Aperture!!

Yikes...its here....learning Aperture! I'm nervous, but I think I'm getting it, just have to remember it all!

Ok today I headed off to my favorite spot to take pictures, (see below), but so did two other cars. So I had to pick another spot.

(above picture taken Dec. 2010)

Here's the spot that had to work for today. Just down the road from my spot, with the same mountains in the background.

My settings are M 1/60 F20 ISO 100 at 35MM.
Trying to capture deep depth of field.

Again deep depth of field with same settings but at 40MM.

These pictures are me capturing my shallow depth of field.

M 1/400 F8 ISO 100 at 45 MM(on both pictures)
This one of the weed turned out super cool I think because I did it on purpose! It makes me happy that I can repeat this shot over and over! Settings are

M 1/320 F5.6 ISO100 at 52MM

Kids Birthday Party!

For some reason I cannot get my shutter speed higher than 1/200!! Its frustrating, but I think these pictures turned out better than they would have been if I was on Manual. And I had to use the flash a lot during the party, which again I'm not happy about. UGH...one day I'll get it right!


S 1/200 ISO 200 was the setting on these pictures.

Playing with Shutter Speed and ISO

S 1/15 ISO 100
S 1/15 ISO 100

S 1/15 ISO200

S 1/250 ISO 3200
(high ISO because I didn't want flash)

S 1/250 ISO 3200

S 1/250 ISO 800

ISO HI2

ISO HI2

Auto Pictures

Since this is the last week we are going to want to be on "auto mode" I thought I would take some pictures of the what I take most of and come back to them at the end of my 8 week course. Hopefully I will have developed the skills to make them look even better!