Homework...

Goose bought me my fancy Cannon camera a couple of years ago. Since then, well basically, I look like I know what I'm doing, but I don't really have a clue. 

When WTC started offering a photography class through College on the Square, Goose suggested I take it. Well, I put it off and put it off. See while I was working the thought of staying in town for a two hour class one night a week was not very appealing. Now that I'm staying home...it's a little different. A chance for a little break and I get to learn about all the really cool things my camera will do...sign me up! 

I am loving it. It's just a small group of ladies...there are 5 of us and our fearless teacher Carol. We laugh (at ourselves mostly) and we learn about our cameras. We are learning how to make them work with us not against us.

My first class was last week...this was my homework...

The kids were more than happy to be my subjects.

Here I shot with a fast Shutter Speed...So it froze the motion...

 This is a slower shutter speed...so I captured the motion, but there is slight blurring.

 Very slow shutter speed...perfectly capturing Miles, but blurring everything else...catching him in motion.

 Medium shutter speed...you can see the rain drop hit, but there is also some blurring.

  Shallow depth of field...

Deep depth of field...If you look closely you can actually make out the birds in the sky and the poles in the background.

Since this isn't actually credited course work Carol doesn't give out grades...but I am happy with what I shot, and really that is what's most important...right?!? In most of these shots, I'm trying to focus your eye to what I want you to see in the picture...and blur out all the "extra". More to come...I have homework again this week.

This class is so much fun. I wish I had taken it a lot sooner...I'm realizing things that I have been doing wrong all along. There is A LOT more to taking pictures than just pointing the camera and shooting. That is...if you want better pictures than I usually take.