How to focus everything in a frame

[keith_lubow]

Read a book or two. Take lots of pictures and look at them. (With digital, you do not need to take a shot log, as all of your camera settings are located in the file.) Take note of how tightly you frame your subject compared to how much you have in focus. Magnification and aperture are what directly affect depth of field. Focal length and tightness of framing are what affect magnification. Higher f/stops correspond to smaller apertures, and give more in focus.

 

As long as you know how to read, are willing to spend a lot of time and effort shooting a lot and intelligently analyzing your results, you will get it fairly quickly.

 

Keith