basic photog class: lesson 1
while enjoying the nice weather and snapping pics of little miss outdoors, I remembered a gift from my photog friend, ran inside to grab it, and was so excited to start lesson 1. I have been waiting for nice weather to get started on this begginers photo class from 2 peas in a bucket .
I bought my canon rebel xs because I wanted to take sweet little pictures of my baby and wanted to take rockstar shots for my etsy store. I will admit, I had an altered conception of {photography} to say the least. I was under the impression you drop a few several hundred $dollars$, get a nice camera, and all of a sudden your pics just looked amazing. well, imagine my disappoinment upon buying my first slr camera and my photos were not winning any awards. I realized I had a lot to learn but had no clue where to start. thanks to my friend molly, she so kindly printed off all the lessons and put them in a handy dandy little notebook and made it so pretty and gave it to me as a christmas gift.. GENIUS..
so, if you're like me and need some very basic direction to get to know your camera and want to take better pictures, then join me as I do this 12 weeks to better photos. I will link up each week to the content and then share the photos I have taken and you do the same... sound fun?? ok, let's get started.
I will be the first to say, what? aperature? maybe I should continue to shoot in green square {a term dubbed by my friend jolene} another way of saying automatic. well, I am going to give it 12 weeks and see if I am brave enough to shoot in AV or whatever you photog's call it, or continue in green square.
I did lesson 1 and I vow to shoot in AV all week long. I changed nothing on my camera except the f/stop, like it said to do. here is what I came up with...
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| gus {the gorilla} is more in focus here, while the plants in the back are out of focus |
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| it seems like both gus and the plants are in focus here... |
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| to me, gus is in focus but not as sharp and the plants are also in focus |
is that what is supposed to happen.. I wasn't convinced so I tried a few more times...
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| I see it! first flower in focus, the rest a nice "blur" |
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| front flower still in focus, background not quite as blurred... |
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| everything in focus! |
and again...
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| front lily's in focus, and bushes in background blurred |
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| front lily's in focus, back bushes more in focus but still a little fuzzy... |
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| mostly everything in focus... |
so, play around this week with your camera, but shoot in AV mode only. take some different shots while adjusting your f/stop.. next week, we will add in the next lesson...
love,
elizabeth
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