Understanding Depth of Field (DoF) and How to Calculate it

👉 To start planning your photos: https://www.photopills.com/ Let’s talk about depth of field, how to calculate it with PhotoPills and how you can use the different camera settings to control the depth of field you’ll get in your photos: aperture, focal length, focus distance and sensor size. I’ll also talk about how to use the hyperfocal distance to maximize depth of field. And how to get shallow depth of field and deep depth of field. TIME INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:40 What is depth of field 03:24 What is the hyperfocal distance 04:57 Depth of field vs aperture 06:13 Depth of Field vs focal length 07:05 Depth of field vs focus distance 07:53 Depth of field vs camera sensor Size 10:00 How to shoot shallow depth of field 10:17 How to shoot deep depth of field 10:56 Final words -------------------------------------------- PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDE MENTIONED: - Depth of Field Photography guide: https://www.photopills.com/articles/depth-of-field-guide - 15+ Photography guides collection: https://www.photopills.com/articles -------------------------------------------- PHOTOS PLANNED BY PHOTOPILLERS https://www.instagram.com/photopills SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS (PHOTOPILLS AWARDS) https://www.photopills.com/awards -------------------------------------------- INSPIRATION - What to Photograph in 2021 https://youtu.be/Q6KJ3IkmxA4 - The 36 Best Photos in 2020 https://youtu.be/TlKfmBORyhE PHOTOGRAPHY FUNDAMENTALS - Understanding Natural Light: Golden Hour, Blue Hour and Twilights https://youtu.be/BMn2a7VWwOY - Understanding the Hyperfocal Distance https://youtu.be/lfX_Hw48jlo - Learn How To Focus at the Hyperfocal Distance in 1 Minute! https://youtu.be/zkoT1L54xzQ MILKY WAY PHOTOGRAPHY - Milky Way Photography Planning https://youtu.be/tKRwyR1Rxx4 - Learn Milky Way Photography | From Idea to Photo https://youtu.be/7qgKKrIgAAQ - Milky Way Photography Masterclass with Alyn Wallace https://youtu.be/qNDrZ3hP2Tk - How to Post Process the Milky Way with Nick Page https://youtu.be/_hX-yIejU_g​ - How to Calculate the Milky Way Photography Exposure Time https://youtu.be/X6bTfqxec-0 - Photographing the Milky Way with a Natural Arch https://youtu.be/QFgM9LKwsy0 MOON PHOTOGRAPHY - How to Plan a Photo of the Next Full Moon with a Building https://youtu.be/u8OLTsKTDwY - How to Photograph the Moon with Foreground https://youtu.be/jeMRiWZBEAc​ - Moon Photography Masterclass with Jennifer Khordi https://youtu.be/vGn_ShntWtc - Photographing a Full Moon Silhouette from Another Galaxy https://youtu.be/02yaI-xZpJo SUNSET & SUNRISE PHOTOGRAPHY - How to Plan a Powerful Sunset Photo | When You Know the Date https://youtu.be/jZ_TSsSe0XU - How to Plan Any Sunset Photo You Imagine https://youtu.be/DVbWByV96y0 - How to Plan a Sunset Photo in a Valley | Or a Sunrise https://youtu.be/IG7Rw1ZLVoE - Photographing the Sun setting through the natural arch of Es Pont d’En Gil https://youtu.be/CLIq8AUIpGI LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY - Landscape Photography with Nigel Danson https://youtu.be/Bm4YGxjHwFE​ - Landscape Photography Post Processing with Albert Dros https://youtu.be/ROL107uPVWY​ - How to Edit Your Landscape Photography in Photoshop with Sean Bagshaw https://youtu.be/jqdpU-lW1kA LONG EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH LENS FILTERS - Calculating Long Exposure Times Using ND Filters https://youtu.be/JLFnWe_bzJ4 SEASCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY - Seascape Photography Masterclass with Francesco Gola https://youtu.be/c1axFJ6K32g METEOR SHOWER PHOTOGRAPHY - How to Plan Any Meteor Shower Photo You Imagine https://youtu.be/5-S1b2BfTAQ - How to Plan a Photo of the Perseids Meteor Shower 2021 https://youtu.be/H73kPZhCrPI - How to Plan a Photo of the Geminids 2020 https://youtu.be/Vw9z1eSXFds - Perseids Meteor Shower Photography Masterclass with Ian Norman https://youtu.be/WlR-XrDhRIE - Photographing the Perseids Meteor Shower with an Ancient Oak Tree https://youtu.be/ar3LbQ0AZlY SOLAR ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHY - How to Plan a Photo of the 2020 Total Solar Eclipse in Chile and Argentina https://youtu.be/3DGsCZ40PkI - Annular Solar Eclipse Photography Masterclass with Joshua Cripps https://youtu.be/h3p_P1WvdOs LUNAR ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHY - How to Plan the Total lunar eclipse with the Giza pyramids, Cairo (Egypt) https://youtu.be/QyX9ytSrwp0 STAR TRAILS PHOTOGRAPHY - How to Plan Any Star Trails Photo You Imagine https://youtu.be/1qBCvfTEB9M - How to Photograph Star Trails https://youtu.be/Z71_9AsAwi8 LEARN PHOTOPILLS - Photography Planning Masterclass with PhotoPills app https://youtu.be/uQWWV-DY6M0 - How to Enable and Use the PhotoPills Widgets https://youtu.be/WRIGW-6p5mI - How to move the Red Pin of the Planner https://youtu.be/nOZsprPgBnE - How to Save, Share and Import Plans and Locations with PhotoPills https://youtu.be/t-AmCYxDQlw - Mastering the Load button of the Planner https://youtu.be/hymsOk9jp5w - Calibrating the Augmented Reality Views (AR) https://youtu.be/Y4WBOJeKJ-0 - Understanding the Map Buttons of the Planner https://youtu.be/0tZCuMgjtfM