Saturday, May 3, 2008

Photo Beginnings ...

And so it begins ... my journey into photography.

Halfway through my 6 week Beginner Digital Photography course that I'm currently enrolled in at the Dougherty Arts Center, I've found that it was worth the investment. We've learned about aperatures, shutter speeds, ISO, metering, white balance and little bit on composition. I knew most of the info about aperatures and shutter speeds, but I was finally able to correlate how they work with ISO. White balance has always been a mystery to me, but now I feel like I have a decent understanding of what white balance is, even though I might not have a complete grasp of how to make it work within the camera.

Composition isn't really something that can be taught. I've been reading a lot of photography blogs and forums and checking out styles of other photographers. I think composition is going to be the hardest part for me. The creative part of my brain doesn't work as well as I'd like. In class last week, we touched a little bit on composition and the idea of 'leading lines'. Here is my attempt at leading lines:



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