My New Camera Bag!

Over on www.mypinkstamper.com today I did a little poll with you guys on which camera bag I should buy.  The majority of viewers thought that the turquoise would be a nice compliment to my pink obsession passion.  The next most popular color was the green bag which would also be a great color to go with pink.  After reading EVERY comment and then pondering for myself, I decided to go with....

Yep!  The Pink/Raspberry bag!  My thoughts were that I might wish that I bought this one in a little bit since it is my FAVORITE shade of Pink.  Another great bonus to this bag that you don't see in the picture is the optional shoulder strap.  My next purchase will be this one... because I can also fit my Macbook Pro in it which will be great when I travel and I seem to do that a lot!  

Check out all the women camera bag's HERE!  Thank you everyone for your input today!

Pencil Filter

Okay, so I did NOT learn this in my photography class but it was super easy so I thought I would share.  I pulled one of my favorite Aperture photos of my daughter from a couple of days ago into my PSE 6.  I opened up the filters and chose the Pencil filter.  I didn't even adjust it and this is how it turned out.  Totally AMAZING!!

Week 2 - Day 2 (Apertures)

It's so much funner having a live model for this assignment!

Aperture Speed 1:1.4

Aperture Speed 1:13

Open Aperture 1:1.4 (notice how the subject is sharp but the background is blurry?)

Closed Aperture 1:14 (notice how the background is sharp along with the subject?)

Week 2 - Apertures

Hello Everyone!

This week I am learning all about how to use my Apertures.  I also just got my new Nikkor 50 MM 1:1.4 lens in and am LOVING it!!!

I am taking the Oh Shoot! class at Jessicasprague.com.

I'm using an open aperture on this one of 1:1.4.  What that does is focus on one image and blurs out the rest.

This one is with a more closed aperture.  I used 1:14 Aperture.

This is also an open aperture of 1:1.8.

 What I've also noticed with the closed aperture is that it does make the picture a little darker which is nice for full sunlight but probably not so great for indoors.

Week 1 - Shutter Speeds

I had so much fun learning how to use the Shutter Speed dial on my Nikon D90.  I was able to capture a child jumping in the air, swinging on the swing set, and sliding down the slide.

Slow Shutter Speed

Fast Shutter Speed

Slow Shutter Speed

 Slow Shutter Speed

 Fast Shutter Speed

My friend is actually going pretty fast on her bike but I was able to freeze the picture on a fast shutter speed.  

Introduction

Hello Everyone!

I am on a new journey.   I have just started taking a photography class and I am going to post my daily pictures here.  I would love to hear your comments on what you think of my progress.

Here is a little about me...  I am a stay at home mother of 5 and I also own my own business that was started from a blog.  :)