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CrazyBusy
Aug. 10, 2008
Beautiful Sunset
Here are the rest of the pictures from the other night. It was SO beautiful out- the sky, the weather....
And speaking of the weather... have you noticed I haven't been complaining about the weather lately? Besides the fact that it's raining today and rained yesterday, we've had a beautiful summer! Lots and lots of warm, sunny days.
It felt so good to get out the other day and I had fun taking these pictures. Julianna was snuggled next to me, sleeping in the Moby Wrap the whole time.
Oh! And Kirstin asked in the comments of another post how I shoot sunset photos, so thought I'd explain it here.
Normally, I shoot in aperture priority mode and adjust the exposure compensation as needed. However, this is one time I have to shoot in manual mode. In aperture priority mode you can only adjust the exposure compensation 2 stops in either direction, and you'll most likely need to underexpose more than that to get the silhouette effect.
So the first thing I do is put the camera in manual mode and choose the aperture I want to use. I used f/5.6 on a lot of these because I wanted some of the water to be in focus, not just my subjects. Now to figure out what shutter speed to use, you're going to aim your camera at the sky and fill the frame with it. By doing that you're taking a light meter reading to expose the photo for the colors in the sky only.
Adjust your shutter speed until you get a proper exposure, by lining up the exposure mark to zero (and I'm not sure what the proper word is for the exposure mark! LOL!). Now here's what I do at this point, and I hope it doesn't confuse you. :) If my shutter speed is fast enough- say I wanted at least 1/1000 to capture the action of my children jumping and it's giving me a shutter speed of 1/8000- then I want to start playing with my ISO. The lower the ISO the better because you'll get less grain. So at that point I'll start lowering my ISO until I get the shutter speed I want to use (you have to keep taking a reading by filling the frame with sky and making adjustments each time you adjust your ISO, shutter speed or aperture).
Once you have all of those settings where you want/need them, take a few test shots & see if you're getting the effect you want. If it's too bright, increase your shutter speed a little at a time. If it's too dark, decrease your shutter speed. (and if you have the basics of exposure down, you know you could instead adjust your aperture or ISO) Unless the lighting changes, you can leave those settings in place & shoot away!
And I have to add here that I should not be writing any sort of photography helps up right now while I'm in such a brain fog. That probably didn't make a bit of sense and I apologize if it was confusing! I'm more of a hands-on person anyway, and would rather show you in person how I do this! :)
My favorite of Kenton:
And a few more of Kenton, my sweet, willing-to-pose-for-me hubby:
A few of just scenery. A sea stack.
And the rest are just some fun ones of the children. My favorite of the bunch:
Gracie, who really does have 2 legs:
Gracie & Millie:
First to fifth born, jumping:
Gabe doing a cartwheel:
Gracie doing a cartwheel:
Gracie & Millie jumping waves:
Waving goodbye to the sun:
I know I still need to do an update on Julianna- it's just quicker to do a photo post. I want to wait until I have some time to sit and write a while. I'll just say she's over 5 weeks old already & is nearly 3 pounds heavier than her birth weight! Can you guess what I've been spending a lot of time doing???? :) |
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Aug. 10, 2008 - Fantastic Shots