For lack of anything else, I have decided to post a melange of photos. I do believe these are the first photos I have posted on this blog using my 50 prime, though I have certainly posted a number of photos on Facebook. Using my 50 is drastically different than using my 18-55, and I much prefer it to the latter.I feel as though I have a lot more control over how my photos turn out as the f stop range dramatically greater, thus I have greater control over the depth of field, which is arguably second to composition in the success of a photo.
Over the Spring Break and for the past few weeks, I have been experimenting with the 50 continuously, mostly outside of school. I have been trying to figure out how to compensate successfully for a wide aperture using differing shutter speeds (demonstrated in the fifth photo, will describe below). I also have been trying to experiment with how changing the aperture, white balance, shutter, etc etc. will change the look of the photo. I mostly played around with such at the beach with my Daddy and my sister (fourth photo). Finally, I have been trying to master manual focus. Admittedly, I often just rely on auto focus because it's easy and pretty risk-free; however, if I want photos to turn out exactly as I envision them, I fully understand that manual focus is imperative (which is annoying but oh well).
I hate cats, but they're kinda cool to photograph, I guess.
Simone, Cherie's sister, is incredibly photogenic. No wonder Cherie posts so many photos of this girl.
This is my friend, Buddy the crab. I think he's dead, but I love him all the same.
I used manual focus on this one and it turned out acceptably. I really like that crab. He's a magnificent subject, I'm kind of depressed that I didn't do him justice. This sort of rude, but reasonable man told my sister and me that we couldn't take photos so near to the dock. So I caught this one and had to leave in a jiffy.
I used manual focus on this one and it turned out acceptably. I really like that crab. He's a magnificent subject, I'm kind of depressed that I didn't do him justice. This sort of rude, but reasonable man told my sister and me that we couldn't take photos so near to the dock. So I caught this one and had to leave in a jiffy.
I call this one "The Lonelies" lol artsy.
For this photo, I set a pretty high aperture, creating a pretty deep depth of field, in order to try to focus on both my father and the single tree atop the hill. I do not this that this photo was nearly as effective as I would've liked it to have as I was trying to manually focus, which I suck at. I also increased the shutter and decreased the ISO to try and create higher contrast and a darker atmosphere in the photo (it was an incredibly bright day).
For this photo, I set a pretty high aperture, creating a pretty deep depth of field, in order to try to focus on both my father and the single tree atop the hill. I do not this that this photo was nearly as effective as I would've liked it to have as I was trying to manually focus, which I suck at. I also increased the shutter and decreased the ISO to try and create higher contrast and a darker atmosphere in the photo (it was an incredibly bright day).
I fully accept the accusation that the bokeh in this one is slightly overwhelming.
For this one, I lowered the aperture, thus creating a shallower depth of field. I did such because I was at the pond and thought that it would be perfect for a light-oriented photo that highlights bokeh. AKA, I basically just really wanted a ton bokeh in a photo and this was the perfect opportunity. To compensate for the wider aperture, I upped the shutter and the ISO settings to create a surprisingly dark and grey photo considering the amount of light reflection on the pond.
