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Happy Mother’s Day to Me!

I got my mother’s day present a little early and thought I would share some of my first and favorite pictures taken with it.

And in case you are wondering, my present was a new lens.

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Photography Lesson 5: Indoor Lighting

Most professional photographers, if not all perhaps, seem to hate the flash that comes with the camera. It’s harsh and head on and tends to not produce the most pleasing photographs. Our teacher gave us tips on how to take better pictures inside using available light and the different camera settings. I finally used Hannah as my subject for a photography assignment!

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Photography Lesson 4: Focal Point

For our fourth lesson we learned about focal point. To keep your subject in focus even though they aren’t in the center of the picture you can focus on them, push the button of the camera part of the way down and then move the camera to compose your shot and then take the picture. That leaves the subject, even though off center, still in focus. I also took this picture on manual mode.

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Photography Lesson 3: Manual Mode

I have been running a bit behind on taking and posting my photography assignments. Although I have been keeping up with the reading. Our teacher taught us how to use our camera’s on manual mode. We pick the shutter speed, aperture and ISO to get the right exposure and look for our photo. It isn’t nearly as hard as it seems as though it could be and digital cameras nowadays do a lot to help you, even in manual mode. Here’s my manual picture:

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Photography Lesson 2: Aperture

For our second lesson we learned about Aperture. This is the setting that lets you decide how big the hole is that allows in light when you take the picture. The lower number the f stop (f/2.0) the bigger the hole and the more light you are letting in, which is an open aperture. The higher the number (f/20) the smaller the hole and less light, a closed aperture. Among many things the aperture mainly controls depth of field. With an open aperture you are going to find that your main subject is in focus while the rest of the picture will tend to be blurry. With a closed aperture more of the picture will be in focus. You can see the photos I submitted for my assignment below.

Here’s a link to my sister’s aperture assignment. She also describes what is happening in a way that might help you understand better.

Open Aperture:

Closed Aperture:

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Photography Lesson 1: Shutter Speed

Here are the photos I submitted for my first homework assignment. We were working with fast and slow shutter speeds. Shutter speed is basically how long the camera stays open to let light in. Fast shutter speeds freeze actions, whereas slow shutter speeds result in the areas of a photo where things are moving blur.

Check out my sister’s fast and slow shutter pictures here.

Fast Shutter:

Slow Shutter:

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New Toy

We have a new toy in the house. Colin broke our old camera so we had to buy a new one. We got a Nikon d90 which is a digital SLR. We got a special lens with it other than what normally comes with it.

I’m excited because next week I’m starting a photography class with my sister! Yippee! I am planning to post the pictures that I’m taking for my class here so everyone can follow along with what I’m up to if you desire.

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