Saturday, January 22, 2011

Slice of Life Saturday: Aperture

I haven't been doing very well with my goal of taking pictures everyday.  The cold makes me hide inside and most of the pictures I take inside, I'm not super proud of.  They are usually of my dogs.

But lately I have been taking pictures for my black and white analog class.  The first assignment that we have done is just the technical assignment.  I did this class in 2003 my freshmen year.  I remember when I took it that I had no idea what I was doing with my camera.  After practicing with all of the functions on my DSLR for the passed year, I already know what is going to happen if I change the aperture.

Let me show you.
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This is with an aperture of 4.5.
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This is with an aperture of about 16.
Notice the difference? It is in the focus. I love shooting with my lens wide open. And that means that I like to take pictures with my aperture at about 4.5 or 5.6.  I love to keep the depth of field really shallow. It helps me to keep the attention on the subject.

See it again here.
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This was with an f/stop or aperture of 4.0
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And this one is about 27.  The blurriness comes from the slow shutter speed that I had to use.
I'll even show you it one more time because...well...I love this subject.
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4.0 for this one.
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And this one is 27.
Hopefully I can make the photos look this awesome in the darkroom.

I hope you enjoyed the examples.  Have a great weekend!

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