Succulents!

   For some reason I absolutely love succulents. They are just so cute! For my birthday a few weeks ago, my sister gave my several and I set them up on my windowsill. The other day I decided to photograph them; they just looked adorable in the little tera cotta pots!

Fall Still Life

Lately, in class, we have been learning about aperture, shutter speed and depth of field.By changing the depth of field, it alters how much of the image is in focus, similar to selective focus. The depth of field can be controlled by using the Aperture Priority setting on the camera. Using an aperture setting in the range of 5.6 and 7.1 worked best for me to achieve these images.
Our objective for this particular assignment was to photograph a still life. To complete this, I decided to set up a backdrop and arrange various items on it. Here is how they turned out..