There are several ways to bracket exposures to adjust for lighting and depth of field

Your task:

Find an item to take a SHORT DEPTH OF FIELD photo with.

Set up your still life. Make sure to include space in the background in order to truly highlight that it is SHORT DEPTH OF FIELD.

Meter your camera and take a SHORT DEPTH OF FIELD photograph according to the light meters suggestion.

Take another photo adjusting to your more preferred lighting (if you do not like the metered image)

Bracket the exposures and give me a range of images-- 3-4 using various F-Stops/Apertures AND 3-4 using various shutter speeds.

Label all photos with F-Stop/Aperture and Shutter Speed

Note the photograph that was the one the camera metered for

Note the photography that you find the most visually pleasing.

Repeat this process with LONG DEPTH OF FIELD

Include a short description of what short depth of field is-- and how you achieve it.

Include a short description of what long depth of field is-- and how you acheive it.

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REFER TO EXEMPLAR BELOW:

Short Depth of Field means a smaller range of focus. Short Depth of Field means "a few feet in focus".

You can achieve Short Depth of Field by having a WIDER F-STOP/Aperture-- F2, F3, F4

Long Depth of Field means a larger range of focus. Long Depth of Field means "a lot of feet in focus".

You can achieve Long Depth of Field by having a NARROWER F-STOP/Aperture-- F11, F16, F22