My First Photos
April 26th, 2006
Seeing how I’ve had my camera for a few days now, I’ve been able to take a few pictures in the attempt to learn how to take nice photos. It’s definitely not as easy as point and click, as I have to pay attention to the shutter speed, the apperature being used, and the ISO of the camera. That’s before I even think about other factors that come into play when taking a picture. Even though I’m still a complete noob at all this, I figured I’d post one of the better pictures I’ve taken so far. Nothing special, but I think it looks nice. Spring’s here!
Also, here’s an obligatory shot of me taking a picture in the mirror. Not really that great a picture, but it’ll do for this post.
Be on the lookout for more pictures to come in the future! You’ll definitely be seeing me carry around the camera everywhere I go, being the dork that I am. 
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Heh, guess you can play the role that Dr. Mike used to play around RCCC and the youth group.
Comment by Blindshot — 4/26/06 @ 7:27 pm
Pretty good shot… Anyway not that it is bad or anything but your background is pretty cluttered. Personally, i like shooting stuff with either a clean background or an interesting background and this case your background is pretty interesting but it is distracting enough that the foreground subject does not pop up. You can try 2 things to make the foreground pop up more from the background.
1) use a bigger aperture (small f-stop) or use a longer focal length to isolate the background more
2) Re compose the shot to mimimize the distracting background. You can try using the blue sky as a background. The uniform light blue background will make the foreground pop up more.
Anyway again, nice photos for someone who just picked up a camera. Happy shooting !!!
Comment by Marcus Gho — 4/26/06 @ 9:26 pm