Lesson Two: Metering and Exposure

Good morning and Happy Mother's Day!!

Photography class this past week was interesting and in depth. I'm still digesting it all, but if you're interested in metering and exposure I'm including a link which basically covers what we covered in class:

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-metering.htm

We also discussed histograms and, honestly, I did not know my camera produced a histogram for my photos. I obviously need to read the owner's manual without my auto-skimming mode turned on in my brain.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/histograms1.htm

When I walked into class this week I was happy to see we had grown from one to four students. Class now consists of myself, Lori, Joy and Robin.

We looked at each of my homework photos and discussed them. Although Brian, Jr. named my thumb drive "Diane's Porn," in actuality -- and thankfully -- only my homework photos were on it. ;-)

I've had a busy week and am going to head out later this afternoon to start my homework assignment, which is:

1) Shoot three images of one subject using aperture priority and a) Matrix meter, b) Center weight meter, and c) spot (partial) meter;

2) Shoot three images of one subject using manual exposure and a) Matrix meter, b) Center weight meter, and c) spot meter;

3) Shoot one series of images each using aperture priority and manual exposure using the Auto Bracketing system

This link helps somewhat in understanding auto bracketing:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-and-Using-Auto-Bracketing&id=289708

My pea brain may explode. :-D

Hope all my mothers following have a very happy Mother's Day!!

Photos to be posted later.......