My settings:
ISO – 200 (outside on a sunny day but in the shade)
shutter speed – 1/500
aperture – 2.8 (wanting her to be in focus, but not the wall)
lens – 50mm 1.2L
little miss…
beautiful little pair
My settings:
ISO – 200 (outside on a sunny day but in the shade)
shutter speed – 1/320
aperture – 4 (wanted to be sure they’re both sharply in focus)
lens – 50mm 1.2L
ok, all right, another saturday workshop
So, sure, let’s do one more Saturday workshop. :)
I am loving teaching people how to use their cameras. So many people have purchased these fancy digital SLR cameras (you know the bigger cameras where you can change out the lenses) and well, they don’t know how to use all the fabulous buttons and functions on their cameras. Do you want to learn how to use your Digital SLR camera off of auto mode? How to compose a fantastic picture? How to look at light? If you’re interested, I’m doing some workshops focused on how to use your camera and it’s manual functions so that you can have more control over the images you capture. You can see some more details & pics from our last workshop here and here too.
To sign up, fill out this registration form.
Details
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 ……… OR ……… Saturday, September 18, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm
$175
Registration and payment due when you sign up for class (your spot is not saved until your payment is received. spots are first come first serve)
limited to only 10 people or less per date
includes a workbook of notes, lunch at a nearby favorite restaurant, and lots of hands on knowledge
Here are a few comments from a previous workshop
“Thanks so much for the workshop Cori!! I feel like I have a brand new camera!! I would recommend your workshop to anyone!!”
~Kirsten from Orange County
“I would definitely recommend the class to a friend. Cori made learning my camera fun and took my intimidation of it away. By the time I left, I felt very confident in manual and I was very excited to go and experiment using the tools Cori taught us. Thanks so much for everything. Its true–I am so excited to try now whereas I was just frustrated before!!”
~Kristy from Fresno
“I am so appreciative of your workshop. It helped me to be confident with my camera (which I didn’t even know how to turn on before) and to not be afraid of trying. I love that you gave me this spark inside to go out and capture every moment I can. Now I’m not afraid to touch our “fancy camera” and I think I’ll actually be more likely to take it places instead of my little dinky point and shoot. Thank you for helping me grow and learn! Can’t wait for the next class… what can we learn next?”
~Amy from Fresno
“I would definitely recommend this workshop to someone else. I loved that you limited the number of people so that each of us had plenty of “one on one” time. Whether we were beginners or more advanced, there was plenty to learn and practice. I also thought it was super helpful to have two live photo shoots. It gave us the chance to practice what we were learning while receiving great feedback. It was also really fun to practice with the different lenses. Great workshop!”
~Brooke from Clovis
To sign up, fill out this registration form.
settings & aperture
My manual settings for these two shots:
ISO – 400
aperture – 2.8
shutter speed – 1/320
lens – 50mm 1.2
ISO – 250
aperture – 2.8
shutter speed – 1/250
lens – 50mm 1.2
Did you notice that both of these images have the same aperture (the same f-stop)? They are both set at 2.8. But they look quite different. In the first picture the background falls off (blurry) much more than the second picture. In the second picture you can at least tell that it’s grass under her. Why are they different when they both have the same aperture setting? Well, my distance to the subject is different in these two pictures and that makes it appear different. I’m really close to the little girl in the first picture and so the background falls off much more. There is a lot more distance between my lens and the little girl in the second picture and so much more is in focus below her. Does that make sense? Hope so! Happy practicing. And…. guess what, one more workshop will be opening up in the Fall. I said I wasn’t doing any in the Fall, but I lied (or changed my mind). I’m giving in (a lot of you lovely people have been asking). Let’s do one more Saturday. More info soon. Look for it here…
our most recent workshop
Here’s a portion of our group trying out their manual camera skills on a baby girl model. :)
My settings when I took this pic of our little model:
ISO – 1000
aperture – 2.8
shutter speed – 1/160
lens – my fave 50 1.2L
(more pics from the workshop here)
Why a workshop? Why not? To learn a lot quickly in a hands-on manner. I attend workshops to learn more and more about my camera, I’ve gone to two big ones this year taught by the Baby as Art team and Jasmine Star so that I can get better in specific areas. If you want to learn how to use your fancy camera on manual, that would be a good reason. :)
Well anyways, if you’re interested, check out more info here. Or if you’re ready, you can sign up here. Good times…
July 27, 2010 - 6:01 am [...] have more control over the images you capture. You can see some more details & pics from our last workshop here and here [...]
is it a purse? or…
Is it a purse? Or is it a camera bag? That’s a lovely question…. and it brings me to my newest camera bag. It’s made to be a purse as well. And… well, it’s made, for a girl. Love that. Check them out at epiphanie bags.
July 21, 2010 - 10:43 am - Oh my, I am loving this! So cute!
my little cowboy pirate man
These are the moments (as imperfect as the shot is) that I am grateful that I have a camera…
My manual settings:
ISO – 1000
aperture – 2.8
shutter speed – 1/160
camera straps
I just recently bought one of my camera lovin girlfriends a new camera strap. I found this super cute place called Mod. Fun and comfy camera straps to express a bit of who you are. You should check em out…
(picture from www.modismodern.com, not by me)
“but my little ones don’t like pictures”
I hear this quite a bit from moms. “But my little ones don’t like pictures!” And they wonder what they should do and how they can possibly get a picture of them. Hopefully it’s encouraging to you to hear that my little guy doesn’t like me taking his pictures most of the time either. Stink. Bummer. Hmmm, but I still want pictures of him. So, I still take them. :)
This past week during our coastal camping trip. Here is a shot of my little boy who just turned four.
And here’s another one… I usually have the best luck catching this little man in action. He loves running in and out of the ocean. So, I just roll with it. If he’s happy doing something, then I take pictures of him while he’s doing that and try not to interrupt him too much from his fun.
And I still want to dress them up just a bit and take some pictures of them every once in a while when they’re actually planned out. So, for those ones we “go exploring” and find some “treasures” and I tell them that I’m going to take some pictures of them here and there. When they do a great job we go to Yodiggity for frozen yogurt after. Yes, this is also often referred to as bribery. And I don’t really care. Pictures of my kids are important to me and they don’t quite get that, so I don’t mind a little bribery now and then. :) It’s worth it for pictures like these below to document my little boys at 4 and almost 6 years old.
blurry background
Wanted to show you what it looks like when my lens is pretty wide open (low aperture number)…
Manual settings:
ISO – 250 (in full shade, but a very sunny day)
aperture – 2.2 (focused on subject but wanting the background to fall off)
shutter speed – 1/1000 second (just found the shutter speed that I needed in order to not have an over or underexposed image)
lens – 50mm 1.2L
by Cori Derksen
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