When people talk about depth of field, they mean how much of the picture they have in focus. Doing this creates more attention for your subject and having the background soft and blurry. It’s controlled by the aperture setting of your camera. Simply, the larger the aperture, the deeper your depth of field will be. Overall, depth of field allows you to reduce distraction of busy backgrounds.

To do this effect, you’ll need a camera with an aperture priority or manual mode. Once you know how to control the aperture, you want to figure out how much depth of field you want. In portrait photography, it’s nice to have that shallow depth of field, but with landscapes, it’s better to have a deeper depth of field. Camera position is important as well for achieving a shallow depth of field. Practice and experimentation are the best ways to learn depth of field.