Monday, June 4, 2012

What I have been up to...

So I decided to take another online photography class because I enjoyed my last one so much, and I really felt like I learned so much. I LOVE taking pictures, just in case you didn't realize that. Buying my Canon was huge, not really spur of the moment. but major splurge on my part. And now my love has gone to a whole new level. I want to take even better pictures, which brings me back to this class. My first online experience was with Fife Photography, www.fifephotography.com. I loved it, and had so much fun learning what my camera to could do. As soon as that class was over I wanted to take another one, but she doesn't have another online class available yet. :( So I began searching for another class to take, blogs to read and so on. While perusing Pinterest I happened upon a link to Bella Pop, www.bellapop.com. I looked over her site, looked over her classes, thought about it a lot, and then decided, yep I am going to do it. I chose her Shooting with Natural Light, because I was struggling with getting my lighting right. It has been so much fun. Both classes have been wonderful, and both teachers are awesome :) I would recommend either of them if you want to learn more about your camera, or just how to take even more awesome pictures. Here are some examples of some of the photos I took for this last class. 

Week 1 Photo 4
Kids messing around, overcast, 6pm
Canon Rebel t3i
50mm f/1.8
ISO 400, f1.8, 1/400


Week 2 Photo 3
Canon Rebel t3i
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
ISO 400 f4.5 1/250
Clear sky, early evening 630pm, full shade


Week 3 Pic 1
Backlighting
Canon t3i lens 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6
ISO 1600, f5.6 1/20



Week 3 Pic 3
Window light
Canon Rebel t3i lens 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6
ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1/200
The next online class I am taking is to learn how to use Lightroom and Photoshop....online classes are so convenient and fun!