Field Trip Friday Pictures and Info

Well, the Friday field trip pictures are finally up on my gallery page! These are from two weeks ago, and were from the close to home photo shoot. They are not much to look at, other than the lighting. I took three pictures of some flowers that were planted in a pot, and used flash with two of them, and no flash with the other. They are a good illustration of what happens when you use flash that is too strong for the subject when you are photographing outside. The background will become very dark and sometimes entirely black. If … Continue reading

Friday Field Trip Subject – Macro Photography

To remind all of you, the field trip is this Friday, July 7th, at sunrise. We will be doing some macro photography, in case you were wondering. This first field trip will be done around the house, in your front yard, back yard, garden or other area near home. I am going to use the Zinnias that we planted not too long ago, and are still small. I will also include some pictures of the baby hummingbirds. They have their eyes open now! I am using a Nikon Coolpix 3100, which is a small point and shoot digital camera, about … Continue reading