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The range of distance within the subject that is acceptably sharp is called the depth of field. This technique often depends on the camera. The factors that usually affect the outcome of a depth of field technique are focal length of the lens, distance of the camera to the subject, and aperture size.

Focal length of the lens. The focal length of the lens is inversely proportional to the depth of field, meaning, the greater you want the depth of field, the smaller your focal length number (number of the lens) should be. An example us using a 28mm lens that has the ability to capture more of the picture in sharp focus than a 100mm lens.

Distance of the camera to the subject. This time, you should take note that the depth of field is directly proportional to distance, meaning, a subject with a greater distance to the camera, the greater depth of field you’ll have (than an extremely close-up or close-up subject) Hence, a depth of field shot has distant subjects that are out of focus.

Aperture size. Adjust the aperture setting if you want to have a foreground or background while having the subject in focus. The wider the aperture, the shallower is the depth of field.

Technique used: Stitching

Photographers put multiple images together to create panoramic panels to come up with an extremely wide field of view. This method is often called stitching.

Here are the steps on how to create panorama images through stitching:

1. Keep ‘em leveled. Mount your camera on a tripod. Place them on a leveled and strong surface.
2. A Consistent manual mode. Here, it is always important to set the camera to manual mode, shutting off its autoexposure feature. To obtain a shutter speed and aperture, meter several portions of the entire panorama. Keep the setting consistent throughout the frames.
3. No to a polarizer. Make sure not to use polarizer for it will only produce inconsistent and uneven levels, contrast and brightness of images.
4. Shoot vertically. You may think that although it’s panorama, everything needs to be horizontal. However, shooting vertically is a trick you should consider since you’ll end up with more frames to stitch and less perspective distortion.
5. Now shoot! Start on the left side of the scene and take the shots across it.
6. Overlap images. When capturing each successive frame, overlap images by about ¼ or 25 percent. The margins will help you when lining up the frames in an image editor software.
7. Scanning. If you are going to be scanning film set the scanner’s parameters for the first scan and then scan the remaining frames with the same settings. All of the scanner’s auto functions should be turned off.
8. Stich ‘em up. Use a panorama stitcher to combine the shots. Image editors such as Adobe Photoshop or Windows Live Photo Gallery have features to support image stitching.