While I won't get into much detail, I've been taking a photography class at a local community college so that I can finally learn the more advanced features of my DSLR camera that I got as a birthday gift in October. With only 3 weeks under my belt, I'm proud to admit that I'm not afraid to take the camera off the auto settings and can now boldly shoot in Manual, Aperture Priority, and Shutter Priority! And thanks to Adobe Lightroom, I can always fix what isn't perfect. Here's some of my pictures I'm pretty proud of within the last 3 weeks:
Shot after my first class ever...I wanted to work on getting closer to my objects. Side note: Scott bought me these for Mother's Day - go Scott!
Taken in my classroom while working on blurring out the background and, once again, getting closer to my object!
Shot after my second class when I thought I would never want to pick up my camera again after being overwhelmed with all the technical aspects. I focused on shooting in manual to adjust the shutter speed and aperture and shut off my flash and used natural lighting.
Taken tonight during class. The difference between it being in the center and the rule of thirds.
Practicing depth of field in class tonight. The first photo has the focus on the foreground (front of the picture) and the second one has a wider depth of field that focuses more on the middle part of the plant.
Depth of field practice again. The first one has a shallow depth of field and second one has a wider depth of field.
I'm really looking forward to our first field trip in class next week to Maybury State Park to get some great landscaping shots and to attempt panning of mountain biking. Here's hoping the weather is beautiful for a nice sunset on the pond!
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