I have the privilege of shooting a wedding in June which I'm super pumped about. Oh my god, right? A wedding is a huge deal. I am in charge of capturing those perfect moments to preserve them forever. Whoa. That being said, I have been trying to study my camera and practice, practice, practice. I have been going in the backyard, with my books in tow, and practicing what I am reading about. This lesson was about ISO, which in easy terms, is the camera's sensitivity to light. Although my lesson to myself was ISO, I always need practice shooting manually period. I had my aperture (the area of focus) set very small and practiced focusing on different parts of the stairs, etc. I think it's a pretty neat sequence of focus traveling down the stairs.
Here was my first lesson on ISO. This sequence is from lowest ISO (100) to highest ISO (3200) and the day was fairly cloudy.
I love focusing manually on different things and I can never get enough practice. Sometimes I think I have it focused perfectly but when I look at it on the computer I realize I could do better. One thing I want to focus on for the wedding is background. I want to have rich, interesting, relevant backgrounds.
ISO lesson number two was with my broken hammock. I didn't realize I still had my ISO set high, meaning the sensitivity to light is very high. Imagine if this had been a picture of her in her wedding dress! Oops. The good thing about mistakes is that if you pay attention, hopefully you won't make them twice. Thank goodness for the immediate picture display on the camera.
This is with a lower ISO. Much better.
There are awesome picture ideas on Pinterest. This is just a little practice for this!
ISO lesson number three was with Jules. If I didn't tell you it was a setting, you might think this picture was taken after the sun had set. Because the sun was behind the clouds, the ISO needed to be set higher.
A little higher...
There we go, except my model was not ready. :)
Practice, practice, practice!
It won't make me perfect but it will make be better. :)
Chelsea
2 comments:
Chels! I love the new layout, first of all. Second, I can tell you're learning a lot about your camera. I love the focus sequences. I know you'll be fantastic! I'm sharing this with Liz. :) High-five!
Thanks! The layout needed a change for sure. I like this, it's called the magazine. And yes, I have been practicing!
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