Chad's Sr Pics Continued

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Shutter Speed Assignment

Assignment from April's class was Using Your Shutter Speed to show or freeze motion. I wanted a minimum of 2 shots with the first being that of a slow shutter speed (at least 1/30 if not slower, play around) of a moving object within still life (water fall's are usually ideal but there are definitely other types of shots). The second shot I want you to freeze motion - again water is a great subject but really anything with motion can work (shutter will need to be very fast, at least 1/500 if not faster). Make sure your meter reading stays in the middle (close to 0 as possible) and you'll need to use a tripod or have your camera on a solid surface to ensure minimal to no movement when you press the shutter release button.

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Depth of Field

The background finally blurred a little in this depth of field excercise. Poor Gracie was almost swallowing the camera.

Aperture

2.8
4.0
I'm not sure that my subject or composition was the greatest for this excercise, but I had limited time so this is what I ended up with. I would love more suggestions on how I could have made this composition a better exercise. I also noticed that I am limited to 2.8 and 4.0 as my only options for aperture settings unless the camera decides. As in the previous post it looks like the setting can go as high as 8.0.

Metering

SPOT

CENTER WEIGHTED

MULTI

The aperture setting for all of these shots was 4.0 for the last two and 8.0 for the first (the camera decided because I shot in automatic mode).