Week 6- windows as lighting

I need some major lighting practice. I am horrible at it and i have horrible lighting in my house. I love the way these pictures came out! well the first 2.. lol

week 5- composition

Composition tips applied to photos. Heres my attempt at a few of them.

Fill the Frame
Frame your subject
Eye on the horizon
Rule of thirds

Flash another attempt

AP mode. F.8 1/80 ISO 200

No flash

AP Mode F.8 1/125 ISO 200

Fill Flash

week 4- Flash

1/100 F.8 ISO 200

No Flash
1/80 F.8 ISO 200

Fill Flash

First attempt. There are so many things to remember when taking good pictures! ahh, not an easy thing. This picture lacks composition, bad and lighting. I hate lighting... i am horrible at it!! really horrible. But it is a really good example of why you should use flash outdoors. the difference is amazing!

week 3- white balance

i still need some practice but heres my attempt...

Auto White Balance
Tungsten (light bulb)
Custom (pre set) white balance

Week 2- ISO and Shutter Speed

F.4 ISO 1600

Shutter Speed 1/80

F.4 ISO 1600

Shutter Speed 1/200

this challenge was really hard becuase the lighting in my kitchen is pretty non-existant. I had to bump up the ISO horribly, and although the larger shutter speed worked, the 1/80 but in order to get it really small, (making the water look flowey) i would need way more lighting. Not gunna happen. Ill try this again outside when it gets warmer.

iso and shutter speed

aperture

I thought i would take what i learned last week about aperture and my camera settings and try and get something i love outside... this one made me smile :) brightning up a gray day. I love the snow and gray days and finding all the amazing sights it brings. bright red berriees standing up to the ice and snow. Thats how i feel. always fighting against the world to be the best i can.

Yes i was an art therapy major in college so sometimes my pictures will reflect that. anways, back to the point. I like how blurry the background is and the icy berries make them look so shiny. please let me know what you think?

aperature try again.

f5
f8
f22

week 1. appature

so playing with appature setting. this last photo is the lowest my camera would go. f 3.5

The first image is an 11 and the second is 4.5 zoomed out a little more. I had a hard time keeping the pictures from getting blurry when the shutter speed slowed down so much to let the more light in. Maybe a tripod would have gotten them a little clearer but i just thought that since the shutter speed was still on auto that it would adjust itself from me changing the f stop? i dont know

Macro