7th class 7-22-10

This class was about flash. I need to add to Christmas list for a external flash! He showed us many things flash is good for and how the cool gadgets work. You can do ALOT with flash!

Another fun fact I learned tonight was why we see red eyes in pictures. To much flash directly on the eyes. What you need to do not to have red eyes in your photos is get your flash high so it hits the subjects eyes in a different way.

This class was interesting but not as much as last class. We did look through some pictures and that was fun. SOOO next week is my last class. I have learned alot. I am glad I took the class. I think I will be able to take better pictures in the future.

Some other photos I have taken for class

These pictures show depth of field. I think I did ok maybe could have done a little better but I think I know what I am doing. Would have never been able to do this or know how to before I took the class. Woo Hoo!

6th class 7-15-10

This class we studied composition. It was a neat class because we looked at alot of different pictures and pointed out what was good in some and what was bad on others.

The best way to study composition is to study it by looking at all types of pictures. Either in art stores, galleries, or even in magazines.
The rule of Thirds was also a topic in class tonight. What is this??? Well it forces your eye to move to the spot of interest by leading lines. It establishes points of power. You need a center of interest.

I loved looking at all the photos in class. I now find my self looking at pictures other people have taken and thinking man that is really exposed. Or man than is really over exposed. OH NO I am turning into a photo geek. HAHA It is fun!

2nd field trip

This field trip was to the UT gardens which is where I have taken pictures before. I missed this trip as I had family in town and it was lake day!!

5th class

I missed this class and was told they talked about tripods. Which I have one and have never used. Oh well!!!

4th class 7-1-10

This class we talked about White Balance as well as the other modes to shoot in. He says we can now shoot in any of the modes. When I say modes I mean not just in Manuel. We can now use the other buttons such as the P (program), A (aperture), and S (shutter). Little confusing and not sure about all that yet. But I will practice. Always Shoot-Evaluate-Adjust and -Reshoot and till you get what you like. Yeah sounds easy but so much work!

White Balance was explained alot tonight such as if you have weird lighting change your white balance. Sometimes you can get weird colors in your pictures and if you adjust the white balance that will help alot!

This class was interesting because now we can use all the buttons on our camera not that we couldn't before but he was only wanting us to shoot in manual now we have lots of choices.

First Field Trip Saturday June 26th

This was a fun field trip even though we had to be there before 7:30 it was worth it in the long run. I am going to post some of my favorite pictures. I was sooo happy to learn how to freeze and blur water. I really enjoyed walking around with several classmates and just talking about what we should do with certain pictures it really helped alot!

Hope you enjoy! I took over 300 pictures and I will post just a few of my favorites. The location was downtown Knoxville.