) = a large amount in focus.” The following images are example of this.
This image was not as sharp as I would have liked, but you can tell that most of the image is in focus, and it still turned out mostly decent.
Megan White 
Megan, I really enjoyed your description about what the difference between the shallow and deep depth of fields were at the beginning a very concise clear way to put it. I like your image of the fence, it really shows that shallow depth of field, very a beautiful image.
Go check out Emilee Wright’s blog: https://emileewright.wordpress.com/comm-300-digital-imagine/
And here is the link to my blog post: https://madisoncorrinesmith.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/why-be-shallow-when-you-can-be-deep/
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Awesome post Megan! I loved all of your pictures, espescially the cute cows:) I think something that might have been super cool would have been to get a lower perspective on the tracks, by laying down or something. That would also have been pretty risky, but it would have made a neat picture. Great work!
Here is my blog post: https://tideandstars.com/2018/01/30/depth-deep-and-shallow/
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Oh ya! I’ll keep that in mind for next time! Thanks!
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