Baseball "Bracketing"

The following images are bracketed images with a fixed shutter speed at 1/100, an ISO 200, and fully manual. This was a great assignment. I don't typically stop down, or open up my aperture more than one stop when shooting. So this exercise shows how with each stop you are either loosing highlights or shadows. It also shows how the different apertures effect depth of field.

ISO 200  f16  1/100

ISO 200  f11  1/100

ISO 200  f8  1/100

ISO 200  f5.6  1/100 

ISO 200  f4  1/100

The following five bracketed images are shot at ISO 200, on AV Mode (Aperture Priority). By using AV Mode it enabled me to adjust my aperture to the appropriate f-stops that were required, and the camera adjusts the shutter to compensate to create a properly exposed photograph. This is also a great example of Depth-of-Field.

ISO 200  f16  1/20

ISO 200  f11  1/40

ISO 200  f8  1/80

ISO 200  f5.6  1/160

ISO 200  f4.0  1/320

Little Superheroes

Shooting "Tight" Photo Essay

Going into this photo essay my expectations were a little bit different than shooting "wide". I knew that it was going to be challenging, and more difficult. After the first assignment I knew that I needed to make a storyboard, and know the exact images I wanted. This was especially true because of the focal length I would be using. I used my Canon 5D Mark III 70-200mm lens. Several times while shooting I was tempted to zoom out. Instead of zooming out, I would have to move back. Although, I went into this assignment knowing the challenges I faced, my perception was a lot different. Not only were my perceptions of shooting "tight" not what I expected. It was difficult being so far back from them, and trying to explain what I wanted them to do. One thing that I really love is the close-up detail shots, and the depth-of-field that it creates by shooting "tight".

For my shooting "tight" photo essay I asked these two little superheroes if I could take photographs of them while they saved the day. They were so excited to do this for me, and I had a great time taking them. When I was going through the images I had taken, I couldn't help but add my own dialogue to them. For the most part, they are not posed. I told them they were superheroes, and just let them have fun while I followed them around and photographed them.

F4 1/400 ISO:400 200mm

F4 1/250                                                                                         F4 1/320

F4 1/320

F4 1/320                                                                                    F4 1/400

F4 1/400

F4 1/250

F4 1/250