Okay, so, today I wanted to mess around with my camera. You know, just get a better handle on it. It’s been a while, and I felt like I was getting rusty. Plus, I was kinda itching to try out some new things I’d been reading about.
First thing I did was dig out the old manual. Yeah, the actual paper book that came with the camera. It’s got all this stuff about aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. I spent a good hour just going through it, trying to refresh my memory. It’s kinda funny how much you forget when you don’t practice, you know? There was this whole section on different shooting modes, and I was like, “Oh yeah, I remember this!”
After that, I grabbed my camera and started fiddling with the settings. I switched to manual mode because I really wanted to have full control. I started with adjusting the aperture, playing around with how wide or narrow it was. It was cool to see how it affected the depth of field, making the background blurry or sharp. Then I messed with the shutter speed. It’s amazing how you can freeze motion or make it all blurry, just by changing how long the shutter stays open.
Here’s what I messed with:
- Aperture: Played with wide and narrow settings to see the depth of field change.
- Shutter Speed: Experimented with fast and slow speeds to see how it affected motion blur.
- ISO: Increased and decreased it to see how it impacted the image’s brightness and graininess.
Getting Out There
Next, I decided to take my camera outside. I walked around my neighborhood, just snapping pics of whatever caught my eye. A blooming flower, some kids playing in the park, even just the way the sunlight hit the buildings. It was pretty relaxing, actually. I tried to apply what I had just refreshed myself on – thinking about the aperture, the shutter speed, and the ISO for each shot. Some pictures turned out great, others, not so much. But hey, that’s part of the learning process, right?
The hardest part, honestly, was dealing with the changing light conditions. One minute it was sunny, the next it was cloudy. It kept me on my toes, always adjusting my settings. But it was also a good challenge, made me think more about each shot. At the end of the day I got it and I think that I will keep doing it.
