I have a nice camera that I don't know how to use to it's fullest potential. I love it and have been pretty happy with pictures I have taken in the Auto mode, but have always wanted to learn how to get beyond the simple snapshot. So, I signed up for a photography class at the local college. It's only the first day of class, but I already love it!
The professor tells us that for the next 7 weeks we are not allowed to take any pictures in AUTO (Yikes!) and after that, we won't want to take any pictures in AUTO (Cool!). He also encouraged us to take a picture every single day and post it. I'm not sure I'll remember to do it every single day, but I'm going to try. I think rather than giving them all their own post, I'll just keep adding them to this post.
Today, we learned about aperture and a "back up to zoom in" theory. This helps you to focus in on an object while everything in the background is a little blurry.
My lighting is off, but hey.. it's day one.
The reason I took a picture of my shoes is because this is what I wore to class tonight. It wasn't until I got there that I realized I was wearing two very similar brown shoes, but still...TWO DIFFERENT SHOES!!
Oct.4 Photo of the Day:
I'm realizing I have so much to learn...
My teacher changed the ISO setting on my camera when he had me come up in front of the class to demonstrate our homework assignment last night (I hope no one noticed my shoes).. We didn't learn anything about ISO settings, but I think that's why my lighting off in my day 1 picture, so I researched my manual a little bit and looked online and found a few tips, but quickly became overwhelmed.
Oct.6 Photo of the Day:
Oct. 8 Photo of the Day:
Two photos today.
My kids had fun making these darling owls out of toilet paper rolls yesterday while watching conference.
October 11th
Oct. 13th Hunter's goal!
Action shot.. shutter speed and lighting.
October 17th. Austin whizzing by on his motorcycle. He is really fast!
Panning assignment.
4 comments:
I'm so excited for you! You will never go back!
Hehehe, I LOVE that you were wearing 2 different shoes, and they are both super cute! I can't wait to hear about what you learn!
I want to learn all of that camera stuff too but I don't know that I have the patience. I think it's great that you're taking the class. Maybe you could teach me. :)
HILARIOUS about your shoes! It's so something I would do! I'm itching to learn more about my camera too. Nikon, yours? There's a guy in our ward who teaches a couple of us on Scout/youth night but I've reached the point where I've got to dive into the manual so I'll have questions he can work with :) Good for you taking a class!
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