Unit 2 Assignment

As things are, I'm way behind on my photography lessons. I should've been half way through by now, but unfortunately inspiration has been in short supply as of late. These are my pictures for the second assignment.

#1 Placement and Large size: Subject must be up front so that it is larger than anything else in the frame. And, photo must follow the rule of thirds (subject off-center).

shutter speed: 1/80
f-stop: 5.6
lens: 35 - 80mm
focal length: 80mm
ISO: 100













#2 Framing: Subject must have the appearance of being framed within an object.

shutter speed: 1/250
f-stop: 10
lens: 18 - 55mm
focal length: 18mm
ISO: 100













#3 Converging Lines: Photo must make use of converging lines to focus on, and draw attention to, the subject.

shutter speed: 1/13
f-stop: 4.5
lens: 18 - 55mm
focal length: 33mm
ISO: 100











I'm afraid I'm guilty of 'camera shake' in number 3, so I may go back and do it again. I was trying to be quick and unobtrusive, so I didn't realize that I had the camera set to 'P' for 'program', which is a semi-automatic setting. The camera selected the optimum shutter speed and f-stop to get a normal exposure, at the specified ISO setting. The lower the ISO number the better the quality, but the lower the light sensitivity. This caused the camera to take a longer exposure than I would have selected normally, and as a result, I couldn't hold the camera steady enough to keep from blurring the image slightly. One thirteenth of a second may seem pretty quick, but not when you're taking a picture and trying to hold a camera steady.