Embraced the Camera :: Silly Faces

I haven't posted an Embrace the Camera picture so here is one from Monday. We were sitting on the front steps watching the men work on the driveway and I was thinking about his photo book I'm putting together  and inspiration hit. I tried to have him make a silly face, he wasn't sure what to do! He really like being able to see himself in the camera (I had the view flipped around) and kept saying "Me picture Mommy! More me, Mommy!" Yes Stomper, we defiantly need more of you in our lives! 

Photography: Framing

When I was taking my photography class there was one assignment that called for us to frame our subjects.I was able to take a few, but none really great. In honor of finishing the mittens for my teacher I have finally been able to fully complete my framing project.

Yarn Along: January Snow

We are having a little snow squall today. Just a few inches, just enough to make the world beautiful and quiet. The kids played outside for an hour, two little snow people. 

Inside again I my knitting goes slowly but surely. The mittens I am making for my photography teacher are nearly done. Just a little bit of magic and they will be finished.

Beside my bed my book gathers dust, but I keep current with my favorite bloggers: Ginny at SmallThings, Amanda at SouleMama, Sarah at Crafts from the Cwtch, Svenna at Stitch and Purl, and Ashley Ann at UnderTheSycamore. I really enjoy my invisible blogger friends. They encourage and bolster me. They make feel part of something bigger, an unseen community of knitters, mothers, crafters, wives, daughters, and photographers keeping a running memory of our lives.

Photography Class

Had a little fun on our third class taking photos during class

I am very thankful for my teacher who keeps showing me such great things that I can do with my camera!

On Photography

Many years ago, during the dawn of man, ok, digital photography, it wasn't all that great. My parents bought me my first ever SLR camera (not digital) with not one, but two lenses. I was in photography heaven. I read and studied and learned all I could on my own about taking photos. I understood the rudimentary parts of aperture and shutter speed, but not enough to do anything with all those bells and whistles on my camera. I did enjoy using my lenses and took a lot of great photos with them.

When Jason and I were getting married we decided that we'd use our bridal shower money to purchase a decent camera to capture our soon to be wedded bliss. Jason wanted to get one with lenses and lot of bells and whistles but that one cost more money. I wanted a simple, small point and shoot, we settled on something in-between.

Our camera does posses bells and whistles. The ones I usually use are: macro, sport, fireworks, and of course auto. I have always wanted to know what the other settings did, but it is hard sometimes to understand those manuals.

The other day I saw an add on Facebook: Free Photography Class! So I jumped at the opportunity. Yesterday was our first class, I have now learned what some of those settings are and how to use them! I also discovered my new favorite setting: Super Macro.

This is our teacher. She is riding her childs bike so that we can practice panning.

Figured out what the ISO button does. The first picture is with the ISO set high, 

the second is set much lower. ..one is more grainier/noisier than the other.

 And now, my favorite setting: Super Macro!