Y’all it has been raining nonstop for weeks. I’m not
exaggerating! I’m happy that the constant downpour is reversing some of the
effects of the drought in these parts but man, I am tired of being stuck
inside! Forest totally feels my pain. To make matters worse, he has had 2 colds,
an ear infection, and has cut 3 teeth in the span of 3 weeks and he is one big
ball of misery.
I’m also feeling stunted on my 31 day photo challenge because I
am simply taking photos of the same subjects with the same indoor lighting day
after day. It’s leaving me frustrated, unmotivated and uninspired. But…..Jonathan
was super sweet and got me a new lens for Christmas and it’s awesome. It’s a
Nikkor 16-85 mm f/3.5-5.6.
It’s not as good for portraits as my 50 mm but it’s way
more versatile. My friend Nary suggested it as an all in one lens for traveling
and I can already see why. It offers a lot of diversity in the distances and
angles in which it can shoot. I’ve been needing a lens with good wide angle
capabilities and this delivers. I’m excited that I can travel home for the
holidays with just one all-in-one type of lens rather than bringing a few
different ones along. I still need to practice a bit with it, especially in
manual mode.
Days 7-9 in the photo challenge elaborate on the exposure triangle
and how adjusting your ISO, aperture and shutter speed in relation to one
another can manipulate the light captured in your photo. I’ve been really
trying to stay in Manual mode which has left me with several photos that are
either under or over exposed.
I have a feeling it will take a lot of practice
before it becomes second nature to me. It’s very tempting to switch to
Automatic mode but then it’s really rewarding when I get my settings right and
come away with a raw image that I can take responsibility for.
I am committed
to learning to do it the right way, even though right now I am a bit
discouraged that sometimes I miss a really cute shot because my settings were a
smidge off. Later in the series she talks about how to correct for these
mistakes when editing so hopefully some of my images are still salvageable. It’s
tough enough to get Forest to engage with the camera so I hate to risk missing
a camera-perfect moment with experimentation. So here are my best shots from
Days 7-9 of the photo challenge.
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| Forest was scared of the Christmas presents |
It's a great lens and the only one I usually travel with now. I used to haul around all of my lenses but I would only use that one so I stopped last year no regrets :)
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