First Day Of School, Rain and Depth In Pictures

Today was DJ's first day of sixth grade. He will have his first writing assignment Friday. He has already chosen the title, and main idea, for his childrens short story. Next he will work on the characters and their roles.

We have begun working on more photos for his 4H photography book two lessons. If you look at the first two pictures, you will notice one is crisper and has more depth, while the other is just slightly blurry with less depth.





The second set of pictures are obviously of rain. It is not easy to take clear pictures of rain. It was actually the middle of the day, but it was really gloomy looking like night time. I think he did a good job.

4H Photography Book Two

DJ has now moved onto book two in the series of Photography 4H books. There are three books total, and we generally take a year to complete them. The first chapter is learning about Aperture and speed of your camera. We do not have a real fancy camera like some people buy for their kids, but it does have variable settings for what we need it to do. Aperture simply means how much light is being let in via the lens of the camera. The first two pictures are of a huge spider web built between the back porch and the Magnolia tree. The first one is letting in less light, and the second more. The same exact shot just different lens setting. If you click on them you can see the definite difference. The two photos with the leaves are caterpillar eggs with both sets of lighting. Again you can see the obvious difference. The one with Caitlin and I is the most dramatic. I have a nice tan, but do not wear makeup. The picture with more light makes me look pasty and ghastly, not to mention we were not set for the picture. You can see the definite dramatic difference. The two pictures of the pool were for the speed setting. We need to play around more with this setting. It is supposed to be used when you want motion to freeze. To me it just looks like changing the speed highlighted the waves and made them stand out more. I can't decide whether they look like they are moving or not. Let me know what you think.