Photography

Waaaaay back in April I did a little photography class in an attempt to get me using my big camera more often (and being less dependent on my iPhone). It certainly did the trick, at least at the time. The class itself was mostly review for me, but it did help me to remember some lovely tricks that I had long forgotten. Not to mention, it really made me aware of how lazy I have been with some of my photo taking when I know I can do much better (like just turning up my ISO and having grainy pictures instead of making other adjustments that would give me better photo quality). It also helped me to shoot more efficiently so there are less lighting adjustments on the computer afterwards (eg., white balance).

Since then I have been making slow and steady improvements, though I still seem to get a little too dependent on my iPhone for photos but I'm working on it :). Anyhow, I thought I would post up some of the photos that I took for my class. I'm pretty lucky to have some very patient children and Hubby because they were so helpful in letting me snap photos of them all the time. Like the 'day in the life' photos I did of Atticus. Or the lighting experiment pictures I did with Milayla and Jason. It was fun though, and they seemed to enjoy it also. It was also quite nice to remember how photogenic this little city of Bremen is - even when it's ridiculously cold.

Here are some of the photos:

Please note::: the lighting in these are not perfect. there was no post-editing allowed for this class. So, although I would have liked to have made some lighting adjustments, this is how they come off the camera. I'm hoping to keep working at this so I can improve my shot quality straight out of the camera so that things need to be adjusted afterward far less :).