Fundamentals of Digital Photography: Assignment Five

Photographs of Tristan Campbell, who plays with his lego train cars after dinner. When he noticed my picture-taking, he began a campaign of poses, Belmont, MA. Photographs of a house decorated for Halloween. October 9, 2023.

Indoors with Indoor Lighting - No Flash

Outdoors with Ambient Light

Reflection

I found shooting indoors in low light to be difficult because of the yellow tones from the lights and the changing exposure in manual. I actually forgot to focus in the second photo of Tristan posing because I was so preoccupied with getting the meter to 0. Shooting outdoors was pretty fun. I was amazed the the shutter speed was 30 seconds long for the photo with an f/16 aperture. I don't think the photo turned out clearer by any means. I actually liked the f/3.5 images I took better, but not because of any significant differences. It just seemed to focus a bit better. And, frankly, taking the pictures was faster. While the first photo of the Halloween house doesn't have the spider-web gate in the frame, I am glad that I missed it because it changed the light enough to give more shape to the house with the balcony and roof, and, most of all, the clouds.