Aperture Practice

• Take 2 photo
  • One at the lowest aperture f/Stop (f/1.8 or f/5.6 depending on your camera lens)
  • One at a high aperture f/Stop (f/18)

Step 1:

Set up your items so they are not directly behind each other

• • Scatter Your Items so they are spread out

 

NOOOOO

Do not line them up right in front of the other.  

Step 2:

Make sure camera is level with your objects. 

 

•  Do NOT shoot your items from above.

• Set your camera to the AV setting on the dial
• Set your aperture to the lowest it will go  f/1.8 – f/5.6 
  • Each camera lens will be different
• Move in as close as you can 
• Take a photo

Step 1

• Open both the low and high aperture photo in photoshop

       

• Click on the Move Tool
• Drag the LOW Apereture photo on top of the HIGH Apereture photo

• To highlight both layers
  • Hold the Shift key and click on Layer 1
    • Both layers will now be selected

• Edit
  • Auto-Align Layers

• Select Auto
  • Click OK
    • The two images will now be aligned directly ontop of each other

• If you have any extra area around the image, we will crop it off
• Select Crop tool
  • Draw over the are you want to keep
    • Click Enter
      • The extra areas will now be cropped out

• Find the middle of the photo
  • Draw the Rectangular Marquee Tool over half the photo
    • You will now select half of the photo

Step 9

• At the bottom of the Layers Pallet
  • Click the box with a circle inside it