Alice:
cropped
1/160 sec @ f / 5.6
focal length 135 mm
iso 400
flash did not fire
lightroom preset: little miss sunshine
My little cheshire kitty:
cropped
1/100 sec @ f / 5.6
focal length 135 mm
iso 400
flash did not fire
lightroom preset: candyland
Transformer!
I tried to make my little tyke look as BIG as possible. The sky turned out great after 2 days of non-stop rain!
Canon
f/5
1/60 sec
ISO 100
18mm away
No flash
Casey Tobler
shutter speed 1/160
f-stop 1.8
ISO 100
Flash did not fire
processed with Old West action in Photoshop
When birds fly
I love the expression on Jason’s face and of course my sweet Ammon’s feet coming out from under the pig. He was so excited to help mommy.
1/250
8.0
ISO 100
I “dimmed the lights”, cropped, 35% TRA technicolor dream world, and a little “greetings from paradise”
How could I not do Rapunzel? Here’s my favorite image. Her braid actually goes to the ground, but I liked the shot cropped in better. Shot at ISO 400 f 4.5 1/160. (Which was over-exposed, but sometimes I love that). Post production, adjusted contrast and white balance in Camera RAW and then applied a couple of Totally Rad Actions lightly…. one was contrast and the other, technicolor dream world. Continue Reading →
Please comment on the other photos each week! This is how we will learn!! I know we are busy but let’s try to take a few minutes to help our fellow challengees. Even if you’re not part of the challenge, we welcome your comments!!! See this link for good ideas on how to comment/critique.
Shutter Speed
This is the amount of time that your shutter is open. When looking at your camera your shutter speed is written as 1/(a number). This means that your shutter is open for 1/(whatever the #) of a second. When shooting people and especially children try not to go any slower than 1/125. This will help to prevent a blurry picture. Sometimes 1/125 is not fast enough and you still get some movement in your photo. If your shutter speed gets too slow then “camera shake” may affect the sharpness of your photo. You shake your camera whether you mean to or not, which is why you want to keep your shutter speed as high as possible.
The lower the bottom number the more light will come in because your shutter is open longer. The higher the bottom number means less light will be coming in because it is open for less time. If you are in a low lighting situation and you are taking a picture of something stationary, you can lower your shutter speed to something crazy like 1/20 but just make sure you use a tripod!
Remember: Lower shutter speed = more light but your subject my be blurry / higher shutter speed = less light but possibly a sharper subject
(wording taken from this site)
Terry White helps Photographers transition from Bridge to Lightroom. He answers the question: DUDE! WHERE ARE MY PHOTOS?
Oh my, it’s been a busy week!! Even though I had lots of good ideas, this was a little challenging for me. I am much more comfortable doing portraits than stills. I took pictures of apples and sharp pencils alone and wasn’t feeling it. Once there was a person involved, it was so much easier for me!
This was shot with my Canon 5D Mark II in manual mode ISO 1250 f 2.8 1/125
School-
This an old school house in Melbourne, Florida, just as the sun was setting over the building
Canon
f/4
1/50 sec
ISO 100
28mm away
No flash
Crooked Crayons
It’s driving me a little bit crazy that I shot it crooked.
Tried to fix in raw, but don’t have a straight line to work off of. I’m just going to have to get over it.
ISO 2500 (Not sure why I had it so high, could have been much, much lower)
1/400 s
f/2.8
70mm
This is Ainsley doing her homework.
Exposure 1/500 sec at f/ 2.8
Focal Length 50mm
ISO 400
Flash did not fire
Lightroom Post Production: General – Punch
This was a pic from my kids’ preschool trip this week to the pumpkin patch. It’s been a super busy week so it’s not totally what I had in mind, but still fun. I love the look on the girl’s face as they listened so attentively to the teacher. To me that is what makes school so magical…even with a nose picker ;)
1/125
4.0
ISO 320
This is a pic of my school book. “The Checklist” stats are 1/60s f-5.0 ISO 400 focal length 135mm with my telephoto lens Canon EOS Rebel T1i
Shelly Shaw
Today we got an email from Shelly and I must say that I was so excited to see her improvements!! This makes all the work of our challenge worth it! Learning and growing from each others comments. Thanks Shelly for sharing! And please everyone – help us all to improve by adding comments and sharing this challenge with others. Thanks!!
JamieB
Read Email below:
Hey Jamie and Addie,
There was a comment on my photo of hair about maybe cropping so I played around with the photo of hannah in picaso. I wanted to show you how it totally changes the focus of the photo. I was really awesome how it expresses more about hair now and not just the girl and hair. Sometimes I look at the big picture too much that I forget about what you leave out of the photo gives the story so much more of what is left in the photo. Thanks for the advice.
Shelly
1/60 sec f / 7.1
120 mm
iso 200
flash did not fire
Sony DSLR-A230
cropped and lightroom preset: flying high
Canon T2i
1/80
5.0
ISO 200
My son has the longest and darkest eyelashes
Canon
f/6.3
1/50 sec
no flash
no editing
You have 24 more hours to complete the Hair Challenge. Good luck and keep shooting! Send your final picture to jm3bee+addie@gmail.com with all Metainfo and title. Please keep the image size below 3MB. Thanks! JamieBEE
My daughter Julia ALWAYS has hair in her face. She seems to like it that way. I put it up and she takes it out, over and over again. She thinks she is Rapunzel. She even asked if her hair would turn brown when we trimmed it. Her hair became my subject, it had to be. I had a hard time picking my favorite shot. Please comment and let me know what your favorite is. All shot with Canon 5D Mark II lens 24-70 in manual mode. First shot, ISO 125 f 2.8 1/400
Exposure 1/125 sec at f / 2.8
ISO 400
