Fill Flash

I took these shots a couple weeks ago but I had problems because it was such a perfectly sunny day! I got shadows on the girls' faces. Afterwards, I did my research and found out that on a sunny day, you need to force your flash (called fill flash) to get rid of the shadows on the face. Lesson learned!

Although I love the shots because they display the girls' stages and personalities, they don't show the greatest photographic skill. I enhanced the lighting a little bit using my PictureProject software, and I picked two that have better lighting than the rest to post here.

Any experiences or advice you can share about fill flash?

Dinosaur Hair

Day 20

Nature shots from another beautiful hike.

Day 19

Dutch Babies, my all-time favorite breakfast.

I probably should have used my little tripod to get straight and stable images, but I didn't plan ahead and I had to get the shot quickly. It only stays puffy while it's hot, which is only a few seconds. Then, once the raspberry sauce was on, I was just too hungry to mess around with getting the perfect shot! Unfortunately, the second shot actually looks like a pile of goo unless you know what it is.

I really debated on wheather to post these pics or not. They tell a story, so that I why I posted them. There is nothing special about the way the shots were set up. I liked the look of the "long gray line" of cadets all grouped together. It was windy and rainy and we left early, otherwise I would have wandered over to get a shot closer to them. I had to crop in on the shot of the football players, so it's not very clear, but I do like the Cadet in the foreground.

Day 18

Day 17

Day 16

Little Ballerina Feet

Reflection

Someday...

This was a random shot and I wish the door wasn't in the background and the lighting were better. If I had the software to do color isolation, I would make it black & white except for the pink leotards.

Day 12

Piggies

Day 11

Fall Favorite

Day 11

My man, a 9 Iron, and a date with me.

Day 10

Pottery Barn Kids in A Minor

More from Day 8

Here are a few more that I like from Day 8. It was a gorgeous day so we went exploring around town. Sorry there are so many at once but I had a lot of beautiful places that I wanted to get pics of while the weather is still nice. I am mostly working on my angles, Mother Nature has done the rest. The beauty around here makes it easy to take pics. Next I will be working on people shots.

Wish the horse's head were up...

Day 9

I was out running errands today and saw these beautiful trees along the highway, so I turned around and went back home to get my camera. The camera really doesn't do it justice. It was exquisite.

Day 8

Another day where I couldn't stop snapping...

(By the way, I found a great summary of ISO, ss, and aperture here so I am back to listing it when I want to compare shots.)

ISO 100, f/9, ss 1/320

ISO 100, f/9, ss 1/320

I took TONS more, but that's enough for now!