Try This Out: Creating Depth

The website called: Photography Mad has some fantastic visual elements to his work, explaining how to try something new on the camera by applying the technical basics to an particular effect. The online tutorial which struck me as interesting and applies to shutter speed and aperture is the sense of depth. This ties in well with how to create a crisp photograph for certain elements such as landscape, portrait and close up photography.

http://www.photographymad.com/tips/view/creating-a-sense-of-depth-in-your-photos

This link takes you directly to the depth of field tutorial and has some interesting points about using foreground framing and using angles in the photograph. For example, crouching close to the ground add an exaggerated perspective when shooting landscapes and adding a greater amount of depth to the image.

Here is my own version of creating perspective and depth of field. This photograph was taken using a very small aperture at f20 and a shutter speed of 1/13. The aim of the photograph was to exaggerate perspective, but to also show that even on a dull, cloudy day an interesting photograph can be taken, when selecting the right aperture against shutter speed; this creates an unusual stance if exaggerating the depth.

Worth a look at the website and it has useful visual tips for you to try.