Well I've been hyping it up to Savannah for a few days and Savannah just couldn't take it anymore- she was ready to carve a pumpkin. Last year her and I did it together so I figured daddy should have a turn, and I could practice taking some pictures. I have been so frustrated with my camera lately- not the camera fault but mine. It seems to take forever to focus and I "miss" the moment I was hoping to capture. I also don't like any pictures with the build it flash- I just dont like how they look. Eventually getting a flasher that does indirect light would be best but I dont know much about it yet and dont want to spend any more $ until I know how to use the darn thing I have.
Camera note: I set the camera to M (manual) and set the white balance to "shade". I am not sure what exactly i set the shutter speed and aperature to but I think it was 1/80 and 5.0- the first pic I took shows that this setting made for too bright of a background so I adjusted the aperature I think to 8.0 (not allowing as much light in). All the pics turned out a bit orange but I kind of like the sun-set-ty feel of them.
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| The Pumpkin carving kit we got had a few template shapes for eyes and noses, Savannah was trying one on for size! |
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| Belly Girl!! |
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| How pokey are they? Not too bad! |
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| Trying to learn depth of field- still haven't really figured it out yet. Specifically want to learn how to take outside pictures with the background light looking like little circles- anyone? |
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| I Love how this pic turned out. I am much more of a "face" picture person and don't think to do other types but this is stretching me and I like the "story" in this picture. |
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| Charlotte woke up and joined in the carving party |
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| At this age everything goes straight to the mouth! |
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| Again with my attempt to have JUST the bottom pumpkin in focus and everything else NOT... it didn't turn out how I had envisioned but I still liked it. |
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| Finished Product- Great Job Dad!! |
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