Camera Practice

I've had a few different projects/challenges to work on while understanding my camera.  The first that I blogged about was food.  Here are a couple of shots taken of homemade pecan bars:

There are many little technical errors that I can point out myself, such as the white post in the background of the first picture, but I'm learning more and more about aperture settings on close up objects like food. 

Next project/challenge was a self-portrait.  That was hard.  I had no idea how to take a self-portrait that illustrates "me".  Try it!  I dare you ;-)
I chose to take a picture of me running at Tunnel Hill Bike Trail. You can't see it in the picture but my tank top has a stork carrying a baby bundle on it and it reads "Waistlines are overrated."  I chose this as my self portrait because I'm proud of working hard at staying physically active during my pregnancy (though I have learned that it is MUCH harder than the first time).  It makes me feel good, mentally as well as physically, as the pounds start creeping up- oh and they have.

This also gave me a chance to try out continuous shutter on my camera.  I have learned that continuous shutter is a valuable tool.  I probably spent 10 minutes taking 25+ pictures of me running right after my actual run.   I will probably keep 3. I will definitely use continuous shutter any time I'm taking pictures of Miss L. 

This last picture was just taken last night.  I had my shutter set on 8 continuous pictures.  Wouldn't you know?  This was the 8th picture.