Photography Class Assignment 2: Depth of Field

This photo assignment for our class emphasized on the depth of field of a photograph and what affects it.  The main factors that affect the depth of field are the focal length of the lens, the aperture of the lens, and the distance the camera is from the subject.  You can click on the image for a larger view.  This is my artist statement.

My set of photographs is composed of my guitars.  The particular subject of my photographs is the acoustic guitar while in the background I have the electric guitar with the amplifier.  In the foreground I have the effects effects pedal board.  I arranged the items in this manner to signify the evolution of music.

The first photo is zoomed in on the acoustic guitar with the unfocused amplifier in the background.  This represents that the acoustic guitar was first--before the electric guitars were invented.  The second photo is zoomed out a little bit, showing the electric guitar, amplifier, and the acoustic all in focus while the tops of the effects pedals are out of focus in the foreground.  This shows the introduction of the electric guitar and its rise in popularity while the the development of effects pedals were still in the experimental stage.  And finall, the third photo shows the acoustic guitar, amplifier, electric guitar, and pedal board all in focus--representing the modern day technology of the guitar.

Grade: 3.9

I received a 3.9 because in the first photo, there was originally a little bit of the electric guitar stand in the bottom left corner that was found to be distracting that I did not notice when I turned in this assignment.  I have corrected this distraction by cropping it out of the first photograph.  Also, when I printed out the photographs for this assignment, my printer was not calibrated or aligned correctly due to lack of use in a long time so there was a very yellow-greenish tint.  This made it seem like my white balance was off.  The digital version is free from this white balance error.