One of the reasons to move up from a cellphone or point-and-shoot cameras to a DSLR or digital mirrorless one is the ability to exert control over your exposures with the latter. With cellphones or ...

In photography, depth of field refers to how much of a three-dimensional space the camera can focus on at once. A shallow depth of field, for example, would keep the subject sharp but blur out much of ...

Getting pictures in focus is important, but if you know what you're doing, a bit of unfocusing can be even better. Take more interesting photos by choosing a depth of field, drawing your viewer to ...

The inauguration of the Joyce and Robert Mechschel Hall for Modern Photography deserves special highlight, and this show promises to be a rich teaser of what to expect from the new gallery space, ...

If you have a newer smartphone, then it likely came with the ability to shoot 3D images, or at least images with some depth of field involved. Making that happen requires your phone to have two ...

Though originally taken for scientific purposes, the images of California native plants in a new exhibit at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Gallery were photographed using a specialized technique ...

The development of HD video cameras has led to a move toward electronic cinematography. The 24p scanning format contributes to the film look, but one of the classic characteristics when shooting 35mm ...

The hottest new trend in photography is manipulating Depth of Field, or DOF. It’s how you get those wonderful portraits with the subject in focus and the background ever so artfully blurred out. In ...