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project february: day seven

By Cori Derksen | Feb 7, 2012

Day seven: Wrestling with daddy. Manual camera settings and the why behind them: ISO – 5000 (dark, inside, no flash, nighttime) aperture – F 3.2 (wanted to make sure they were both in pretty sharp focus since they might be on different planes/depth of field) shutter speed – 1/125 (as slow as I felt comfortable with…

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project february: day six

By Cori Derksen | Feb 6, 2012

Day six: Awana. They were supposed to dress up as what they wanted to be when they grow up. My boy wants to be an author. So we had to find him some glasses. I’d say it’s kind of awesome. I couldn’t resist snapping a shot. :) Manual camera settings and the why behind them:…

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project february: day five

By Cori Derksen | Feb 5, 2012

Day five: Bed head and apples Manual camera settings and the why behind them: ISO – 1000 (inside, needed a bit more brightness) aperture – F 2.2 (wanted some blur behind my boy rather than my distracting home.) shutter speed – 1/125 distance from subject (rough estimate) – just across the kitchen counter from him approx…

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project february: day four

By Cori Derksen | Feb 4, 2012

Day four: Nighttime reading Manual camera settings and the why behind them: ISO – 6400 (in my boy’s dark bedroom at night, no lights other than his small booklight) aperture – F 1.2 (opened up my lens super wide, it’s a little tricky to get the focus right and not too much is in focus other…

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project february: day three

By Cori Derksen | Feb 3, 2012

Day three: My seven year old Manual camera settings and the why behind them: ISO – 200 (outside in the afternoon, cloudy but bright) aperture – F 2.2 (I wanted to blur out the background and focus on him. The background was only wintery dead grass anyway.) shutter speed – 1/1250 (what was needed for correct…

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project february: day two

By Cori Derksen | Feb 2, 2012

Day two: In ‘n Out Manual camera settings and the why behind them: ISO – 500 (inside, needed a bit more brightness) aperture – F 3.5 (didn’t want my lens opened up too too wide. I was only across the small table from him. Didn’t want everything to be out of focus.) shutter speed –…

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project february: day one

By Cori Derksen | Feb 1, 2012

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…

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shooting inside near a window

By Cori Derksen | Jan 31, 2012

Sweet little miss inside near a window. Serious precious-ness… Manual settings for the image below: ISO – 1000 aperture – F 2.8 shutter – 1/160 lens – 100mm macro 2.8L camera body – canon’s 5D mark II Manual settings for the image below: ISO – 1000 aperture – F 2.8 shutter – 1/160 lens –…

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perspective and aperture

By Cori Derksen | Jan 16, 2012

I love this picture of my little guy. Captures his silly personality in one of his mellower moods. My perspective is that my camera is almost resting on the table, so I’m looking straight into my little guy’s eyes, but coming in a bit from below him. Love how the table in front of him…

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