project february: day one

February is the shortest month of the year. Yes, this year happens to be one day longer, but still. So this year in 2012 I am doing a project in February. This project is for me and for you.

For me… the most fabulous part of this is that I am going to take a picture of my boys or my family every single day during the month of February (the pics might be taken the day before or so but posted every day here). I will be photographing every day life, not a photo session, and usually not even a posed moment. My kids may have spectacular bed head or there may be unimpressive laundry in the background. I want to photograph a real moment, a memory. So that’s my goal. And as a result, I will have lots of precious images … for me … of my boys.

For you… I will be posting my settings and some details as to how I shot the pictures every day as well. And that is for you. Hopefully it will contribute to helping you understand your camera and a bit of photography even more. Who knows, maybe it will even inspire you to take more pictures of the people in your world… for you.  So, here we go…

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Day one: rain puddles

Manual camera settings and the why behind them:
ISO – 200 (outside, bright even though it’s cloudy)
aperture – F 2.8 (why not? cause I don’t necessarily need everything in focus behind them and they’re on the same “plane” in regards to their depth of field)
shutter speed – 1/320 (the shutter speed needed for proper exposure)
distance from subject (rough estimate) – approx 10 feet away
focal point – on one of my boy’s heads (just picked one)
lens – 50mm 1.2L
camera body – canon’s 5D mark II