1. I wanted to start fresh, try again to be dedicated to writing.
2. I wanted to create a place to post Photos since I'm not a huge fan of Facebook. I don't want to be focused on people comments about my pictures, I want a place I can go back and see where I've grown and how far I've come.
3. I want a place to remember the mistakes and bad pictures I took so I'll never do those again. Right now, trying to learn how to use my DSLR, I find trying something, and if I don't like it, change it. And I want to know what I did to change it to make it better...or worse.
So this will primarily be a photo blog but I'll try and write from time to time too :)
I have wanted a dslr for a few years now. I just always thought it would be fun to take pictures. It's art to me. I can't draw, I tried some crafty things and they didn't come out so lovely, so I'll try Photos! I was inspired by a mom in Oklahoma who writes a blog about her everyday life as a mom. She takes pictures of her kids and things they do. I loved that she was able to capture them in just the regular, everyday life. I love that, and I wanted to be able to do that someday. So why not learn now?! I had saved up some money and decided since best buy was having a sale, it was a good time to get it. So I got myself a Nikon d3100 and I love it! I am obsessed. I have watched tons of youtube videos trying to learn as much as I can.
I took about two pictures on auto mode, and decided I wasn't going to take pictures until I learned how to shoot manually. So I did and it's the only way to go! I will almost never, shoot on auto again. I love controlling how my pictures look and mixing all the things together to make something beautiful!
These were the first two pictures I took. These are on semi automatic, the aperture setting. I was trying to get the blurry background look, but since then I have learned better how to do that. It is not quite focused, but the shutter speed was really slow and I was trying to hold it. I just love the color of the walls/floor and how they contrast the bottle :)
1 sec, f/3.5, ISO 100 - Both
A few day after that I was working a football game running a small parking lot and it was a slow day. So I took full advantage of my free time and read my owners manual front to back, watched some youtube videos, and played around with it.
As you can see, I didn't really know what I was doing. This whole time I was shooting on f/3.5 with an ISO of 100. The only thing I was changing was the shutter speed. I was mostly just playing with angles. The stop sign looks good when I take the light pole out of it. The chair looks better without signs behind it. I was trying to get the blurry background but didn't really understand how then.
I was trying to get a cool picture of the
emergency phone, trying some different angles and settings. They turned out ok.
On the left, I wanted a picture of the puddle, but didn't get the focus right. On the right, is the sun peaking through the clouds.
And classic self portrait of course :)
Then, I watched a wonderful video about aperture :) And I discovered that zooming in, helps with that lovely bokeh look :) Like this!
1/60, f/5.6, ISO 200, 55mm
Instead of this :p
These are for sure some of my favorite pictures so far! I'm very proud of them :)
Then, I tried changing my white balance setting for cloudy. It gave my car the rich tan color which is how it actually looks. Again, I don't have children, I have a car that I love lots and treat like my child :) So I love these pictures!
1/13, f/5.6, ISO 100, 55mm
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Not quite focused, but I like it!
This is a personal favorite :)
That was my day :) I learned a lot and took tons of pictures and had lots of fun too! Anyone with advice or comments, I am open to any help I can get!
Oh and sorry this post isn't very centered. I'm still working on the best way to post pictures on here :)
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