Lesson #2 - Aperture

Hey ya'll! This Lesson post is a bit late as we're now on Lesson #3 this week... But for those of you who've only been recently 'invited', I've started an online photography class.... and am *loving it!* (by canice stringham at jessicasprague.com)

So we learned all about apertures and which ones for which effects, but I don't think I'll go into much detail here, except to say that on my Canon it's the setting that's indicated as 'AV', and if I select a low/open aperture, like f/3.5 (or something), then the background of my photos will be all blurred, with the subject being in focus... And if I use a high/more closed aperture, like f/22 (or so), then the background will be much more in focus, along with the subject, adding more 'noise' to the whole effect of the photo.

So that's basically it, in a nutshell. (Sorry that it's just a 'nutshell', but... that's what ya get tonight.)

Anyways...wanna see what I submitted as my assignment? Okay, but first let me check to see if Candice has had a chance to view/comment on it yet, so I can add her comments as well...good or bad. K? Hold on.

Okay~ no comments yet, but here's my photos:

Open Aperture
Shutter Speed 1/30 sec
Aperture f/5
ISO 1600
Focal Length 39 mm
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
18-55mm Lens

Closed Aperture
Shutter Speed .3 sec
Aperture f/9
ISO 800
Focal Length 21 mm
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
18-55mm Lens

I know... I know... And you ask "And you're a Digital Scrapbooker?" LOL! Well, I *had* to start somewhere, right? I have a *ton* of traditional scrapping supplies, but had to condense there for a while when we lived in a very *snug* home in the *very populated* UK, which was like a dream, it came and went so fast. Time well cherished there... Anyways. Yeah. There ya go!