Course 326 · Lesson 01

The Decisive Composition: Depth, Light Science, and Artistic Responsibility

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Depth of Field Science — Circle of Confusion, Cone of Light, and the Diaphragm

326.1 Lesson 01 of 08 3 quiz questions 1 assignment

Depth of field is one of the most powerful creative tools in photography — and one of the most precisely understood. This lesson explains the physics: how a point of light from a subject spreads through the lens in the shape of a cone and must hit the sensor as a circle no larger than 1/200 of an inch to…

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