This month's photo assignment was to work with the aperture of my camera. Well, I have a simple point and shoot camera, and though I got a lot a help, I just don't think my camera allows me to change the aperture. So I'm going to post some pictures I took yesterday of our backyard. I did play a bit and took a black and white photo, so that was fun. Maybe someday I'll be able to get a nice digital camera that has all the different things I can change on it, a DSLR. But since that won't happen any time soon, here is what I can do.
I was a little nervous, ok down right scared and not looking forward to doing this assignment. I am not one that likes to 'pose' my pictures. It's so hard for me to figure out what looks good and what doesn't. I was seriously thinking of skipping this one, I just didn't like it. But we went to the library today, and after seeing some of the other pictures people did, I thought I would give it a try. Sorry if I got it all wrong, and didn't understand what the descriptions were. I'm still not good at posing people, and thinking in my head what it should look like. I don't know, does that mean photography isn't for me? Some are from today when we got home from the library, the kids showing off their books. Some are from other days that I thought fit the 'rule'. Please tell me what you think, as I'm a bit discouraged and wondering if I did it right.
I am finally posting assignment 2. Nothing like waiting to the last moment.
I took these photos of a rose bush in front of our house about 3 weeks ago. I have one set of shots that are 'close ups', and one that are a bit farther away. They were taken around 8:00am, Noon, 4:00pm, and 8:00pm
Close Ups
8:00am
Noon
4:00pm
8:00pm
Back a bit
8:00am
Noon
(Can you see my son in the window?)
4:00pm
8:00pm
And for a fun one, here's one from our recent trip to the local zoo.
I'm so excited. There has been a mystery plant in front of our house. For those of you who don't know, we moved into our current house in the fall last year. We don't know what any of the plants are around here, and it's been fun to see what blooms. Well this plant has been a mystery. My sister came out and trimmed it for us. It has thorns like a rose bush, but we just weren't sure if it was or not. My sister says it is a rose bush, just not one I'm use to seeing.
Anyway, this morning Paul was outside doing some lawn work and he noticed that the bush had bloomed. And here was my first thought, "Yea, I have a flower I can take a close up picture of." So I grabbed my camera and off I went. I did an 'auto adjust' to the picture with my Paint Shop Pro 9, but truly didn't like what it do to it, so I didn't keep it. These are the original pictures, no editing. What do you think?
I know that I had put some other pictures out there before, but this is my first 'official' assignment. The original assignment was to read our manuals and then take pictures. I have read my manual, somewhat. I'm the type that does better reading and doing at the same time. Just dry reading, and I forget what I read. But one of the things I did learn was how to take close up pictures. Every time I tried getting a real close picture, like of a flower or something, it was always blurry. I found the button that changes that. Unfortunately, all my flowers around here are gone, so I decided to take a couple of pictures of small, cute little plates I got as a gift from a friend of mine. The blue one was hand painted, and the pinkish one changes colors when wet. That's what I tired to show in the picture, though it's hard to see. It actually looks like there are some 'dimples' on the plate, which there aren't. It's water drops you are seeing. So I'm not completely happy with my first true assignment, but I know it will get better as I go along. And now that I know how to take up close photos, I'm looking forward to trying that more and more. Especially when I get around some flowers.
I have finally decided what I'm going to do with this blog. Hallie, over at From the Rubber Room is doing a photography course. I have always had a desire to learn more and do more photography, so I decided to follow her course and see what I can learn. Our first assignment was today, and it's to read our camera's manual and truly get to know our camera. So I'm off to find my manual, read it, and make sure it's always available when I have questions. We went for a nice drive today, and I took some nice pictures. And I do need to read my manual, because normally I can never get up this close and have such nice pictures, but for some reason it worked this time. Yep, time to read the manual. Here's a couple of pictures.
I am a wife and mother of two. I started this blog to share the things the Lord shows me in my journey as a wife, mother, homeschool mom and His daughter. And in it all to "grow in the grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
II Peter 3:18
And here was my first thought, "Yea, I have a flower I can take a close up picture of." 
So I grabbed my camera and off I went. I did an 'auto adjust' to the picture with my Paint Shop Pro 9, but truly didn't like what it do to it, so I didn't keep it. These are the original pictures, no editing. What do you think?
Here's a couple of pictures.
