Photo Class-Assignment #5

I loved this photo assignment!

Photo Class-Assignment #4

I am SO behind on blogging and even looking at pictures I've taken but I'll catch up at some point...sigh.

Anyway, I just realized I have 2 hrs to get my photo assignment in for Amy's online class so thought I'd post a few pics :-) The assignement this week was about aperture which is actually my favorite thing to play around with in having an SLR camera. So, here ya go.

This is not a great pic but it's the only one with a bigger depth of field-all of the kids are in focus as opposed to just one

Taken with a Canon Rebel T1i
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 400


Taken with a Canon Rebel T1i
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400


Taken with a Canon Rebel T1i
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/2.2
ISO: 800


Taken with a Canon Rebel T1i
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100

Photo Class-Assignement #3

I missed an assignment in Amy's Photo Class but here's the one for this week!

We're supposed to work on taking pics without clutter-making sure the subject can truly be identified as such instead of "fighting" with the things in the background. So, here are a few that I think came out pretty well.


This one is "what not to do" with that random guy's head in the corner

not perfect but better with only random guy's shoulder :-)

Both taken with a Canon Rebel T1i
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 3200


I like this one because 1) my husband is hot and 2)he's so sharply in focus and the things in the background (though only about 2 feet away) are so blurry you can't tell what they are

Taken with a Canon Rebel T1i
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/125
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 3200


My nephew Silas-so up close, there's no room for clutter!

Taken with a Canon Rebel T1i
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 400

Photography Class-Assignment #1

My SIL Amy is doing a Photography class on her blog and I'm going to do my best to participate! What that means after this crazy week is that I just spent 40 minutes taking pictures all around my house trying to get something to post because it's due tomorrow! Hopefully I'll have more time to get it done during the week next time and have more exciting (live) subjects!

This week's assignment is on using the rule of thirds. Here's the description from Amy's blog (and originally from Wikipedia)

The Rule of Thirds states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.

So, here are a couple...