Sep
22

Shutter Speed and Aperture – what??

Posted by DeAnna

So far, I’ve learned that taking a photo is all about light. I’ve learned this from reading various websites and books. I have also learned this from the new digital photography class I’m taking, Oh Shoot! from Jessica Sprague’s website, taught by Candice Stringham. How much light you let in is very important. Shutter speed and aperture; both are all about light, but in different ways. Shutter speed is the mechanism in your camera that opens and closes to let in light. How long it stays open is determined by your shutter speed.

The tricky part about shutter speed is it’s calculated in fractions of a second. A slow shutter speed is about 1/60th of a second and under. A fast shutter speed is higher than 1/60th of a second, up to around 1/2000ths of a second, or higher, depending on your camera. My Nikon D80, for instance, goes up to 1/4000ths of a second.

A slow shutter speed will let in lots of light, but if your subject is in motion (such as a toddler, for instance, who we know are always in motion, right??), then you will have blur. A faster shutter speed will freeze the subject. I like a bit of blur to show the movement, but not too much!

Aperture, is the mechanism in your lens that opens and closes to let in light. How much it opens is set by the f-stop. Each lens will have a range of f-stops. The range will depend on the lens. My lenses range from: 1.8 to 22 for my 50mm f/1.8 lens; 3.5 to 5.6 for my 18-135mm kit lens; and 4 to 22 for my 70-300mm zoom lens. I haven’t learned much about the actual f-stop values, that’s next week!

Anyway, here are the pictures I took for assignment 1 of Oh Shoot! about shutter speed. If you click on the photo it will enlarge and show you the details of the photo:

Next up I have a tutorial planned on how to use templates in photoshop for your digital scrapbooking. Coming soon!

DeAnna

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Sep
16

A day at the beach…

Posted by DeAnna

Well, I have officially finished Digi: In Deep, and here’s my new blinkie:

Hee hee! I can’t wait for Digi: In Deeper in October.

Oh Shoot! Digital Photography started Monday, and we took our photos tonight but I haven`t resized them yet.

We went to the beach on Sunday, and got some great photos with our new zoom lens – check them out. I love how we froze the sand in mid-air. Kyle had so much fun, and then got some kisses from a puppy!

I haven’t done much scrapbooking lately, I figured I would take a week off since I finished Digi: In Deep only a week ago! It was an intense class but I’m glad I took it! Haven’t received my Shutterfly book yet, hopefully it will arrive soon.

DeAnna

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Sep
09

Featured on Shutterfly and other news

Posted by DeAnna

I am so excited – I got an email today telling me that my album, Kyle’s First Year, is being featured on Shutterfly’s gallery! You can check it out here, or in my post here. I love the album and I can’t wait to get the copy I ordered. It was shipped yesterday and I hope I get it soon!

In the meantime, I finished Week 4 layout from Digi: In Deep. This is a fantastic layout, I am so happy with Jessica’s layout design.

I managed to sign up for Oh Shoot! Digital Photography on Jessica’s website. That starts next week. 6 weeks of digital photography learning bliss! Weeeee! To finally learn how to use my 50mm f1.8 lens

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Sep
01

The Album is Complete!!!

Posted by DeAnna Allan

I am so happy that my album is finally complete. Now, all I need to do is have it printed at Shutterfly! Woohoo. Check it out:

Click here to view this photo book.

Now, on to the Week 4 layout! I had better finish it fast since I am hoping to register for Oh Shoot! next week. I really want to learn more about using my camera, and the two new lenses we have – the 50mm f1.8 and the zoom lens we bought from a friend. It was perfect for the Canadians games that Rob umpired in!