10.10.10

I am doing a online class through reddit.

I'm excited to do this and get the feedback I need to improve. 

The first assignment was 10.10.10. Drive/walk/skip/run etc 10 minutes. You get a 10 step radius from where you end up and then you get to take 10 photos.

Not all mine are fantastic. I had to take the toddlers. Toddlers who love to run. I hope the next assignment I am able to leave them behind.

I was setting up the below picture when these guys flew off. I had to quickly adjust my settings on the fly.

This thing gets ignored a lot I think

Poor guys, freezing and mad at me for stopping their running off into the distance.

I needed to switch lenses to get the silly thing in focus. I see that now. Too late!

Fallen tree from the ice storm

I was running out of things in my radius, so I played with the wind,shadows and my hair.

This one is my favorite

Now we wait for feedback!

Christmas Tree's 2.0

I've tinkered more this low light Christmas Tree's.

ISO: 100

SS: 4/5

F/ 5

Tripod used and remote shutter. It kept shaking when I pressed the camera.

I also edited it to haze the sides since my house is ugly and cluttered. 

You can find the previous tree photo here

I would just load the photo but my internet is being a slow poke tonight and just refusing. 

The previous one is definitely brighter, but even with having the ISO lower to create less noise I was able to get brighter exposures by adjusting the aperture and shutter speed. So really it's whatever you're going for!  Dark moody one for when you want to hide what your apartment looks like, or bright one to capture the silhouettes of loved ones by the tree. 

The world is my oyster!

Black and White Vs Color

I promise this won't turn into just a cat blog. I swear. 

Sick family means I'm stuck at home. Being a apartment with not too many great photo opportunities I take what I can get.

I thought about doing a long exposure of water, but after the Christmas tree learning experience I knew if I had the shutter open for a while it would get too over exposed. So I turned to google, and the best way to get a longer exposure is with filters, which I don't have. I looked at amazon and some come at $13 for a pack, I just don't have the budget for them yet. Sad, right?

So I looked around the room for inspiration and cat. 

I looked at pinterest for a few ideas, I saw one with a close up on just the nose, but he wasn't cooperating with it. So I went with what I had.

Settings:

ISO: 400

SS: 1/125

F/ 5.6

External flash...I can't remember if I bounced it off the ceiling or right at him....I had several shots I did.

And I did change it slightly up with some editing. Not too much though.

And also converted to black and white with a preset.

I prefer the black and white myself. 

Equpiment

I am working with a Nikon 3200. 

The package deal we got at the very beginning of the year came with the body and two lens. A 18-55mm and a 55-200mm. 

Since then we have gotten a Bower external flash, tripod, and a remote clicker.  Also can't forget the flash diffuser we picked up. 

The majority of what I'm going to be doing is trying as many shots as I can with what I got. 

This one was captured using the 55-200mm lens, tripod and remote clicker. I also had to google getting the right settings. I forgot that the moon was indeed moving.  

Google is the best teacher ever.