DEPTH OF FIELD

There's a term in photography called Depth of Field. It's the portion of an image that is sharp and in focus. The camera can only focus on one distance, which means that the other parts that aren't the distance where you're focusing, are blurred. As you can see in this photo, the focus was on Andrew. Monica and I were still in the photo but much less in focus. Interestingly, though you can see this Depth of Field phenomenon in the photo, under normal viewing conditions, we can't see this happening. In real life, everything appears to be in focus.

But the thing is, even if we can't really see Depth of Field without a camera, I've learned that it's all around us. We cannot focus on everything. Or at least, we cannot focus on everything all at the same time.

Comments

[Rebecca Smith]

I'm a photo junkie, and I'm always taking photographs for my blog, learning something new everyday about my camera and photography. I love this post and the insight into the meaning you gave it. Becca

[Sandra]

I've always said, we can have it all, just not at the same time.

[txscrapaddict]

True words of wisdom!

[kelly (the blue muse)]

Yes, so true, we cannot, although we seem to spend a great deal of time trying!

[Alison Gibbs]

Great photo and fabulous sentiments behind it
Alison

[Lori]

Wow ~ so true!