My First Gig!

Someone(my friend) actually asked if I could take some pictures of her kids!
My talent is being noticed at last, haha.

And I sure did learn a lot. The sun was a bit overcast, and so I just put my camera on auto, checking every once in a while to be sure that the aperture was in a good range for portrait shots(for a clear subject and blurred background you need a large aperture setting)- I should have trusted myself a bit more and used a more manual setting, because every once in a while the flash would pop up and bath my subject in unnatural flash lighting. Some of the flash shots actually worked out for the best though because my friend wanted to have some black and white images.

Also, I need to check on my polarizing filter more often. A polarizing filter blocks some of the suns rays that can make your pictures less precise and less colorful.

Here is one shot I took of my friends oldest.

And here is a shot of my number 2, which I realigned my polarizing lens before the shot. And you can see, a world of difference. The slight haze is missing(or filtered out)!









Another lesson learned; babies are tough. This little gal would hear the camera focus and literally run away. Not too many happy smiles were captured.



Well, I'll keep practicing. Another brave friend offered to let my try a family photo.