Welcome BlogHers & Photographers!Lotus  RachelMishelleMishelle
Learn how to take better pictures…
…with your DSLR…
…or your Point and Shoot!
We Are Story Tellers
We Are Modern Day Pictographers
Through Blogging and Photography We Tell Our Stories
Composition Is Essential
The Rule of Thirds
The Rule of Thirds
The Rule of Thirds
Look for Lines in Life
 Pay Attention to Lines
They can be obvious…
They can be subtle...
They lead the eye to another point…
Other Rules of Composition:Simplicity
Framing
Symmetry
Rule of Odds……..and
Dutch Angles (aka Tilt)
How to fix bothersome tilt:
Oh No, Photo Faux Pas:Don’t over prop; simplicity is key
Avoid sleeping babies in boxes; it’s morbid
Keep the babies/kids off the tracks; be safe
Watch your backgrounds; avoid showing mess
Don’t over edit; you CAN go to farInstead, learn how to take good pictures…
Improve Your Technique with Skill
ISO is the way the camera reacts to the amount of available light.
Smooth at ISO 100
Grainy at ISO 1600
Shutter Speed is the duration of time at which the shutter opens up and closes during an exposure process.
Capture Action with Fast Shutter Speed
Show Motion Through Blur…
Slow Shutter Speed
Slow Shutter Speed
Aperture is measured in f-stops, and is the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken.
Aperture: Shallow Depth of Field
  Aperture: Wide Depth of Field
Exposure is the process of capturing light with your camera to produce an image on film or a digital sensor.
Achieving Proper ExposureOverexposed  by +1.5Underexposed by +1.5
The focal length of a lens determines its angle of view, and thus also how much the subject will be magnified for a given position. 
Different Focal Lengths
Focal Lengths
Love the LightFront Light
Look for the LightBack Light
You Can Find The LightSide Light
 Sometimes You Must Add LightFlash Modified Light
Be Creative:  All the Time!Take Self Portraits
Create Bokeh Magic
Have a Macro Addiction
Look for Reflections; They’re Everywhere
Have fun with Shadows
Flare it Up

ROOM OF YOUR OWN @ BLOGHER'10