About a month or so ago, I made it my goal to only shoot in manual. I had virtually no idea what I was doing, but I asked questions, got answers, flipped the camera to “M” and took off.
Today the weather was nice and the sky was overcast, so we hit up a local park so I could take some pictures of Emma and Joshua could burn some energy so he’d take a nap.
Here are a few extra photos from today’s adventure in manual.
John
Tuesday 13th of November 2012
Looking good!
Duffy actually took some photography classes & understands about stuff like f-stops & stuff. It just boggles me.
Veronica
Monday 12th of November 2012
Okay so think of it like this. Lets say you have your aperture as wide as it can go (small f number) but your shutter speed isn't high enough to stop motion or get a good image without using a tripod (you have motion blur) up your ISO. Outside during the day you're 100-400 as ligh gets lower you bump your ISO. Not sure what camera model you have so I don't know how noise levels are at your higher isos but don't be afraid to bump it up. I shoot in 1600 a lot and my camera isn't anything fancy. Hope that helps.
Miranda
Monday 12th of November 2012
So, slow shutter speed = higher ISO?
Susanne@babyhuddle
Monday 12th of November 2012
What awesome photos! And I LOVE the self portrait- very glam :) xx
Miranda
Monday 12th of November 2012
Thank you!
Veronica
Monday 12th of November 2012
HEY! They're all properly exposed and you've got creative composition and stopped motion. That's pretty freaking awesome for a newbie. Way to go!
Miranda
Monday 12th of November 2012
Thanks! Manual isn't nearly as scary as I thought it would be. Except I still don't understand ISO and let my camera do that for me. So I'm a manual cheater.