Sunday, October 10, 2010

At The Oaks, Double Bay


I think I know you. I think you are my daddy.

7 comments:

kimbofo said...

What a cutie.

I love how these pics tell a story. Just look at her eyes light up and her mouth turn into a big grin!

Kirsten said...

Ditto - I was going to say exactly that.

Joan Elizabeth said...

What I love about this is the sequence. It is very eloquent.

freefalling said...

So squeezy, squeezy cute.
Look how her bottom lip is sucked in in the first shot.

diane b said...

What beautiful big brown eyes and the cutest smile. She is a stunner.
Julie what camera settings do you use. I can't get the depth of field right and I think it might be because I can't get the aperture big enough.

Julie said...

I use a Canon 450D with its Picture Styles set as recommended, in this case Standard (Sharpness=5 Contrast=0 Saturation=2 Colour Tone=0).

I invariably shoot with my aperture as wide open as I can to enale me to freeze the action taking into account my 'condition' makes me wobble/shake.Hence, this sequence was shot with an aperture of f5.6 and with ISO=200, and s/s= 1/50 sec.

We were at a pub. I was sitting with my back to a bank of windows which were folded open and was pointing INTO the room. AJ was a perfect distance away on her Grandad's knee looking back toward her parents who were sitting next to me.

I made a decisiom to shoot by understopping the aperture either 2 or even 3 stops to ensure that I got the sharpest images I could (she was jigging around everywhere, having just realised what feet can do).

I put the shots into Picasa and adjusted to 'auto-contrast'.

Et viola ....

I have others where grandad is in sharp focus and AJ a blur, etc.

Does that help?

Also also also ... I invariably shoot on AI Focus with just the centre spot on.

What have I forgotten?

Julie said...

I will put other shots up in while and try to tell you what went wrong and why - if I can work it out.

Now in comparison with most people, I am a detail person. So I zoom to where I think the story is, without worrying about context (other people or the full body).