Depth of Field and Shutter Speed

    Our first assignment of the school year was an in-class assignment exploring how shutter speed and depth of field affect a photograph. By slowing down or speeding up the shutter speed, you can add motion blur to a photo, or make it so the action is frozen. We also experimented with not changing any settings, but taking a few steps backward for each photo, to see how it affected the depth of field. By using a small aperture number, you can make it so that only a portion of the photo is in focus, or by using a large aperture number, you can put the whole photo into focus. These are some of my better photos from the assignment!

Shutter Speed Photos

Aperture: 29.0 , Shutter Speed: 1/15, ISO: 100

Aperture: 6.3, Shutter Speed: 1/1000, ISO: 100

Depth of Field Photos

Changing Camera to Subject Distance

President Obama comes to Charlottesville

   Yesterday President Obama came to our town to speak at a rally. Due to the roads being closed because of the event, our school got let out a 1:00pm. That morning I was able to get tickets, and I a friend and I headed down to the Downtown Mall after school, and lined up to get into the event. After about 30 minutes in line, we were finally in! I brought my zoom lens, and here are some of my best shots (I managed to narrow it down from 180 photos).

OBAMA

Obama and Tim Kaine 

Obama and Tim Kaine

Guards on top of the Transit Center