Happy Monday, everyone! Before I start talking about the pictures here, I wanted to address my last post.
I briefly removed it because I realized I contradicted myself. I also felt that I was a little too brash. I have a large case of foot-in-mouth syndrome, which my husband has made me aware of. I'm trying to be more socially conscious, while not losing myself completely. So I attempted to tone down those two problem areas before republishing.
Anyway! As I mentioned in said, previous post, I came to the realization that my pictures were not coming out the way that I wanted them to because I didn't take the time to "learn" my camera. And I'm talking Photography 101 type of stuff. So what I did, because I super love planning (I'm not being facetious, btw), was set little mini-goals for myself. With each photography venture that I complete, I gave myself one feature to really hone in and learn.
Since Christmas is just around the corner, holiday photos of my girls was the perfect opportunity to learn and get comfortable with my camera's aperture. Aperture controls the amount of light that is let in, in your photos to determine focal points, etc. The smaller (numberwise) the f.stop, the more light that is let in, the larger, the less. I still think I need another round of aperture practice. Your shutter speed compensates for aperture wonkiness, which I haven't fully figured out yet. So, next task is playing with the ISO so pictures look less washed out (the main problem I had). But, I have to say, even learning a teenie tiny bit made such a difference in my work; colors were so much richer in each photo that I got right.
Another trick that I learned and played around with was working with a single focal point; putting it on the eye of your subject. This led to crisp faces every time, whereas before I would have a focused shoulder and half of a face, while the rest was all blurry. It's the little things, right? :D
I'm pretty excited about all this. And it's fun too, to see other people's work and recognize what they are and aren't doing.
Anyway, good stuff!
If you have anymore tips, I'd love to here them. Feel free to comment below :)
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