I will not get technical, but I think for those of you who are not familiar with the term, it might be useful to talk about it for a second. The depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image. If you would like to have the entire image sharp, you would need a large DOF (in cinematography "deep focus"), and if you would like to emphasize only part of an image a small DOF ("shallow focus") might be more appropriate. A small DOF would also create a bokeh.
Well, I would love to share the following photographs from a wedding I shot recently. All of them are small DOF. While a few of them were shot at f2.8, most of them are at f1.4. While I am as obsessed with the small DOF as I would be with fish-eye shots and macro shots; it is obviously necessary to serve the client with a variety of creative approaches. I am omitting the other photographs (traditional and otherwise) for the sake of focusing (pun intended) on shallow focus this week.
Ivan is obsessed with Batman. There were a few Batman themed surprises for Ivan from the very thoughtful and hands-on bride Bridget.
She organized, had fun and got married at the same time.
Details... Details...
Bridget got wings... How appropriate for the Batman groom!
A family member remembered...
A macro lens and/or a small DOF can come handy when shooting the details...
The boutonnieres...
The flower girls' baskets...
The program...
The flowers on the aisle...
The aisle itself...
The cake and its friends...
Let's get back to the couple, shall we? Here is Bridget getting ready.
I just love to do this when the bride is walking the aisle to portray the anticipation of her arrival.
PRICELESS!
Here are the couples portraits in shallow focus.
Let's finish it with a few from the reception. See you next week!
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