Sunday, June 30, 2013

William's 6 month pictures

I get to play with John's 35mm f1.8 lens for a bit so I thought I'd use it for William's 6 month photo shoot. I also made sure that the camera was center focused (the only thing in focus would be the object in the center rather than everything around him)  John once again helped me out with some of the settings on the camera and gave me some advice about what to do with the exposures in Lightroom.  I think the next time I'm out there I need a tutorial on LR, or we need to do a Google Hangout or something.  Anyways, the settings will be discussed as we get to the pictures.  I also played with the video function as well as some night time settings to capture the Utah landscape from on top of a trampoline...spoiler alert, it's a bad idea.

No stars

Some stars

I figured out how the manual focus works

High ISO=A lot of Grain... someday I'll get a camera where that doesn't happen


The light of the home


High ISO

Some slow shutter work

I captured a plane.  You can tell when I bounced accidentally on the tramp.

Super bright

This one turned out the best I think.  To give you an idea about how this was taken. I used a  6 inch tripod on a trampoline while I laid prone on the trampoline. So as I pressed the shutter I depressed the tramp just a little, then I became Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible, so as to not move the trampoline anymore.
William getting some home made apple sauce.  You be the judge of whether he liked it or not.






A video of William eating.
 This next series is of our messy house.  But why is it added? I wanted to practice a little with the video function on the camera. The last video should have the auto focus on it.  The others required me to focus by hitting the shutter release button.



More pictures of William.  These first ones are his warm up shots.  It seems like Prince William needed a nap before we got into his photo shoot.






His real 6 month pictures. Usually Michelle does this, but I took charge this time.










Insert Shocked expression here




So this is where John's advice came into play. I think I messed with the settings a bit prematurely 



Alien baby




In order to blank out your background, you first need to find shade and a lot of light.  We found this spot in my In-Laws' garage.  Even though the background wasn't the ugliest thing in the world, I still wanted to do this trick.  So after you find this shady spot.  You need to open your aperture and dial up your ISO. Then adjust your shutter speed so you can capture your subject.  Too long and you get washed out.  Too short and you don't get the right effect.  My ISO was between 2500-1000 and my speed increased from 1/40s to 1/800s (1/40 was too slow, 1/320 seemed about right, 1/800 was too fast) and my ISO at 1000 seemed nice







His best chubby face. Double chin. Big dimples.


Drool

William is saying, "You know I don't like to toot my own horn, but I am pretty awesome."


William the Divine



William likes the taste of this finger a lot more than the others.



 I saved the best for last


 And the absolute best for last