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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!

Found this gem while going through the pictures I took just now for my Indoor Lighting Photography assignment. I can’t stop laughing.

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.

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:

Here is the video as requested. She says it twice, and yes it may be difficult to determine what is her saying it vs her just babbling. The first time is almost immediately after you press play. The second time is about 3/4 of the way through it, right before she stands up. Colin was in the bathroom having his privacy while this was filmed.

Hannah has a lot of wall space, and while I’m not sure she has a specific theme in her nursery she has a lot of things her mom and dad love, that we think she loves/will love too. While cruising the web I found something for her wall that I put up last night. It looks great and she gives it very big smiles whenever she looks at it!

It was dark so I had to use the flash which made me sad in light of the photography classes I have been taking. But I think it’s ok to show off the art work without worrying about the slight glare from the flash. lol.

The art is something called Blik. It is stuck directly to the wall and can be peeled off when we are done with it. Sadly it cannot be reused, but that’s ok, I can’t imagine trying to stick it back up on the wall anyway. The eyes themselves are each individual stickers.

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:

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: