Monday, July 21, 2008

Making Cookies



So my son and I were in the mood to make chocolate chip cookies this afternoon. :) Thought I'd take some shots to keep practicing with indoor lighting and to see if I could get a shot for the current DPS assignment - "food". I still had some slightly underexposed shots, but I was able to more quickly know what I needed to adjust and understand why my shots resulted the way they did. So I'm slowly starting to get this! As far as the assignment goes, nothing really caught my attention to submit, so I will either miss this assignment or see if I can get a better shot by Wed. morning.

For the second shot, I also wanted to practice getting some macro shots and focus on a more shallow depth-of-field. I used the Aperperture priority mode for this shot. I actually like the way this turned out. :D I love the bokeh! (term used for out-of-focus background, or the blurry part of the photo)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bokeh sounds like an Arabian dinner.

Do you have a macro lens?

Good shots!

Jocelyn K. said...

No kidding -- another odd word, eh?

I do not have a macro lens. I simply used my kit lens for the macro shot. Not bad for a kit lens!