When you began taking photographs you often wondered whether today was the day you would make a masterpiece and take a photo that was undoubtedly a work of art.
This however would only come if you knew what your depth of field in photography was all about.
Many people don't really understand what depth of field in photography entails.
They may have actually seen it but they don't know what it means and why photographers do it.
I won't lie as a beginner I didn't have much of a clue on what I was doing until a great photographer showed me the light and how to use it.
Some important facts that do go with this subject would be image magnification, lens aperture setting and the focal length of your lens.
Depth of field in photography can be simply slated as the amount of background scenery and foreground scenery that is portrayed in your photograph.
Basically what this means whenever you are taking a photographic scene, the sharpness in front and behind of your specific subject matter is what is known as the depth in photography.
Many of us probably thought when you talk of depth you are talking on how deep your photograph touches someone, but off course they are wrong because unlike a painting most of the time when you take a photo what you are trying to capture is actually caught.
However there are some photographers whose photos actually have a message and tell us something is going on.
This is especially true when it comes to photos of war torn and hunger stricken countries.