Homework week 4

First I want to thank you for the help last time. I finally figured out how to change the focus box. On my camera you can't change it while in manual mode but you can change it in aperture mode, then switch over to manual. I figured this out while trying to address that metering problem which by the way was set at 1.7. Of course this brings me to this weeks lesson.

Side light
f /5.6
0.40 sec
ISO 200

Sorry I had to use a ball, no people around and the dog wouldn't sit on the stool.

Back light
f /18
1/40 sec
ISO 200

Natural reflector
f /5.60
0.40 sec
ISO 200
I used an apron hanging over a chair to reflect the light back to the dark side of the ball.

Back lit silhouette

f /5.60
1/20
ISO 200

Homework week 3

I took these pictures of my grandkids up in the hills around my house. It was a really sunny day, and I could not get the meter on my camera to work right. I had to just play around with the aperture until it looked right. I was also having problems getting the focus to be clear. They are all just out of focus. I can't wear my reading glasses while focusing it just makes everything super blurry. These all looked really clear when I took them. I wonder if I should increase the ISO. The camera was sitting on a tree branch for this one

f /22
1/50 sec
ISO 200

f/22
1/40
ISO 200

f/5.6
1/2000
ISO 200

Kloe is sitting on the rock, not on his shoulders.

I like the framing in this one. To bad the focus is off.

f/5.6

1/2000

ISO 200

This is what they all looked like when I just used the meter in my camera. I was metering off her face.

f/4.50

1/25

ISO 200

Babies are so fast, or maybe I'm too slow. I was trying to concentrate on the colors in this one.  I was trying to blur out the background.
f/4.8
1/320
ISO 200

It seems like the more pictures I take the worse they look. Guess I need more practice. ;>)

Homework week 2

Frozen action
This is a handheld sprinkler in front of the driveway light
f /4.8
Shutter speed 1/1000
ISO 100

I was amazed that with all the light put out by this light that the camera didn't pick it up at all.
Oh, and by the way you are pronouncing my name correctly.  ;>)

Implied Motion
This is a star trails picture  
f /16  
936.8 sec  15.6 minutes
I had the ISO set on Hi which was after 1600 so I'm not sure what that was exactly.

Panning Shot
My old wood floor and a matchbox car
f /5.6
1 /20 sec
ISO 1600