Homework Assignment Week 5 - Indoor Lighting

This week was a bit of a struggle for me.  The lighting in my house isn't the greatest and the windows that i do have good lighting coming through have blinds on them that can't be raised so I have shadows from the slats on everything.  I did manage to get a picture of my youngest daughter that I think turned out pretty good.  I had her stand in the doorway facing the window that was about 10 feet across the room.  I know that my shutter speed is lower than it should be but I wanted to keep the ISO @ 400.  Since she was facing the window I didn't have any shadowing and my walls and door frame are white so I had the natural reflectors.

ISO - 400

Aperture - f/4

Shutter Speed 1/50

This next picture I had her stand in the front doorway to get her silhouette.  I had my aperture down as low as it could go and still couldn't get the background to blur any so the cars that are parked across the street are a bit of a distraction.

ISO - 400

Aperture - f/4

Shutter Speed 1/4000



 

I didn't get a still life.....SORRY!

Week 4 Homework

 
This side light photo was actually taken by accident just about a week ago.  This little girl was turning one and I was having a hard time keeping her in position to take a few pictures before we started the cake smash photos.  She kept crawling away, into the light.  I finally gave up and just started shooting.  I was very pleased with the outcome.

Side Light 

I didn't have a very pretty subject to try and get a sunburst picture with so I used the skyline view from my front yard.   This picture has not been edited.  It is straight out of camera.

This picture is a little different.  I think the lighting was back lighting but it was also coming in from the side.  It has not been edited and is straight out of the camera.  I have no idea why her left eye looks so funny and dark blue.  I think that the sun spots are ok, but the focus isn't the best on the subject. 

Back light / Side Light
Aperture f/8
Shutter Speed 1/800
ISO 400

This picture was taken as a little boy was walking through a little tunnel.  I like how it turned out but I wish his legs would have shown up better.   

Silhouette

Aperture f5/6
Shutter Speed 1/800
ISO 400

Sunburst

Week 3 Homework

It's been one of those hectic weeks.  So, I'm going to apologize in advance for the totally BORING pictures you're about to see. 
In this first picture I was trying to use the grout lines to line up this shot.  Does it look a little underexposed to anyone but me?? 

This next picture is my rule of thirds picture.  I have it posted twice.  Once up close and another full body (scarecrow body).  I wanted the depth of field in the picture but with the full body shot I could never get it.  With my 50mm lens full body seemed so far away, so I went and got my 18-55 mm lens and took the full body shot.  It has an aperture of 4.5 but I still could never get and DOF on this shot. Any suggestions?

Ok, I have a real model now.  This adorable little boy belongs to a friend of mine.  Seems like everytime the camera was infront of him he would turn and run the other direction.  I did capture him peaking at me through the fence though.  So this would be my Framing Shot.

Week Two Homework

Should I have been able to get the colors to match up in the top two photos?  I kept trying but nothing seemed to work.

After several attempts of trying to get a good focus on my dogs, this is what I ended up with. 

Wanted to try something in the house so I took a picture of our ceiling fan. I love the implied photo. I wish I could say the same about the frozen one. I tried to freeze the motion, but was having a hard time getting enough light into my camera. As you can see I have my ISO all the way up to 6400 and still too dark. How do people shoot indoors at ISO 800????? I just don't get it? :(

Week One Homework

I went out to the park at about 5:30 p.m.  I feel like I should have been able to shoot at an ISO of at least 400, but it wasn't working.  I find that I have to overexpose for my pictures to be light enough on the skin.  When my meter is right were it should be, on the 0, my exposure was still to dark as you can see in the 2nd and 3rd picture.

~Singular~

Aperture: f/2.2
Shutter Speed: 1/4000
ISO: 800

Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
ISO: 800

Aperture: f/4
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
ISO: 800

"Storytelling"

Aperture: f/16
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 800

Aperture: f/16
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 800

Aperture: f/16

Shutter Speed: 1/125

ISO: 800

I was focused on her face, therefore metered from her face and she is still to dark not to mention out of focus.  I'm not sure if I will ever get this right. 

"Who Cares"

Aperture: f/8

Shutter Speed: 1/320

ISO: 800